Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are urging its Republican chairman to subpoena the State Department for documents related to former Secretary Rex Tillerson’s move to close an office responsible for advancing U.S. interests in cyberspace.
The letter, sent Thursday to Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), says the State Department has not provided the necessary documents stemming from a bipartisan request almost a year ago after Tillerson disclosed to Congress his broader plan to reorganize the department.
“We are writing to request that you issue a subpoena to compel the Department of State to produce documents it is withholding in response to a bipartisan request we made last fall relating to the Department’s effort to shutter the Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues,” Reps. Elijah Cummings (Md.), the top Democrat on the committee, and Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) wrote in the letter.
