DHS asks Schiff to reconsider expanded probe after whistleblower complaint
declines additional interview requests
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is pressing House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) to reconsider his panel's expanded investigation into the agency after a whistleblower complaint raised new allegations while denying his request for 11 additional transcribed interviews.
In a letter Monday, Beth Spivey, the assistant secretary for DHS's Office of Legislative Affairs, dismissed the broader probe as "unreasonable under the timeframe and circumstances set forth," questioned whether Schiff's panel has jurisdiction over all the witness interview requests, needled the investigation for being overly broad, and highlighted that the DHS watchdog was probing the manner.
"With respect to the new inquiry, we are unable to engage in the accommodations process without knowing its context, scope, and legislative purpose," Spivey wrote, according to a copy of the letter obtained by The Hill.
"In due course, we may provide the Committee with necessary briefings, written responses to questions, and documents. The Committee's request for the transcribed interviews of at least eleven (11) DHS officials-it is unclear that the Committee has any jurisdiction over several of them-will not be accommodated at this time," she said.
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