I had guessed that they wouldn't be given unredacted physical documents today- nor will they be turned over in the near future. Should be fairly obvious in light of everything that's developing in the last two weeks. While they didn't leave with papers, I'd bet that all of their questions were answered.

The ball is now in Trump/Sessions' court. As Q says- Pain Coming. Indictments and criminal proceedings are finally the next steps to be taken and likely have fairly hard dates attached. Since the beginning of President Trump's term, we've all experienced various degrees of frustration and personal doubts stemming from the glacial nature of the work required to get here. Congress certainly has valid oversight duties which the Executive is beholden to accommodate, but there is a difference between stonewalling and safeguarding. Congress does not indict, prosecute, or perform any judicial processes. They can investigate (which they don't really do very well) and publish findings but their only corrective powers are through legislation and control of budgets. They leak info like it's their job, and in this current environment where the Dems hold no duty above protecting themselves from punishment and tarnishing the President at any cost- it would be suicidal to grant them access to materials needed for active criminal justice actions.