Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley requested emails, phone logs, handwritten notes and text messages regarding a former associate deputy attorney general’s communications with the Trump dossier‘s author. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Grassley seeks DOJ documents on official’s contacts with dossier author

Sen. Chuck Grassley on Monday called on the Justice Department to release information relating to a former top official’s communications with the author of a dossier alleging ties between President Donald Trump and Russia.

In a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the Iowa Republican requested emails, phone logs, handwritten notes and text messages regarding former Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr’s communications with Christopher Steele, who wrote the dossier. The report was commissioned by Fusion GPS, where Ohr’s wife worked.


In addition, Grassley asked to schedule a transcribed interview with Ohr. Grassley said he was concerned that Ohr, who was demoted last year, had continued to send the FBI information from Steele, a former British spy, even after the bureau sought to distance itself from him over his contacts with the media.

The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman also asked Rosenstein to ensure that the committee “receives timely access to or possession of all documents on equal terms provided to other congressional committees related to the controversies described in this letter and the investigation that has been publicly reported as ‘Crossfire Hurricane.’”

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Grassley’s letter comes as the House GOP faces off with the DOJ over lawmakers’ request for details about a source believed to have aided the FBI as it probed Trump campaign contacts with Russians ahead of the election.

