House oversight chair says DOJ is 'obstructing' probe into Trump.

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The Department of Justice is preventing the National Archives from cooperating with the committee's request for documents and information, said committee chair Carolyn Maloney.House oversight chair says DOJ is 'obstructing' probe into Trump.

House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., is alleging that the Department of Justice is "obstructing" the panel's investigation into former President Donald Trump by blocking the National Archives from handing over relevant documents.

In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland Thursday, Maloney said the DOJ is "preventing" the National Archives from cooperating with the committee's request for documents and information, “including an inventory of 15 boxes of documents recovered from the former president’s Mar-a-Lago residence.”

The committee is conducting the investigation, Maloney said, because it has jurisdiction over the Presidential Records Act and is trying to determine the full scope of Trump's potential violations of that law.

In response to a request in February for those records, the Archives wrote on March 28, “With respect to your request for information about the contents of the 15 boxes that NARA received from President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence or about any reviews conducted by other federal agencies, based on our consultation with the Department of Justice, we are unable to provide any comment," Maloney said.

The DOJ is "obstructing" the probe by blocking the Archives from supplying the documents, she said, adding that while the committee doesn't want to interfere with any federal investigations, it has not received any explanation about the decision to not comply with the congressional request for information.

She asked Garland to confirm by April 14 whether the DOJ will tell the Archives that it may fully cooperate, including by giving Congress the inventory of the documents recovered from Mar-a-Lago. Maloney asked for a written explanation and briefing by that date if the DOJ decides to not follow through on the request.

The Archives confirmed in February that it had discovered classified material among boxes of White House documents that Trump improperly took to Mar-a-Lago.'

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-oversight-chair-says-doj-obstructing-probe-trump-rcna23386?

Weird? Weird GOOD???

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**Sounds like DOJ has it's own investigation, confirmed by Matt Zapotosky on MSNBC with Ali.

[lindysalsagal]

1. The whole point of congress is they get to see and hear and know the shit the rest of us can't

for lots of good reasons.

Congress has access, or it is no longer an oversight instrument. In which case, there is NO oversight at all.

This is that constitutional crisis we've all feared. Right here.

It's up to the house and senate to do the right thing and release the docs. Period.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

2. Right wing trash

Has stacked the doj with syncophants and sympathizers to thier fascist belief systems.

These fuckers will do anything to keep the truth hidden including breaking the law.

That should be obvious by now.

The right wing is anti democratic and a danger to the very principal,that no one is above the law.

[Hoyt]

3. More winning for trump. He's got 3 major agencies under Biden fighting in public. Christ.

[Thomas Hurt]

4. Time to call Garland in for a sit down...

[Autumn]

5. Who at the DOJ has the power to obstruct Congress?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. I am happy to give the DOJ first crack at this investigatoni

This makes me smile. TFG has destroyed records in violation of the Presidential Records Act. The stealing of these presidential records is part of a pattern

Link to tweet

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/07/trump-boxes-archives-investigation-maralago/

The Justice Department has begun taking steps to launch an investigation into former president Donald Trump’s improper removal of presidential records to Mar-a-Lago — some of which were labeled “top secret,” people familiar with the matter said.

The people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation, said the probe remained in the very early stages. It’s not yet clear if Justice Department officials have begun reviewing the materials in the boxes or seeking to interview those who might have seen them or been involved in assembling and moving them.

The news comes as the department faces increasing political pressure to disclose its plans in the case. On Thursday, House Oversight Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) accused the Justice Department of obstructing her committee’s investigation into the 15 boxes of records Trump took to his estate in Palm Beach, Fla......

The National Archives sent a letter to the committee at the end of last month, informing it that based on its “consultation” with the Justice Department, it was unable to “provide any comment” and fulfill the committee’s request. It instead referred the committee to the DOJ’s Office of Legislative Affairs for any further questions.