Pelosi Statement on DOJ Release of Carter Page FISA Application

Contact: Ashley Etienne/Henry Connelly, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the Department of Justice and FBI released a redacted version of Carter Page's Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court application:

"Despite President Trump's repeated claims, these documents provide clear evidence of ‘Russia's coordination with Carter Page,' a high-ranking Trump campaign official, ‘to undermine and improperly and illegally influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.'

"For more than a year, House Republicans have bullied the Department of Justice and FBI to release highly sensitive documents to derail the Special Counsel's and other legitimate national security investigations and cover for the President. For the sake of our national security and our democracy, these vital investigations must be allowed to continue unhindered by Republican interference.

"The GOP must cease their attacks on our law enforcement and intelligence communities, and finally decide where their loyalty lies."

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