UPDATE - US Justice Dept. Agrees To Give House Intel. Committee Mueller Probe Documents - Lawmaker

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 23rd May, 2019) The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has agreed to give the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee documents related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said in a statement on Wednesday.

"DOJ has accepted our offer, and will begin turning over to the Committee twelve categories of counterintelligence and foreign intelligence materials beginning this week," Schiff said via Twitter.

The agreement averts any possible action by the Intelligence Committee to enforce a subpoena to obtain the documents.

The Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed an unredacted version of Mueller's report, as well as supporting documents in the investigation.

"Our subpoena will remain in effect, and be enforced should DOJ fail to comply with the full document request," Schiff said.

Also on Wednesday, a court filing revealed that the Justice Department notified the US District Court for the District of Columbia - which is handling the cases of Roger Stone and Concord Management - that it had agreed to share a less-redacted version of Mueller's report with the House of Representatives and Senate Intelligence committees.

The Justice Department explained that it was notifying the court for the sake of full transparency of its actions and that it believes this arrangement does not violate any rule, the court document said.

The less-redacted version of the Mueller report will be made available to the court for review on May 28, the court document said.

The Justice Department in mid-April released a redacted version of the long-awaited report by Mueller summarizing the outcome of the investigation into allegations of Trump-Russia collusion and Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 US election.

According to the document, the investigation did not find any evidence of collusion between Russia and President Donald Trump's campaign team, but still accused Russia of attempting to interfere in the election.

Russia has repeatedly denied interfering in the US political system, saying Mueller's report provides no evidence to support allegations of election meddling.