Justice Department Confirms Rep. Harman Not Under Bribery Probe

California Rep. Jane Harman made public Thursday details of a Justice Department letter to her lawyer stating she is not under investigation for bribery.

The one-sentence letter dated June 16 from Rita M.Glavin, the department's acting principal deputy assistant attorney general, affirms that the congresswoman is "neither a target nor a subject of an ongoing investigation."

Reports had surfaced earlier this year alleging that Harman was under investigation for having offered to help a "suspected Israeli agent" seek reduced charges for two men accused of espionage in exchange for the agent lobbying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for a key chairmanship for Harman.

The Democratic congresswoman strongly denied the allegations.

The allegations claimed Harman was overheard in an National Security Agency wiretap seeking lenient treatment for two former pro-Israel lobbyists.

The Justice Department letter follows statements by NSA earlier this year that Harman was not monitored by wiretap.

With the latest action, Harman attempted to put behind the allegations related to events that date back to 2005.

"There are many pressing issues facing the country and the Congress, and I intend to maintain my focus on them, just as I have throughout my tenure in the House of Representatives," she said in a press release.

Click here to read the Justice Department letter.