Thread by @weareoversight

NEW: Jeff Sessions caved to Trump's authoritarian demands. We obtained the signed directive from Sessions to a federal prosecutor ordering a wide-ranging investigation of Hillary Clinton. americanoversight.org/sessions-letter

This document, Sessions’ signed order to implement Trump's authoritarian call to investigate Clinton, has not been made public until now. DOJ claimed it did not exist. Our statement: americanoversight.org/sessions-letter

Here's the email from Matthew Whitaker to prosecutor John Huber, attaching Sessions' directive to investigate issues related to Clinton. DOJ had filed a sworn statement that officials - including Whitaker and Huber - claimed no written directives existed. americanoversight.org/sessions-letter

In November 2017, DOJ announced it had assigned senior prosecutors to look into issues raised by House Republicans, who had been demanding the appointment of a 2nd special counsel to investigate Clinton. We filed FOIAs and a lawsuit to uncover the facts.
americanoversight.org/document/compl…

A year after our FOIA, DOJ told the court under penalty of perjury that no records of written directives to Huber existed. Then during Matthew Whitaker's last week at DOJ, they suddenly found the signed directive--in Whitaker’s email.
americanoversight.org/sessions-letter

You don't exactly "forget" about a signed directive to investigate Hillary Clinton. We’re concerned that DOJ's previous denial of this letter's existence looks a lot like a deliberate attempt to conceal how far they went to implement President Trump's authoritarian demands.