Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) appeared on CNN Wednesday night, and when asked if he communicates with the administration about the Mueller investigation, would not respond directly. Instead, the congressman answered he speaks with the White House about many issues:
"Have you had conversations or has your office had conversations with the White House about the Mueller investigation?" the CNN host John Berman asked Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio.
Speaking about the House Judiciary Committee's recent oversight hearings with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and FBI Director Chris Wray, Jordan said, "I did not talk to the White House about what kind of questions I was going to ask."
"Have you had conversations with the White House not about the questions you asked, but about the Mueller investigation in general?" Berman asked.
"I talk with the White House about all kinds of things," Jordan said. "We've had talks with the White House about tax policy. We've had talks about welfare policy. We've had talks about Obamacare. Of course we've had talks with the White House."
According to Business Insider and Politico, Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, flew to Florida on Air Force One earlier this month and spoke with the president about the Russia probe:
“I did say that I was concerned that this investigation was infected with bias,” he said he told the president. “He said, ‘That’s why you guys have got to do your job.’”
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Gaetz was joined on the Air Force Once flight by another Judiciary Committee member, Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), who has also called for limits on the Mueller investigation.
At the same time, Politico reveals Representative Devin Nunes, chair of the House Intelligence Committee, has been leading a stealth effort, apart from his expected duties to investigate Russian election interference, to find a way to punish law enforcement officials over the Steele dossier:
A group of House Republicans has gathered secretly for weeks in the Capitol in an effort to build a case that senior leaders of the Justice Department and FBI improperly — and perhaps criminally — mishandled the contents of a dossier that describes alleged ties between President Donald Trump and Russia, according to four people familiar with their plans.
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The people familiar with Nunes' plans said the goal is to highlight what some committee Republicans see as corruption and conspiracy in the upper ranks of federal law enforcement. The group hopes to release a report early next year detailing their concerns about the DOJ and FBI...
That final product could ultimately be used by Republicans to discredit special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into whether any Trump aides colluded with Russia during the 2016 campaign — or possibly even to justify his dismissal, as some rank-and-file Republicans and Trump allies have demanded.
A trio of House Republicans lobbing attacks on Mueller have been in touch with the White House (Business Insider)
GOP congressman to Trump: Mueller probe 'infected with bias' (Politico)
House Republicans quietly investigate perceived corruption at DOJ, FBI (Politico)