The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, a Republican, accused Justice Department officials of lying outright when they promised to share information about ongoing department probes with lawmakers conducting oversight.
The FBI's caginess on whether it's investigating Trump's ties to Russia.
The FBI won't confirm the investigation The Washington Post and other organizations have reported. Republicans in Congress would very much like to launch their own various investigations into Russia meddling in the election — and possibly Team Trump's ties — but they feel like the FBI is stonewalling them by withholding what it knows.