Grassley demands DOJ search for records related to Mueller probe still under 'prohibited' access

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley on Thursday sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, demanding they release records regarding the Crossfire Hurricane investigation that remain hidden.

The Iowa Republican senator is seeking information related to former Justice Department officials who could have mishandled or even destroyed federal records related to former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia collusion. 

Previous Freedom of Information Act disclosures revealed that some members of Mueller's team deleted data from their devices during the investigation, Grassley said. 

He is now asking Bondi and Patel to search their databases for records that are still concealed from Congress under a “Prohibited” or “Restricted” access classification, and to turn them over to his committee.

“As I’m sure you are aware, the impact of parking records in a way that impedes, or in some cases prevents, responsive records from being produced to Congress pursuant to a valid request and during the course of court litigation, whether criminal or civil, is wide-ranging and potentially catastrophic to constitutional requirements,” Grassley wrote. 

“Indeed, if the FBI has failed to take steps in the past to access records in ‘Restricted’ or ‘Prohibited’ status, the FBI has not fully responded to many years of my oversight requests," he added.

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