The US House Oversight Committee dropped its plans late Wednesday to move forward with contempt proceedings against FBI Director Christopher Wray after the agency refused to provide a document reportedly linking the US president to a bribery scheme.
Rep. James Comer (R-KY), who serves as the chair to the House Oversight Committee, revealed the FBI "caved" and agreed to allow all members of the panel to review subpoenaed internal documents in exchange for dropping its 17-page contempt resolution.
In order to appease lawmakers, the bureau will also being providing two additional documents to both Comer and the panel's top-ranking Democrat, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD).
“Allowing all Oversight Committee members to review this record is an important step toward conducting oversight of the FBI and holding it accountable to the American people,” Comer said in a statement.
The committee's resolution had been scheduled to be put before the panel on Thursday after Wray had previously rejected Comer's demands to produce the file.
The latest comes after Wray offered Comer and Raskin the chance to view a redacted version of the file on Monday in a secured room in Congress; however, the move was rejected as the Republican member sought to have all committee members review the file.