The FBI has rejected a House Judiciary Committee documents deadline of Christmas Eve, saying it does not have the time or the resources amid the government shutdown to review redactions on 3,400 pages of transcripts related to an internal Justice Department investigation, The Washington Post reported.
"Your committee has not afforded the FBI the time necessary to undertake a thorough review of this large volume of documents for classified, sensitive, and personally identifiable information," FBI Deputy Director David L. Bowdich wrote in his letter to House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., according to the Post.
The documents related to the investigation of potential political bias within the Justice Department and the FBI were turned over to law enforcement officials late this week after the probe wound down quietly this week, per the report.
The problem with the delay of the releasing the documents is Democrats are set to take over the House majority after the holidays and their leadership of the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees could keep the transcripts from being made public, according to the Post.
"The FBI believes that the release of un-redacted or inadequately redacted transcripts will result in the disclosure of law enforcement sensitive information and personally identifiable information," Bowdich's letter to Rep. Goodlatte read, the Post reported.
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