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Article snippet: Republicans on Capitol Hill are wary of a deal struck by MORE that allows for unspecified access to documents related to the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation of the Trump campaign. The Department of Justice (DOJ) appeared to stave off a crisis on Monday by agreeing to allow lawmakers “to review highly classified and other information they have requested” about an informant who had contacts with the campaign — but the precise terms of that access have yet to be negotiated. House Intelligence Committee Chairman MORE (R-S.C.) will meet Thursday with senior Justice Department, FBI and intelligence officials to hash out the details, according to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. “There’s a lot of confusion about this,” said Rep. MORE (R-Utah), an ally of Nunes who also sits on the Intelligence panel. “[We] don’t want to be briefed on the documents, we want to see the documents.” The White House on Tuesday deferred questions on the terms of access to the Justice Department, which declined to comment. At the center of the gathering storm is Deputy Attorney General MORE, whose handling of the demands has drawn fire from all sides. Critics of the GOP push for information have warned that by ceding any access to the documents at all, Rosenstein is setting a dangerous precedent for political meddling in open investigations. The House conservatives seeking access to the files, meanwhile, say Rosenstein hasn’t done nearly enough to comply with their... Link to the full article to read more