The other side: “It’s incumbent upon everybody to act in a way that’s becoming of the office they hold,” said Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), a former FBI agent, “And that’s not casting judgment on anything until you know all the facts.”

Fitzpatrick said his call for transparency about the search is grounded in a desire to restore the FBI’s credibility: “There’s nothing I want more than the American public to love the FBI.”

Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) told Politico: “I mean, if he had actual Special Access Programs — do you know how extraordinarily sensitive that is? … If that were actually at his residence, that would be a problem.”