“This, while the President of the United States is lying about the FBI, attacking the FBI and attacking the rule of law in our country. “Another day of Hillary Clinton’s emails and the Steele dossier,” he told reporters on Monday, seeming exasperated that they were still focal points of investigation, despite recent developments emanating from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Elijah Cummings who is slated to helm the Oversight Committee, has already said it won’t happen.Ĭomey also slammed Republicans for continuing to focus on probes like Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail server and the motivations behind the dossier compiled by British spy Christopher Steele. While the Democrats leading the committees could grant subpoena powers to the top Republicans, it is unlikely they will do so.

This is likely the last time Republican lawmakers will have the power to issue subpoenas for the next two years, since Democrats will take control of the chamber in January. FBI Director James Comey was fired abruptly Tuesday by President Donald Trump, and the White House has scrambled since then to explain how Trump reached his decision.

7, lawmakers said that he had to return because they were not able to finish their questioning. Republican lawmakers had issued a subpoena for Comey to appear before them for a closed door interview last month. This past April, he told ABC News that he could no longer associate with the party in any form, because it was a total reflection of President Trump. In 2016, Comey told Congress during a testimony that he had been a registered Republican for much of his adult life, but was not any longer. James Comey’s daughter was involved in the lost video of Jeffrey Epstein’s first alleged attempted suicide from jail.

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