Oct 26, 2017

Ryan: FBI will comply with House request on dossier

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite / AP

House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters on Thursday that the FBI will be complying with the House's document request regarding the Trump-Russia dossier. Ryan has accused the FBI of "stonewalling," and said he was highly frustrated to learn about Clinton campaign/DNC involvement in funding the dossier from a Washington Post report, rather than from the bureau.

Why it matters: The document is now a playing a role in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, and Republicans want to find out more about the roles of Democrats and the FBI prior to the dossier's public release.

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