the republican chairman chuck grassley who has oversight to the f.b.i., justice department with lindsey graham believes there is a violation of lying to the federal authorities known as the martha stewart statute. according to the letter made public today, they believe potential violations for false statements led chris distribution of the unverified trump dossier and half a dozen media outlets were briefed before the election. he was -- in the months leading up to the election he told steel to brief reporters twice after no reporters ran with the story. the project was funded by the d.n.c. -- funded by the d.n.c. and clinton campaign. he says it's about a perceived double standard when the trump associates were prosecuted for lying to the f.b.i. the same standard should apply to others in politics. tonight a senior senate democrat called it par