Kicking the can down the road.
The Justice Department missed a deadline to submit documents ordered in a subpoena by the House Judiciary Committee, aggravating Republicans who were eager to see documents on a variety of issues, including the agency’s investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server.
Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., sent the subpoena to the DOJ two weeks ago, after the agency failed to respond to a request for the documents from Goodlatte and House Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., that was issued four months prior.
But the agency missed the noon deadline, according to the House Judiciary Committee.
“The Department of Justice has not yet complied with the subpoena and we are working with officials at DOJ to take immediate steps to comply with the subpoena and produce documents to the Committee,” a Republican House Judiciary Committee aide told the Washington Examiner.
The lack of response irked some Republicans, including Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., who called the DOJ’s actions “unacceptable.”
“We got no documents from the Department of Justice. Just a phone call. This is unacceptable — it’s time to stop the games. Turn over the documents to Congress and allow us to conduct oversight,” Meadows tweeted Thursday.