On Thursday, two Republican lawmakers are scheduled to be part of a meeting where classified information related to President Donald Trump’s accusation that the FBI had planted an informant in his 2016 election campaign will be reviewed.
According to Reuters, Trump’s most loyal conservative allies in Congress have been pushing for access to the classified documents. The lawmakers have repeatedly accused the FBI and Department of Justice of political bias against Trump while in favor of Democratic former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
White House spokesperson Sarah Sanders said that Representatives Devin Nunes, Chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, and Trey Gowdy, Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, will be attending the meeting. FBI Director Christopher Wray, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and Acting Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Ed O’Callaghan are also expected to be part of the meeting.
Meanwhile, several Republican lawmakers called for the appointment of a second special counsel who will investigate the probe into Trump’s campaign and the possible collusion with Russia. Reuters reports that at least 18 Republican lawmakers signed onto a resolution calling on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to appoint a special counsel to investigate the department and the FBI. A spokesperson for the Department of Justice declined comment.
The Justice Department on Monday said that it is going to investigate “any irregularities” in FBI tactics related to Trump’s campaign.
“It is time for transparency and it is time to allow the American people to know the truth,” Representative Mark Meadows, the Republican who leads the conservative Freedom Caucus, said at a news conference announcing the resolution.
Mueller’s probe has entered its second year, and the probe has already resulted in dozens of indictments against Trump’s campaign officials as well as against Russians who were accused of meddling in U.S. elections.
Both Trump and Russia regularly deny any collusion, while Trump is calling the probe a “witch hunt.”
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