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House Calendar No. 164 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 938 

[Report No. 115–813] 

Of inquiry directing the Attorney General to provide certain documents in 

the Attorney General’s possession to the House of Representatives relating to the ongoing congressional investigation related to certain prosecutorial and investigatory decisions made by the Department of Justice 

and Federal Bureau of Investigation surrounding the 2016 election. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 13, 2018 

Mr. MEADOWS (for himself, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. GAETZ, and Mr. PERRY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

the Judiciary 

JULY 10, 2018 

Reported with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered 

to be printed 

[Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of the introduced resolution, see copy of resolution as introduced on June 13, 2018] 

RESOLUTION 

Of inquiry directing the Attorney General to provide certain 

documents in the Attorney General’s possession to the 

House of Representatives relating to the ongoing congressional investigation related to certain prosecutorial 

and investigatory decisions made by the Department of 


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Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation surrounding 

the 2016 election. 

Whereas after the recusal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions on 

March 2, 2017, from any matter potentially relating to the 

2016 campaign, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein 

has overseen the Department’s response to the congressional 

investigations into the Department of Justice (DOJ) and 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); 

Whereas a second Special Counsel was first requested on July 

27, 2017, by House Committee on Judiciary Chairman 

Bob Goodlatte and 19 Members of Congress; 

Whereas, on September 26, 2017, Chairman Goodlatte and 13 

Members of Congress sent a letter repeating the call for a 

second Special Counsel; 

Whereas, on March 6, 2018, Chairman Goodlatte and House 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Trey Gowdy called for the appointment of a second 

Special Counsel to investigate these matters; 

Whereas, on May 22, 2018, Representative Lee Zeldin, along 

with 31 Members of Congress, introduced House Resolution 

907 calling for a second Special Counsel; 

Whereas Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Majority Whip 

Steve Scalise have supported the appointment of a second 

Special Counsel; 

Whereas Mr. Rosenstein and the DOJ have repeatedly failed to 

produce documents requested by the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Oversight and Government 

Reform, obstructing Congress’ oversight duty; 

Whereas, on October 24, 2017, the Committee on Judiciary 

and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 


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opened a joint investigation into the decisions made by the 

DOJ in 2016 and 2017 related to their handling of the 

Secretary Hillary Clinton email investigation; 

Whereas, on November 3, 2017, Chairman Goodlatte, Chairman Gowdy, and four Members of Congress sent a letter 

to Attorney General Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein requesting five specific categories of documents; 

Whereas, on December 12, 2017-, Chairman Goodlatte, Chairman Gowdy, and other Members sent a letter emphasizing 

the expectation that the Department provide all requested 

documents as well as a privilege log; 

Whereas, on February 1, 2018, Chairman Goodlatte sent a letter requesting documents related to potential Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuses; 

Whereas the DOJ has missed document production deadlines, 

produced duplicative pages of information, and redacted 

pages to the point where they contain no probative information; 

Whereas the Committee on the Judiciary issued a subpoena to 

Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein on March 22, 2018, 

which compelled him to produce, among other things— 

(1) all documents and communications with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) referring or 

relating to any Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 

(FISA) applications associated with Carter Page or individuals on President Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign 

or part of the Trump administration; 

(2) all documents and communications referring or 

relating to FISC hearings and deliberations, including 

any court transcripts, related to any FISA applications 


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associated with Carter Page or the Trump campaign or 

Trump administration; 

(3) all documents and communications referring or 

relating to internal DOJ or FBI management requests to 

review, scrub, report on, or analyze any reporting of FISA 

collection involving, or coverage mentioning, the Trump 

campaign or Trump administration; and 

(4) all documents and communications referring or 

relating to defensive briefings provided by the bOJ or FBI 

to the 2016 presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton or 

President Trump; 

Whereas the DOJ has violated this congressional subpoena by 

failing to produce each of these categories of documents; 

Whereas Mr. Rosenstein and the DOJ have refused to provide 

an alternative timeline for providing these categories of 

documents; 

Whereas the DOJ has not provided a privilege log of the 

redactions with— 

(1) the privilege asserted; 

(2) the type of document; 

(3) the general subject matter; 

(4) the date, author, and address; and 

(5) t e relationship of the author and address to each 

other, if any document is withheld or redacted on the basis 

of a privilege; 

Whereas the DOJ has failed to comply an agreement negotiated 

with the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee 

on Oversight and Government Reform to expedite the production of documents for this congressional investigation 

following the issuance of the March 22 subpoena; 


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Whereas upon in camera review of documents at the DOJ, it 

was revealed the Department, 1;1-nder the supervision of 

Mr. Rosenstein, attempted to conceal certain facts as documents provided to Congress were heavily and unnecessarily 

redacted; 

Whereas the DOJ unnecessarily redacted the price of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s $70,000 conference table because it was potentially embarrassing information; 

Whereas the DOJ redacted facts such as FBI Agent Peter 

Strzok’s personal relationship with FISC Judge Rudolph 

Contreras; 

Whereas the DOJ redacted the names of high-ranking Obama 

administration officials, such as former White House Chief 

of Staff Denis McDonough; 

Whereas the DOJ acknowledged the unnecessary redactions and 

agreed that some information should not have been redacted in an April 16, 2018, letter; 

Whereas, on May 17, 2017, Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein appointed Robert S. Mueller III as the Special Counsel to investigate allegations of collusion between Donald 

Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia; 

Whereas Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein authored the initial memo outlining the scope of the investigation in May 

2017; 

Whereas Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein then sent a subsequent memo modifying parameters of the investigation to 

Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III on August 2, 2017, 

and a heavily redacted version of the memo was made public; 

Whereas Mr. Rosenstein’s memo began by noting ‘‘the following 

allegations were within the scope of the investigation at the 


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time of your appointment and are within the scope of the 

order’’, with nearly everything following the mention of 

those initial allegations redacted; 

Whereas Mr. Rosenstein’s memo raises fundamental concerns 

related to the government’s basis for alleging ‘‘collusion’’ 

between the Trump campaign and Russia, and whether 

these allegations resulted in potential crimes warranting 

investigation; 

Whereas Mr. Rosenstein’s memo also raises concerns given Special Counsel investigations are not warranted by the existence of mere allegations, and require there be facts evident 

warranting a ‘‘criminal investigation of a person or matter’’; 

Whereas the memo’s status as a classified document and lack 

of unredacted material raise concerns the appointment of 

Robert S. Mueller III as Special Counsel began outside the 

scope of regulations for Special Counsel investigations by 

originating on a counterintelligence, rather than criminal, 

basis; 

Whereas, on April 9, 2018, Representative Mark Meadows and 

Representative Jim Jordan sent a letter to the DOJ requesting access to the unredacted August 2 memo in order 

to better understand the scope of the investigation authorized by Mr. Rosenstein; 

Whereas, on April 30, 2018, the DOJ responded in a letter indicating that they would not provide the information to 

Congress, despite Congress’ oversight duty; 

Whereas press reports indicate, Mr. Rosenstein approved a 

FISA application to surveil Carter Page; 


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Whereas the application included ‘‘salacious and unverified’’ 

material contained in a dossier written by former spy 

Christopher Steele; 

Whereas the House Intel Committee Majority memo indicates, 

the DOJ went before the FISA Court and failed to disclose 

or’ reference the role of the Democratic National Committee, the Clinton campaign, or any party or campaign 

in funding Steele’s efforts; 

Whereas the House Intel Committee Majority memo indicates, 

the DOJ went before the Court and failed to disclose the 

relationship between Steele and the FBI; 

Whereas the House Intel Committee Majority memo indicates, 

DOJ went before the FISA Court and failed to acknowledge Steele was suspended and subsequently terminated as 

an FBI source for an authorized disclosure to the media·; 

Whereas the House Intel Committee Majority memo indicates, 

The DOJ went before the FISA Court and failed to disclose 

issues with Steele’s numerous encounters with the media 

violated the cardinal rule of source handling and maintaining confidentiality, therefore compromising his credibility as a source; 

Whereas the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence issued a subpoena to Deputy Attorney General 

Rosenstein on April 30, 2018, requesting specific documents related to the misuse of FISA authorities by the 

DOJ and FBI; 

Whereas the DOJ has failed to comply with this subpoena; 

Whereas, on June 8, 2018, House Permanent Select Committee 

on Intelligence Chairman, Devin Nunes, sent a follow-up 

letter requesting the DOJ provide the Committee Members 

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ments requested in the April 30, 2018, subpoena by Tuesday, June 12, 2018; 

Whereas the DOJ did not comply with Chairman Nunes’s June 

12, 2018, deadline; and 

Whereas in January 2018, Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein appears to have threatened to subpoena the calls and 

emails of Intelligence Committee staff in retaliation for requesting documents and investigating the DOJ: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives compels 

2 the Department of Justice to— 

3 (1) fully comply with the March 22, 2018, sub4 poena issued by the House Committee on the Judici5 ary; 

6 (2) fully comply with the April 30, 2018, sub7 poena issued by the House Permanent Select Com8 mittee on Intelligence; 

9 (3) provide all documents requested by Congress; 

10 and 

11 (4) provide Members of Congress and designated 

12 staff with full access to unredacted documents. 


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House Calendar No. 164 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 938 

[Report No. 115–813] 

RESOLUTION 

Of inquiry directing the Attorney General to pro2016 election. Federal Bureau of Investigation surrounding the decisions made by the Department of Justice and lated to certain prosecutorial and investigatory ing to the ongoing congressional investigation re- possession to the House of Representatives relat- vide certain documents in the Attorney General’s 

JULY 10, 2018 

Reported with an amendment, referred to the House 

Calendar, and ordered to be printed 


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