Bigly if huge
>The letter, from Nunes to Rosenstein, summarizes an “agreement” reached on a phone call Wednesday evening and also says key FBI and Justice Department witnesses in the probe will be provided for interviews later this month.
>The agreement comes after the DOJ and FBI faced a Wednesday deadline to comply, under the threat of new subpoenas and even contempt citations. Under deadline pressure, FBI Director Christopher Wray and Rosenstein met Wednesday with House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to discuss the demands from the intelligence committee.
Don't forget Mueller's "broad scope" of the investigation
justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/967231/download
Another large international human trafficking sting today
dailystar.com.lb//News/Middle-East/2018/Jan-04/432480-egypt-detains-75-people-in-human-trafficking-probe.ashx
>Authorities arrested the defendants in raids across the country, from the capital Cairo to the northern city of Kafr el-Sheikh.
>The probe showed that they were involved in "bribery, profiting from public office, forging official documents, and human trafficking" among a host of other offences.
>Critics worry as Trump voter probe goes to Homeland Security
>Trump spiked the commission late Wednesday amid infighting and refusals by numerous states to cooperate, but at the same time transferred its mission to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. That concerns some election officials and experts who had been critical of the commission.
>DHS could have broad legal authority to conduct an investigation into Trump’s unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud. That’s because of a declaration at the end of President Barack Obama’s administration that election infrastructure is vital to national security.
>Wendy Weiser, director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, a critic of the commission, questioned whether the declaration that election infrastructure is vital to national security gives DHS authority for a broad investigation of domestic voting issues. She also said the department is going to face similar obstacles in seeking information from the states.
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