Republicans Call for Second Special Counsel to Probe Clinton, Lynch
"The crimes of the prior administration, of Hillary Clinton, the collusion with Comey and Lynch should not be forgotten just because Hillary lost the election."
7.28.2017
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"The American public has a right to know the facts – all of them – surrounding the election and its aftermath," wrote the roughly two-dozen member-strong House Freedom Caucus as it urged the Trump Justice Department to appoint a second special counsel to investigate scandals related to Hillary Clinton, former AG Loretta Lynch and former FBI director James Comey.
"We urge you to appoint a second special counsel to ensure these troubling, unanswered questions are not relegated to the dustbin of history," the statement continued.
The Caucus rightfully admonished that such questions, "cannot be allowed to die on the vine." Fox News reports:
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and GOP committee colleagues made the request in a letter Thursday to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.“The American public has a right to know the facts – all of them – surrounding the election and its aftermath,” they wrote. “We urge you to appoint a second special counsel to ensure these troubling, unanswered questions are not relegated to the dustbin of history.”'I don’t think that the crimes of the prior administration, of Hillary Clinton, the collusion with James Comey and Loretta Lynch should be forgotten just because Hillary Clinton lost the election'The lawmakers want an entirely separate special counsel probe from the one Robert Mueller is leading into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible coordination with Trump associates. The crux of their argument is that numerous unanswered questions remain from the 2016 campaign cycle that have been pushed aside amid the intense Russia focus.
According to the report, the caucus provided a multi-point list for what the second special counsel should probe:
- Allegations that former Attorney General Loretta Lynch instructed then-FBI Director James Comey to downplay the nature of the Clinton email probe
- The FBI and DOJ’s decisions in the course of the email probe, including controversial immunity deals with Clinton aide Cheryl Mills and others
- The State Department’s involvement in deciding which Clinton emails to make public
- Disclosures in WikiLeaks-released emails regarding the Clinton Foundation and, according to the letter, “its potentially unlawful international dealings”
- Connections between Clinton officials and “foreign entities” including Russia and Ukraine
- Revelations in hacked Democratic National Committee emails about “inappropriate” coordination between the DNC and Clinton campaign against Bernie Sanders’ Democratic primary campaign
- The “unmasking” of Americans in intelligence documents and potentially related leaks of classified information
- Comey’s admitted leak of details of his conversations with President Trump
- The FBI’s “reliance” on controversial firm Fusion GPS, which was involved in the questionable anti-Trump “dossier”
"Our call for a special counsel is not made lightly," the caucus stated.
"It is meant to determine whether the criminal prosecution of any individual is warranted based on the solemn obligation to follow the facts wherever they lead and applying the law to those facts."
Wonderful. We think those embracing the Russia investigation should be more than happy then to lend their full-throated support to the Freedom Caucus' request.
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