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 con-
gressional investigation of certain prosecutorial and investigatory deci-
sions made by the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation 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) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
the Judiciary, and in addition to the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence (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 pro-
vide 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 Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation surrounding the 2016 elec-
tion. 
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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 Chair-
man 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 Chair-
man 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 Resolu-
tion 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 Govern-
ment 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, Chair-
man Gowdy, and four Members of Congress sent a letter 
to Attorney General Sessions and Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral Rosenstein requesting five specific categories of doc-
uments; 
Whereas, on December 12, 2017, Chairman Goodlatte, Chair-
man Gowdy, and other Members sent a letter empha-
sizing the expectation that the Department provide all re-
quested 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 infor-
mation; 
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 For-
eign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) referring or 
relating to any Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
(FISA) applications associated with Carter Page or indi-
viduals on President Trump’s 2016 presidential cam-
paign 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 Clin-
ton 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 pro-
vide 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 Govern-
ment 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 unnec-
essarily redacted; 
Whereas the DOJ unnecessarily redacted the price of FBI 
Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s $70,000 conference 
table because it was potentially embarrassing informa-
tion; 
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 Rosen-
stein 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 investiga-
tion 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 fol-
lowing allegations were within the scope of the investiga-
tion 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 crimi-
nal, 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 sur-
veil Carter Page; 
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Whereas the application approved by Mr. Rosenstein included 
‘‘salacious and unverified’’ material contained in a dos-
sier 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 cam-
paign 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 ter-
minated 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 Intel-
ligence issued a subpoena to Deputy Attorney General 
Rosenstein on April 30, 2018, requesting specific docu-
ments 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 Com-
mittee on Intelligence Chairman, Devin Nunes, sent a fol-
low-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 Rosen-
stein 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 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives compels 
the Department of Justice to— 
(1) fully comply with the March 22, 2018, sub-
poena issued by the House Committee on the Judici-
ary; 
(2) fully comply with the April 30, 2018, sub-
poena issued by the House Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence; 
(3) provide all documents requested by Con-
gress; and 
(4) provide Members of Congress and des-
ignated staff with full access to unredacted docu-
ments. 
Æ 
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