Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) is threatening to block one of President Donald Trump's nominees to a position in the CIA until the agency responds to his letters.
Grassley sent a letter in April 2014 and another one last month. Neither of them have received a response, the Hill reported Friday.
The letters are about two whistleblower notifications being declassified. In the second letter, Grassley frustratingly described how he has not heard back from the agency for three years.
"More than three years have passed since my initial request, and I still have not received declassified versions of the documents or an explanation of why the documents have not been declassified," Grassley said.
The nomination is for Courtney Elwood to be the CIA's general counsel.
Regardless of the political parties of the nominating president and blocking senator, this tactic is occasionally used as leverage to get previously requested information provided.
