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The Justice Department has asked the committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection to hand over transcripts of the panel’s witness depositions as part of its investigation, a committee spokesman and another source familiar with the matter told CNN on Tuesday.
The committee has not agreed to the request, because Chairman Bennie Thompson, a Democratic congressman from Mississippi, told reporters that the depositions were the property of the committee, according to the spokesman.
The other source said simply that there’s been no response from the committee since the letter requesting the transcripts was sent in late April.
The Justice Department wants the transcripts to help its investigation and bring in witnesses, according to the source familiar with the matter. The source did not specify which transcripts were being requested.
The Justice Department has declined to comment for this story.
The New York Times was the first to report the news of the Justice Department request.
The lack of cooperation on the transcripts surfaces some simmering frustration between the committee and the Justice Department.
One particular source of tension has been the contempt referral for Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows which, more than five months since it was sent over by the House, still has not been acted on by the Justice Department, another source familiar with the matter said. The committee has been frustrated by the lack of response, after the quick decision by the Justice Department to indict Steve Bannon within weeks of the committee sending the referral.
Committee members have been publicly critical of the lack of movement in those cases.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/17/politics/doj-transcripts-january-6-committee/index.html
CNN —
The Justice Department has asked the committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection to hand over transcripts of the panel’s witness depositions as part of its investigation, a committee spokesman and another source familiar with the matter told CNN on Tuesday.
The committee has not agreed to the request, because Chairman Bennie Thompson, a Democratic congressman from Mississippi, told reporters that the depositions were the property of the committee, according to the spokesman.
The other source said simply that there’s been no response from the committee since the letter requesting the transcripts was sent in late April.
The Justice Department wants the transcripts to help its investigation and bring in witnesses, according to the source familiar with the matter. The source did not specify which transcripts were being requested.
The Justice Department has declined to comment for this story.
The New York Times was the first to report the news of the Justice Department request.
The lack of cooperation on the transcripts surfaces some simmering frustration between the committee and the Justice Department.
One particular source of tension has been the contempt referral for Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows which, more than five months since it was sent over by the House, still has not been acted on by the Justice Department, another source familiar with the matter said. The committee has been frustrated by the lack of response, after the quick decision by the Justice Department to indict Steve Bannon within weeks of the committee sending the referral.
Committee members have been publicly critical of the lack of movement in those cases.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/17/politics/doj-transcripts-january-6-committee/index.html