Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will conduct a classified briefing for the full U.S. Senate on President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey on Thursday, May 18, at 2:30 p.m. EDT, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday.
"Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has accepted the Majority Leader's invitation to lead an all-senators briefing regarding the removal of former FBI Director James Comey," McConnell said in a statement Monday.
McConnell invited Rosenstein to the Senate after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer requested it. Schumer, D-N.Y., also has demanded a briefing from Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has requested a similar briefing this week for the House, Politico reports.
"In the days since the firing of Director Comey, there has been a distressing disparity of information being made available to the Senate but not to the House," the California Democrat wrote in a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., according to Politico.
The House will be back in session Tuesday after a one-week district work period.
This report includes material from Reuters.
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