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That he has a conflict of interest. the doj has not complied with oversight request. >> republicans have had enough. the subpoenas have been ignored. information has been hidden. efforts have been stonewalled, and i guess for us, it is all about transparency. we are tired of the justice department giving us the finger and not giving us the information. >> we have been doing this round and round four months and months. the message is clear. they have been asking for months, we need to see these papers, and they have stonewalled, according to republicans. >> they believe that they have supplied ...

Senator cruz, because he doesn't have them and because of a nondisclosure agreement. we have a copy of that agreement, and it does not contain legally required language to notify the employee of exceptions that protect disclosures to congress and others. i also wrote you about this on june 5, and i don't have an answer either. and i think you will probably tell me i don't get an answer. i was going to ask you when the fbi's going to respond to my oversight request, but i know you'll work on that. i have great confidence you can help us get that information. so have you informed mr. mccabe that...

And we haven't had much cooperation. we had some limited cooperation from doj thus far but a lot more documents that need to be turned over. if the department of justice, if we want to avoid a second special console, which we have had some republicans call for, the doj should be forthcoming with documents. >> shannon: doj says "department of justice and fbi take the inquiry seriously and are committed to accommodating its oversight request and are consistent with the law enforcement and national security responsibilities. the department looks forward to completing its response in as timely a m...

And we haven't had much cooperation. we had some limited cooperation from doj thus far but a lot more documents that need to be turned over. if the department of justice, if we want to avoid a second special console, which we have had some republicans call for, the doj should be forthcoming with documents. >> shannon: doj says "department of justice and fbi take the inquiry seriously and are committed to accommodating its oversight request and are consistent with the law enforcement and national security responsibilities. the department looks forward to completing its response in as timely a m...

To carry out our oversight responsibilities. we've sent more than a dozen of these letters directly to the attorney general. to date, we have not received a single substantive response. we can disagree on matters of policy, mr. attorney general, but you cannot keep us in the dark forever. when we make a reasonable oversight request, we expect you to reply in a prompt and responsive manner, and i hope you can explain why your department has chosen to ignore these letters. more importantly, i hope that you will be more forthcoming with your answers, both in your testimony today and in the weeks ...