House Committee Asks for More Records of Political Briefings Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif) of the House Oversight and Government reform Committee âasked 27 federal departments and agencies yesterday to turn over information related to White House briefings about elections or political candidates, substantially widening the scope of a congressional investigation into the administration’s compliance with the law that restricts partisan political activity by government employees. (Washington Post)Special Council Steps Up White House Investigation âSpecial Counsel Scott J. Bloch met with White House Counsel Fred F. Fielding on Thursday as he pushed ahead with an ambitious inquiry into White House political operations.â Bloch and Fielding âset up procedures that his agency would use to investigate the firing of at least one U.S. attorney, missing White House e-mails and the distribution of political information to Cabinet agencies.” (LA Times)
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