Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday launched an investigation into a meeting between members of the Biden administration and investigators for special counsel Jack Smith that took place just weeks before Mr. Smith brought criminal charges against former President Donald Trump.
In letters to President Biden’s Chief of Staff Jeff Zients and Attorney General Merrick Garland, lawmakers asked them to turn over all communications related to the meeting as well as communications between the White House and Justice Department regarding Mr. Smith’s probes. The committee has also requested all relevant information on the meetings which included Jay Bratt, a top Smith deputy.
“This new information raises serious concerns regarding the potential for a coordinated effort between the Department and the White House to investigate and prosecute President Biden’s political opponents,” wrote Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican. They were joined in the 10 a.m. meeting by Danielle Ray, an FBI agent in the Washington field office.
Mr. Bratt also met with Ms. Saba at the White House in November 2021, when the National Archives were pressing Mr. Trump to return government documents that had been transferred from the White House to Mar-a-Lago, the visitor logs show. A third meeting between Mr. Bratt and the White House took place in September 2021 with Katherine Reily, an advisor to the White House chief of staff’s office.The logs offer no information about what was discussed at the meetings.
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