he s not, we ll stop it. the justice department had previously provided text messages from that date. they included all the messages we now have except the we ll stop it text message. why didn t the justice department produce that to congress when we asked? mr. desantis, i spoke with our inspector general michael horowitz yesterday and he told me when he testified, he didn t have a full opportunity to explain and the technological details are pretty complicated, but he assured me had a long telephone conversation with mr. jordan after the hearing and explained it. he s much better position than i. what i can assure you let me just ask this then, let me say this i want to assure you and the american people, we re not withholding anything embarrassing. the message was not in the original material that inspector general he found these messages. right, so you guys didn t find it and he did. and so we re asking you to produce stuff and obviously, you know, we re expecting a go
will include lessons from the inspector general s report, and we are considering other recommendations. we already revised department s confidentiality policies to emphasize that nonpublic sensitive information obtained in connection with our work is protected from disclosure. we intend to enforce that principle on our employees, and we need to demonstrate respect for it ourselves by protecting sensitive information and trusting it to the fbi. a congressional oversight is vital to democracy. by june 27th letter which i will submit for your consideration explains how the executive branch handles congressional oversight requests for law enforcement and intelligence information. the fbi is managing an extraordinary volume of congressional oversight requests, some of which seek details about criminal investigations and intelligence sources. as a result of president trump s commitment to transparency, the
that seems to be working very well. understand that some people still state concerns about the speed of the production, but those concerns are mistaken. most requests have been fulfilled, another document productions are in progress, before this committee and other committees. i have devoted almost 30 years to the service of my country, and my line of work, we keep an open mind and we complete our investigations before we ledger wrongdoing by anybody. our allegations are made under oath and supported by credible evidence. we treat everyone with respect, and deal with one another in good faith. you and i are the beneficiaries and temporary trustees of a remarkable experiment in self-government, like each member of congress, the deputy attorney general, the fbi director, and other department officials represent the people of the united states. president trump appointed us, senate confirmed our
fbi is making unprecedented disclosures to the congress including granting access to hundreds of thousands of pages of investigative information and thousands of pages of classified documents. as with most things in washington, the real work is not done on television, it is not all done by me. trump administration officials are meeting and talking with your staff every day. they re work overtime with teams of fbi employees, to accommodate requests and produce relevant information to this committee, other house committees, and several senate committees. this committee requested the production of all documents relevant to the inspector general s review. as you well know, the fbi normally declines such requests because of the circumstances of this case and concerns that we developed during the investigation, the department agreed to produce all relevant fbi documents. i understand that the universe
nominations, and we swore an oath and we accepted responsibility for helping to run the department of justice. that oath requires us to make controversial decisions. so here is the advice i give the department of justice employees faithfully pursue the department s law enforcement mission and the administration s goals in a manner consistent with laws, regulations, policies and principles. be prepared to face criticism. that s part of the job. but ignore the tyranny of the news cycle, stick to the rule of law and make honest decisions that will always withstand fair and objective review. our department s 115,000 employees work diligently every day to keep america safe. most of their good work is never the subject of any congressional hearing. it is a tremendous privilege to work in an organization that seeks the truth and serves the