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Republican senators request briefing on DOJ 'spying' probe | TheHill
Republican senators request briefing on DOJ 'spying' probe | TheHill
In addition to a briefing, Grassley and Johnson are asking Barr to detail the "nature and extent" of his review, how he plans to get information from individuals who have left the FBI, what steps he has taken to investigate if the FBI had "unauthorized contacts" with reporters and if he would share his findings with Congress once finished.
Grassley and Johnson also want to know how many counter-intelligence briefings were provided to Trump administration officials during the transition period leading up to the inauguration.
Republicans, including Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (S.C.), are eager to turn the page from special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian election meddling. They are digging in for their own investigations into other Obama-era scandals, including the handling of the probe into Hillary Clinton's private email server and a controversial research dossier compiled against then-candidate Trump.