U.S. Department of Justice

Of?ce of Legislative Affairs

 

 

O?ice OfZ'he Assistant Attorney General Washington, D. C. 20530

The Honorable Robert W. Goodlatte The Honorable Trey Gowdy
Chairman Chairman

Committee on the Judiciary Committee on Oversight

U.S. Houses of Representatives and Government Reform
Washington, DC. 20515 U.S. House of Representatives

Washington, DC. 20515

The Honorable Devin Nunes

Chairman

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

U.S. House of Representatives APR 1 9 2018
Washington, DC 20515

Dear Messrs. Chairmen:

This supplements our earlier response to your letter of April 13, 2018, requesting access
to memoranda prepared by former FBI Director James B. Comey concerning conversations with
President Trump. We are sending similar letters to chairmen of the Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence, the Senate Committee on Judiciary, and the Senate Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs, who have also requested access to these documents.

As noted in our earlier response, the Department previously allowed certain members to
review the memoranda with the understanding that their content would not be further disclosed.
In light of the unusual events occurring since the previous limited disclosure, the Department has
consulted the relevant parties and concluded that the release of the memoranda to Congress at
this time would not adversely impact any ongoing investigation or other con?dentiality interests
of the Executive Branch. This decision does not alter the Department?s traditional obligation to
protect from public disclosure witness statements and other documents obtained during an
ongoing investigation.

Therefore, pursuant to your request, we are providing the requested memoranda in both
redacted and unredacted formats for your convenience. Consistent with your request, we are
providing an unclassi?ed version of the documents redacted to remove any classi?ed
information. The unclassi?ed version of the documents is enclosed. The unredacted documents
are classi?ed, and we will provide those in a separate, secure transmittal to the House Security
of?ce tomorrow. Members of your committees will be able to view the classi?ed transmittal in
the House Security of?ce.

The Honorable Robert W. Goodlatte
The Honorable Trey Gowdy

The Honorable Devin Nunes

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Assistant Attorney General
Enclosures

cc: The Honorable Paul Ryan
Speaker of the House

The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
Minority Leader

The Honorable Jerrold Nadler
Ranking Member
Committee on the Judiciary

The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings
Ranking Member
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

The Honorable Adam B. Schiff
Ranking Member
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence