Rubio, vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said 'at a minimum' he and other congressional leaders should have been briefed.
Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday, Rubio said he expects"an explanation as to why I, and to the best of my knowledge every other leader of the congressional intelligence committees, first learned of this raid on President Trump's residence via the media."
The Republican senator said that intelligence committees are supposed to know of all intelligence activities taken by federal law enforcement agencies.'s Florida residence reportedly pertained to classified documents allegedly taken when he left office but that were supposed to belong to the National Archives.
Senator Marco Rubio told the FBI he should have been informed of the Mar-a-Lago raid before it was conducted on Monday. Above, Rubio speaks at the Heritage Foundation on March 29 in Washington, D.C.On Wednesday, Rubio said he was"outraged" to learn about the raid and accused the FBI of sowing"the same division" asmore to erode public trust in our government institutions, the electoral process, and the rule of law in the U.S.
He demanded that the FBI provide him with the number of investigations that were opened as a result of criminal referrals made by the intelligence community, how many of those led to raids and how many of those referrals resulted in a formal filing of criminal charges. Rubio asked that the bureau answer his questions by August 17.
residence, but the law requires that you inform, at a minimum, the leadership of the congressional intelligence committees," Rubio wrote.
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