Hawkeye Reporter

WASHINGTON – Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Special Counsel John Durham determined on getting to the bottom of the lack of cooperation by senior Justice Department officials and other witnesses central to his investigation.

“It seems odd that individuals would be allowed to avoid fully cooperating with your office, particularly given your authority to compel testimony and records,” the senators stated.

Specifically, the senators are interested in information regarding the following individuals:

1. James Comey, declined to be interviewed.
2. Andrew McCabe, through his counsel, did not agree to be interviewed by your office even after your office “offered to narrow the scope of subjects to be asked about.”
3. Peter Strzok, agreed to provide information to your office “concerning matters related to the FBI’s Alfa Bank investigation, but otherwise declined to be interviewed by [your office] on matters related to his role in the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.”
4. Bill Priestap, agreed to provide information to your office “concerning matters related to the FBI’s Alfa Bank investigation, but otherwise declined to be interviewed by [your office] on matters related to his role in the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.”
5. Kevin Clinesmith, declined to be interviewed by [your office] or cooperate with [your office’s] investigation.
6. Glenn Simpson, of Fusion GPS declined to be interviewed.

In addition to these personnel of interests, the senators are inquiring into the means by which the Special Counsel sought to obtain this information with a deadline of May 30, 2023:

1. Did you subpoena any of the individuals listed above?
   1. If yes, please provide the date of the subpoena and the information sought.
   2. If not, why not?
2. For each subpoena issued to a federal agency, name the agency, date of the subpoena and the information sought.
3. Did the Justice Department, or any of its components, impede any of your office’s investigative activities?
   1. If yes, please provide a detailed description of those instances.
4. Which FBI Counterintelligence personnel “refused to cooperate”? Of those, which personnel eventually cooperated?
5. Please describe how each individual “refused to cooperate.”

Read the entire letter here.

Original source can be found here.