Sessions Declines to Testify Before Oversight Committee
Source: medium.com
House Oversight Dems
Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings - Oversight and Government Reform Democrats
Jun 7
Will Not Send Other DOJ Officials or Answer Any Written Questions
The Department of Justice has informed the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that Attorney General Jeff Sessions will not testify at today’s hearing on the status of documents being withheld by the Department relating to the Committee’s long-running investigation of Operation Fast and Furious. The Department also informed the Committee that Sessions will not send any other Department officials to testify in his place and will not answer any written questions regarding whether the Trump Administration is taking a different position than the Obama Administration with respect to asserting the “deliberative process” privilege.
On May 30, 2017, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings sent a letter asking Mr. Sessions — now that he is Attorney General — whether he plans to reverse or otherwise alter the assertion of privilege made by the Department during the previous Administration over documents sought by the Committee as part of its investigation of Operation Fast and Furious.
The Ranking Member’s letter asked Sessions: “Under your leadership, has the Department of Justice changed its position with respect to withholding documents responsive to the Committee’s January 3, 2017, subpoena? If so, please provide an explanation of the change, when it was made, and which previous assertions are now being reversed. Please also provide any responsive documents that you are no longer withholding, if any.”..................................
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Letters are at link.
