DOJ to House GOP Investigators: Hold Your Horses

The Justice Department’s letter also would appear to put a damper on a subcommittee formally established last week to investigate the ‘weaponization’ of the federal government during the January 6 investigation and the Covid pandemic.

Department of Justice via AP
The House Judiciary Committee's investigation into a number of cases, including that of documents seized from President Trump's estate at Mar-a-Lago are likely to be stymied by the Justice Department. Department of Justice via AP

Republicans in the House hoping to rain down subpoenas on the Biden administration over everything from the president’s handling of classified documents to Hunter Biden’s laptop have gotten a reality check from the Justice Department: if it’s part of an “active investigation,” you won’t get much out of us.

In a lengthy letter to James Jordan, the Ohio Republican who now heads the House’s Judiciary Committee, the Justice Department’s Carlos Uriarte said the department stands ready to cooperate with the panel as it sets out to exercise its oversight responsibilities, but only to a point.

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