The Justice Department late Thursday sent a group of Congressional leaders memos ex-FBI Director James Comey wrote about his conversations with President Trump.
Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd notified three Republican House committee leaders that he’d provided certain members of Congress with redacted documents on Thursday. Four of the memos are classified, and will be sent to lawmakers on Friday, Boyd wrote.
Boyd sent the notice to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.).
{mosads}In addition, he provided the documents to the chairs of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Comey’s seven memos have been a flashpoint in the debate over his handling of the investigations into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server and into the Trump campaign’s possible ties to Russia.
GOP lawmakers, including Goodlatte, Gowdy and Nunes, have cited the memos as key evidence in their probe into alleged bias within the FBI and Justice Department against President Trump.
Democrats have described the probe as a Republican effort to undercut special counsel Robert Mueller.
Comey said Thursday he’s doesn’t mind if the memos are made available, and added that he supports transparency.
“I think what folks will see if they get to see the memos, is I’ve been consistent since the very beginning right after my encounters with President Trump,” he said during an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN.
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