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In reply to the discussion: Justice Dept. Requests Transcripts From Jan. 6 Committee [View all]BumRushDaShow
(131,320 posts)I think what ends happening is that it is a "battle of the lawyers" with each entity (whether the Congressional staff lawyers and even the Congress members themselves) and DOJ's lawyers regarding who has jurisdiction over what.
And agree that they'll work out something and it's possible that since there are probably different DOJ teams who have been part of looking at different aspects of what happened and who are probably reaching out for more info, one of those teams may have "jumped the gun" with a request and had not coordinated it through some point of contact that DOJ had designated for and was known about by the J6 Committee - this speculation coming from that CBS tweet that mentions a comment from Thompson along the lines of "there were 'no names attached'" to the request.
I know all the years I worked for the feds, whenever there was some high profile issue going on, some higher-up would issue a "memo" to affected staff to seek authorization from a designated point person and/or let that person know that a request for information had come in so that a proper response could be given (without passing on hearsay and/or incorrect info). That way they could track what info was being requested and control what responses were provided, in order to avoid potential future misunderstandings and messes.