US. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Investigation

 

 

Washington, DC. 20535-000!

June 22, 2018

Chairman Robert W. Goodlatte
Committee on the Judiciary
US. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515

Chairman Trey Gowdy

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
U.S. House of Representatives

Washington, DC 20515

Dear Chairmen Goodlatte and Gowdy:

This letter provides an update in response to the Committees? written and oral requests
for information from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI). As described below, the FBI believes that the majority of the Committees? requests have
been substantially complied with, and is actively working to identify and produce additional
materials on a rolling basis to ful?ll the Committees? remaining requests.

As you are aware, on June 15, 2018, Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein and FBI
Director Wray attended a meeting with Speaker Ryan, Chairmen Goodlatte, Gowdy, and Nunes,
and a limited number of staff. Based on that meeting, as well as ongoing communications with
Committee staff, the FBI and DOJ believe that there has been substantial compliance with the
majority of requests arising out of the March 22, 2018, subpoena (the subpoena). Speci?cally:

I Request No. 2 was complied with, by letter dated April 3, 2018;

a Request No. 3 was complied with, by letter dated May 9, 2018, and a document
production on approximately June 20, 2013;

Ir Request No. 4 was complied with, by the in camera review of the materials
sought
Request No. 5 was complied with, by letter dated June 19, 2018; and
Request No. 6 was complied with, by letter dated March 9, 2018.

With respect to Request No. 1, seeking documents provided to the DOJ Inspector
General, that production remains ongoing under the direction of United States Attorney John
Lausch. To date, and the FBI have made available approximately 800,000 documents for
review. With regard to Request No. 8, the FBI has collected and will place additional documents
related to defensive briefings in the DOJ reading room.

For Request No. 7, on June 22, 2018, the FBI produced over 1400 pages of responsive
materials. Following guidance from Committee staff, the FBI continues to diligently and
expeditiously collect, review, and process additional responsive materials related to

The Honorable Robert W. Goodlatte
The Honorable Trey Gowdy
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communications between Peter Strzok and personnel in former FBI Deputy Director McCabe?s
of?ce. The FBI has identi?ed the relevant personnel, developed appropriate search terms and
date parameters, and is actively searching for and processing responsive materials from three (3)
enclaves (Unclassi?ed, Secret, and Top Secret), and and text messages. To do this, the FBI
has shifted resources from other Congressional production projects, and is adding staff to further
expedite the review and processing. FBI staff will be working throughout the weekend to keep
the production moving forward.

The initial estimated volume of Top Secret emails collected in response to Request Nos.
7 and 9 of the subpoena, plus a request from Chairman Nunes that required collection of Top
Secret communications, is between 50,000 and 65,000 emails. This represents the volume of
emails contained in the relevant custodians? accounts, without application of search terms. In
recognition of the need to produce any responsive material as quickly as possible, the 
Science and Technology Branch has built and deployed a too] to allow for faster searches within
the Top Secret enclave. Once search parameters are applied, this initial estimate is likely to
decrease signi?cantly.

Regarding Request No. 9 of the subpoena, seeking ?[a]ll documents and communications
referring or relating to proposed, recommended, or actual PISA coverage on the Clinton
Foundation or persons associated or in communication with the Clinton Foundation,? the FBI is
responding by separate, classi?ed letter. Despite attempting a variety of approaches, Request
No. 9 is proving dif?cult to address and the FBI is seeking to further engage with the Committee
to better understand the information sought. Because Committee staff have indicated that
Request Nos. 3 and 9 may be related, the FBI believes that some of the defensive brie?ng
materials to be placed in the reading room (ta, in response to Request No. 8) might relate to
information sought in Request No. 9. After reviewing those defensive brie?ng materials, please
let this of?ce know whether those documents will assist in focusing Request No. 9.

The FBI is committed to expeditiously completing production of the requested materials,
and looks forward to continuing to work with the Committee. To the extent that the Committee
can further prioritize its requests, the FBI would appreciate the opportunity to engage in a
dialogue.

Sincerely,

If] ill C. Tyson
Acting Assistant Director
Of?ce of Congressional Affairs

The Honorable Robert W. Goodlatte
The Honorable Trey Gowdy
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ee: The Honorable Jerrold Nadler
Ranking Member

The Honorable Elijah Cummings
Ranking Member

The Honorable Paul D. Ryan
Speaker, US. House of Representatives