The Justice Department promises to present an additional briefing with a select selection of senior lawmakers who definitely have pressed for info on the FBI’s by using an informant to get hold of associates of President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.

A senior Justice Department official said lawmakers in the so-called Range of Eight – a bunch this includes Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) – should have an opportunity to review documents which they didn’t review after a high-level classified briefing a few weeks ago.

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"The Department and FBI are ready to brief members on certain questions specifically raised through the Speaker and other members," the DOJ official said. "The Department will even supply the documents who were intended for review although not inspected because of the members for the previous briefing along with some additional material."

The briefing is anticipated to take place on Monday or Tuesday in the future.

The new briefing comes as some GOP lawmakers have suggested the Justice Department still has strategies provide with regards to the FBI’s decision to deploy an informant to glean information from Trump campaign officials. Trump has railed against the FBI and accused it of planting a spy within his ranks for political purpose, though he’s presented no evidence to help with the claim, which he’s labeled "spygate."

Ryan said Wednesday morning that he’s seen "no evidence" to copy Trump’s claim and endorsed the "initial assessment" of some other senior GOP lawmaker – Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) – who said the FBI appropriately used an informant to follow leads about suspect contact between Trump campaign associates and Russia.

But Ryan also said the Justice Department still owed lawmakers information before they reached "final answers" around the episode, and that he faulted DOJ objective he called the slow-walking of congressional document requests. The Justice Department said late Wednesday which it can have liked to present specifics of the informant sooner but took "a little bit more hours to produce one of the most fulsome techniques to the members’ questions as is feasible."

"The Department and FBI takes congressional inquiries seriously and believes that the documents provided next week are going to be valuable for the Range of Eight," the officials said.

Ryan’s decision to back the Justice Department’s representation on the informant episode infuriated at least one conservative GOP lawmaker.

“There isn’t a defense today for Paul Ryan siding with the FBI and Department of Justice against those from the Congress fighting for transparency and accountability,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said on Fox News on Wednesday evening, adding, "We want the speaker to generally be an institutionalist with the Congress, never to be considered a defender on the deep state."

Gaetz said Ryan’s comments prompted chatter among colleagues about whether or not to replace him as speaker. In case a POLITICO reporter highlighted his comments on Twitter, Gaetz indicated support for Ryan.

"Let me be clear. I support Paul Ryan. I’m glad he’s our speaker," he was quoted saying. "Nonetheless strongly disagree with him with this issue, that she discussed on television first. (Sad!)"

Asked about Gaetz’s remarks, a Ryan spokeswoman declined to comment.

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