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A top Republican senator is calling upon the Justice Department to provide answers about the reported ending of an investigation into the leak of potentially classified information from Michael Flynn’s calls with a Russian ambassador to the media.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, the new ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, called for the Justice Department to explain its findings, sending a letter to acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson.
“Time and again, we see examples of double standards when it comes to enforcing laws against mishandling classified information. The transcripts of Lt. Gen. Flynn’s call with the Russian ambassador were classified, so how can leaks about them be ok?” Grassley asked Friday. “It’s especially concerning when Congress is left in the dark while the Department continues to leak about its own leak probe to the press. The American people need assurances that the Justice Department will hold its employees to at least the same standard that it holds the rest of the country.”