Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General, Department of Justice - Biden's Department Of Justice Is Still Dragging Its Feet On Crossfire Hurricane Transparency

Letter

Dear Attorney General Garland:
On January 19, 2021, then-President Trump issued a memorandum to the Attorney
General, Director of National Intelligence and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
directing them to declassify certain Crossfire Hurricane records for public dissemination. On
February 25, 2021, our respective staffs requested an update from the Justice Department with
respect to when a full and complete set of declassified records would be provided to Congress.
Since then, our respective staffs have had countless emails and phone calls requesting
updates on your office's efforts to follow through on President Trump's declassification
directive, to which your office has consistently failed to provide any substantive update. Indeed,
to-date, the Justice Department has not produced a single declassified record to Congress and the
American people. Unfortunately, this specific example of the Biden Justice Department's failure
to produce responsive material is consistent with its pattern and practice under your leadership.
As we have noted to you, the declassification of these records is not just a matter
responsive to ongoing congressional oversight; it is a matter of posterity. Crossfire Hurricane
has been the subject of many public reports, letters, hearings and document productions.
Accordingly, this cannot be overstated -- the public has a right to possess these records.
We request an immediate update on what steps, if any, you have taken to declassify
Crossfire Hurricane records and when they will be produced to Congress. If you have failed to
take any steps, please explain why that is the case.
Sincerely,

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