The House Democrats accused Joseph Cuffari of obstructing their committees' investigations and warned, 'If you continue to refuse to comply with our requests, we will have no choice but to consider alternate measures.'
to Cuffari on August 1, in which they told Cuffari that his"lack of transparency and independence... appear to be jeopardizing the integrity of a crucial investigation run by your office."
Maloney and Thompson asked Cuffari to provide documents related to his office's decision not to pursue missing January 6-related text messages sent and received by Secret Service agents and former DHS leaders and to make two deputy inspectors general available for transcribed interviews.disclosed Tuesday that he will not comply with their request for internal documents and interviews, citing his office's"ongoing" probe.
"Congress frequently conducts independent investigations even when a related criminal investigation is ongoing," the pair wrote."As the Supreme Court has acknowledged, legislative inquires need not yield to parallel proceedings, even if those proceedings are criminal in nature.
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