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May 15, 2013

The Honorable Donald J. Trump
President of the United States
1600 Avenue
Washington, DC. 20500

Dear Mr. President:

We write to request that you exercise your authority as President of the United States to instruct Attorney
General Jeff Sessions to immediately produce all documents requested by Congress relating to our
investigation of certain prosecutorial and investigative decisions made by the Department of Justice and
FBI in 2016 and 2017.

In May 2017, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein informed Congress that the Special Counsel?s
investigation should not impede ongoing Congressional investigations.? Additionally, Mr. Rosenstein
requested that Congressional efforts coordinate with the Department of Justice?

In the year that has passed since these commitments were made, the Department of Justice has failed to
fully comply with regular and repeated Congressional requests and subpoenas. Our power as Congress to
conduct investigations is broad, inherent and mandated by the Constitution" As a separate and equal
branch of government, we have a constitutional right to these documents.

To complete our independent oversight and investigative duties, we must obtain all documents responsive
to previous requests by Congress. This includes the documents related to potential abuses of the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act; documents related to the FBI and broader Department of Justice?s initial
investigation into the Trump campaign prior to the appointment of the Special Counsel; and the
unredacted August 2017 memo written by Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein that articulated the scope
ofthe Special Counsel?sjurisdiction.

The Department of Justice has obstructed Congressional oversight by refusing to supply necessary and
relevant documents. As members of the legislative branch, we believe the best course of action would be
for you to exercise the powers vested in the Executive to make the documents we require available to
Congress.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

SincerelyMark Meadows Ro eSantis
Member of Congress of Congress Member of Congress

 

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2017. See also, letter from Jason Chaffetz to Andrew McCabe, May 25, 2017, available at

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