House Republicans call for a second special counsel — to investigate Clinton, Comey and Lynch

CNBC ^ | 07/28/2017 | Everett Rosenfeld

[SeekAndFind]

House Judiciary Committee Republicans on Thursday called for a new special counsel — to investigate Hillary Clinton, James Comey and Loretta Lynch.

In a letter addressed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the Republicans said they were writing to "request assistance in restoring public confidence in our nation's justice system and its investigators, specifically the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)."

The lawmakers said they presumed investigation of potential Russian influence on the U.S. presidential election was covered by special counsel Robert Mueller, but that they "are not confident that other matters related to the 2016 election and aftermath are similarly under investigation" by the former FBI director.

"The unbalanced, uncertain, and seemingly unlimited focus of the special counsel's investigation has led many of our constituents to see a dual standard of justice that benefits only the powerful and politically well-connected," the letter said. "For this reason, we call on you to appoint a second special counsel to investigate a plethora of matters connected to the 2016 election and its aftermath, including actions taken by previously public figures like Attorney General Loretta Lynch, FBI Director James Comey, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton."

Last year, the Justice Department declined to charge Clinton or her associates for Clinton's handling of classified information while at the State Department. As a candidate, Trump threatened to appoint a special prosecutor to look into Clinton's actions.

[chud]

Oh snap! Watch for cries of “RUSSIA!!!” to grow louder and louder...must distract you know.

[FES0844]

Wake me up when someone goes to jail.

[Mr. K]

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Director Comey’s ‘recommendation’ was NOT BINDING on anyone.

And now we know they clearly did no real investigation- get it to a grand jury.

[VRW Conspirator]

The only downside is that the house and senate democrats will not come together on legislative issues...oh, wait.

[Telepathic Intruder]

"restoring public confidence in our nation's justice system"

Which side of the prison fence is Hillary on? That's all I need to know.

[Political Junkie Too]

Watch Republicans staff this investigation with Democrat insiders, too.

-PJ

[unixfox]

Great, ANOTHER dog and pony show that leads to nada.

[gubamyster]

Does this need to be voted on or can Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, merely appoint the Special Counsel?

How long would it take to get appointed?

[Col Frank Slade]

House Republicans are such a significant force to be reckoned with ...

dripping sarc //

[shalom aleichem]

Demand that the DOJ do it. A special counsel could bury it.

If DOJ thinks it needs a SC then let them appoint one (but take it out of their budget)

[Envisioning]

to "request assistance in restoring public confidence in our nation's justice system and its investigators, specifically the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)."

For me, the only way that happens is if Hillary, and many others, go to jail. Period.

[Ray76]

From Grassley's letter to Sessions and Rosenstein requesting a special counsel to investigate the following questions:

1. Then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch directing Mr. Comey to mislead the American people on the nature of the Clinton investigation;
2. The shadow cast over our system of justice concerning Secretary Clinton and her involvement in mishandling classified information;
3. FBI and DOJ’s investigative decisions related to former Secretary Clinton’s email investigation, including the propriety and consequence of immunity deals given to potential Clinton co-conspirators Cheryl Mills, Heather Samuelson, John Bentel and possibly others;
4. The apparent failure of DOJ to empanel a grand jury to investigate allegations of mishandling of classified information by Hillary Clinton and her associates;
5. The Department of State and its employees’ involvement in determining which communications of Secretary Clinton’s and her associates to turn over for public scrutiny;
6. WikiLeaks disclosures concerning the Clinton Foundation and its potentially unlawful international dealings;
7. Connections between the Clinton campaign, or the Clinton Foundation, and foreign entities, including those from Russia and Ukraine;
8. Mr. Comey’s knowledge of the purchase of Uranium One by the company Rosatom, whether the approval of the sale was connected to any donations made to the Clinton Foundation, and what role Secretary Clinton played in the approval of that sale that had national security ramifications;
9. Disclosures arising from unlawful access to the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) computer systems, including inappropriate collusion between the DNC and the Clinton campaign to undermine Senator Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign;
10. Post-election accusations by the President that he was wiretapped by the previous Administration, and whether Mr. Comey and Ms. Lynch had any knowledge of efforts made by any federal agency to unlawfully monitor communications of then-candidate Trump or his associates;
11. Selected leaks of classified information related to the unmasking of U.S. person identities incidentally collected upon by the intelligence community, including an assessment of whether anyone in the Obama Administration, including Mr. Comey, Ms. Lynch, Ms. Susan Rice, Ms. Samantha Power, or others, had any knowledge about the “unmasking” of individuals on then candidate-Trump’s campaign team, transition team, or both;
12. Admitted leaks by Mr. Comey to Columbia University law professor, Daniel Richman, regarding conversations between Mr. Comey and President Trump, how the leaked information was purposefully released to lead to the appointment of a special counsel, and whether any classified information was included in the now infamous “Comey memos”;
13. Mr. Comey’s and the FBI’s apparent reliance on “Fusion GPS” in its investigation of the Trump campaign, including the company’s creation of a “dossier” of information about Mr. Trump, that dossier’s commission and dissemination in the months before and after the 2016 election, whether the FBI paid anyone connected to the dossier, and the intelligence sources of Fusion GPS or any person or company working for Fusion GPS and its affiliates; and
14. Any and all potential leaks originated by Mr. Comey and provide to author Michael Schmidt dating back to 1993.

https://judiciary.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/072717_HJC-Letter-to-AG-DAG.pdf

[Envisioning]

...or executed for treason. I am fine with either.

[jcon40]

RNC trolling for donations

[gubamyster]

House Republicans are such a significant force to be reckoned with ...

I agree, but these are mostly members of the Freedom Caucus & seem to have a little more spunk than the normal breed of RINOs.

[butlerweave]

and Obama , don’t forget Obama

[Alissa]

Please, Please, Please!!! Drain the SWAMP!!!

[nikos1121]

this is the cover Sessions needs. He needs to assign someone. If he doesn’t he should be fired

[JesusIsLord]

Wake me up when someone goes to jail.

Ditto !!!