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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 relat-
ing to the ongoing congressional investigation related to certain prosecu-
torial 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) sub-
mitted 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 con-
gressional 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 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 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 Ju-
diciary 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, 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 docu-
ments; 
Whereas, on December 12, 2017-, Chairman Goodlatte, Chair-
man 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 let-
ter requesting documents related to potential Foreign Intel-
ligence 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 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 pro-
duction 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 docu-
ments provided to Congress were heavily and unnecessarily 
redacted; 
Whereas the DOJ unnecessarily redacted the price of FBI Dep-
uty Director Andrew McCabe’s $70,000 conference table be-
cause 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 re-
dacted in an April 16, 2018, letter; 
Whereas, on May 17, 2017, Deputy Attorney General Rosen-
stein appointed Robert S. Mueller III as the Special Coun-
sel to investigate allegations of collusion between Donald 
Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia; 
Whereas Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein authored the ini-
tial memo outlining the scope of the investigation in May 
2017; 
Whereas Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein then sent a sub-
sequent 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 pub-
lic; 
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 Spe-
cial Counsel investigations are not warranted by the exist-
ence of mere allegations, and require there be facts evident 
warranting a ‘‘criminal investigation of a person or mat-
ter’’; 
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 re-
questing access to the unredacted August 2 memo in order 
to better understand the scope of the investigation author-
ized by Mr. Rosenstein; 
Whereas, on April 30, 2018, the DOJ responded in a letter in-
dicating 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 Com-
mittee, 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 acknowl-
edge 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 main-
taining confidentiality, therefore compromising his credi-
bility 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 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 docu-
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ments requested in the April 30, 2018, subpoena by Tues-
day, 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 Rosen-
stein appears to have threatened to subpoena the calls and 
emails of Intelligence Committee staff in retaliation for re-
questing 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 Congress; 
and 
(4) provide Members of Congress and designated 
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 pro-
vide certain documents in the Attorney General’s 
possession to the House of Representatives relat-
ing to the ongoing congressional investigation re-
lated to certain prosecutorial and investigatory 
decisions made by the Department of Justice and 
Federal Bureau of Investigation surrounding the 
2016 election. 
JULY 10, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, referred to the House 
Calendar, and ordered to be printed 
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