Ryan: FBI to give Congress dossier-related documents

The FBI has agreed to deliver documents related to the Steele dossier to House GOP investigators, Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday.

The House Select Committee on Intelligence for months has been seeking information about how law enforcement used the dossier — which suggests Russians spent years cultivating Donald Trump as an ally and gathered evidence that could be used against him — to investigate Trump associates during the 2016 election. Following recent reports that the document was funded by the Clinton campaign, Ryan accused the agency of “stonewalling” and “foot-dragging” during a interview with Reuters Wednesday.


Speaking at his weekly press conference, Ryan said Justice Department officials contacted his office hours shortly after his comments to Reuters were published and assured his staff that the information would be provided.

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“The FBI got in touch with us yesterday afternoon and they have informed us that they will comply with our document requests, and that they will provide the documents that Congress has been asking for by next week,” Ryan said.

