IV 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 937 

Expressing the sense of the Congress, that within 7 days of enactment, 

that the Department of Justice shall provide certain documents in its 

possession to the House of Representatives relating to the ongoing congressional investigation of 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. PERRY, Mr. JODY B. HICE of 

Georgia, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. DESANTIS, and Mr. YOHO) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

the Judiciary, and in addition to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined 

by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 

within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the Congress, that within 7 days 

of enactment, that the Department of Justice shall provide certain documents in its possession to the House 

of Representatives relating to the ongoing congressional 

investigation of certain prosecutorial and investigatory 

decisions made by the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation surrounding the 2016 election. 


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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 

opened a joint investigation into the decisions made by 


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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 DOJ 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) the 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 with a memorandum 

of understanding 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, under 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; 


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Whereas Mr. Rosenstein’s memo began by noting ‘‘the following allegations were within the scope of the investigation at the 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 Mr. Rosenstein approved a FISA application to surveil Carter Page; 


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Whereas the application approved by Mr. Rosenstein included 

‘‘salacious and unverified’’ material contained in a dossier written by former spy Christopher Steele; 

Whereas 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 DOJ went before the FISA Court and failed to 

disclose the relationship between Steele and the FBI; 

Whereas the 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 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 and designated staff full, unredacted access to 

the documents requested in the April 30, 2018, subpoena 

by Tuesday, June 12, 2018; 


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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 Con10 gress; and 

11 (4) provide Members of Congress and des12 ignated staff with full access to unredacted docu13 ments. 

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