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Aha! Lawyer.
This isn't exactly the whole picture, you'll be surprised to learn.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway."All she is asking is to be treated as other witnesses have under the Committees' own rules," Page's attorney, Amy Jeffress said in a statement to CBS News' Paula Reid. Jeffress went on to say that Page simply wanted clarification about the scope of the interview and access to relevant documents. Late Wednesday night, the Justice Department granted that access.
"I received a message from the Department of Justice after 11 pm last night that they have finally granted her request to review the relevant documents," Jeffress said. "We are working to arrange that process quickly so that we can move forward with her appearance before the Committees." She reiterated that "There is no basis for claims that Lisa has anything to hide or is unwilling to testify," and pointed out that Page has cooperated with multiple investigations and has provided "more than 36 hours of testimony" to the Justice Department inspector general.
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Jeffress told CBS News' Paula Reid that she and Page on Tuesday went to the FBI, her former employer, to review the materials that were sent to Congress, but they were not shown any documents after waiting more than three hours.
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Jeffress said the committees issued the subpoena on Saturday, July 7, and would have been asking her about material Jeffress said she had not yet been shown.
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Jeffress said in her statement Wednesday that the committees' "bullying tactics here are unnecessary. We expect them to agree to another date so that Lisa can appear before the Committees in the near future."
Her former FBI colleague Peter Strzok is scheduled to testify Thursday before Congress on the Russia investigation.
CBS
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