House Speaker Ryan: FBI will hand over documents related to Trump-Russia dossier

The FBI has pledged to hand over documents related to a controversial dossier linking President Trump to Russia, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) said. The House Intelligence Committee has been seeking the documents for months, hoping to learn more about the bureau’s relationship to the dossier’s author, a former British spy named Christopher Steele, and whether the document was used by federal investigators to bolster their probe into ties between Russia and the Trump campaign.

Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) in August had issued two subpoenas to compel the FBI and Justice Department to turn over the documents. He set an Oct 27 deadline for them to comply. “The FBI got in touch with us yesterday afternoon, and they have informed us that they will comply with our document requests, and that they will provide the documents Congress has been asking for by next week,” Speaker Ryan said. “And we expect the FBI to honor that commitment.”