Updated at 3:28 p.m. ET
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein clashed with Republican lawmakers in a contentious House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday as he challenged allegations that the Justice Department is hiding information from Congress.
House Republicans accuse Rosenstein — a Donald Trump appointee who oversees special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia’s attack on the 2016 election — of denying congressional requests for documents related to the Russia probe and the Hillary Clinton email investigation.
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