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03-16-2018, 07:30 PM
Leading Republican Senators: It's Time For a Second Special Counsel on Whether Hillary Clinton Got a Passwo weeks ago Chairmen of the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees, Trey Gowdy and Bob Goodlatte, officially requested (https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/03/07/oversight-committee-officially-asks-for-a-second-special-counsel-n2458288) a second Special Counsel investigation from Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate FBI bias and FISA abuse during the 2016 presidential election. Now, four of the most high profile Republicans in the Senate are following suit.
On Thursday evening Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Chuck Grassley, along with Republican members Lyndsey Graham, John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, called for Sessions to work with DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz on a second Special Counsel.
In a letter (https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-03-15%20CEG%20LG%20JC%20TT%20to%20AG%20DAG%20(Special %20Counsel).pdf)sent to Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Senators express concern former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got a pass for mishandling classified information and that crimes may have been committed during FISA abuse. In addition they want to know how information from the infamous Russian dossier about presidential candidate Donald Trump was used by the FBI in court.
"We have all kinds of confidence in the inspector general's work. We know he's a good person. We know he is doing good work, digs in deep. He's got a staff of maybe about 400 but he doesn't have the capability of working with people that have left the Justice Department. He can only bring in those people that are already in government to investigate," Grassley said during an interview with Special Report anchor Bret Baier. "And this special counsel working in a team, and I want to emphasize the word 'team' with the inspector general, we'll give him the tools he needs to get all the information that we are asking him to get. And we sent him 30 questions that we want investigated."
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/03/16/republican-senators-its-time-for-a-second-special-counsel-on-fbi-bias-fisa-abuse-n2461583
On Thursday evening Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Chuck Grassley, along with Republican members Lyndsey Graham, John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, called for Sessions to work with DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz on a second Special Counsel.
In a letter (https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-03-15%20CEG%20LG%20JC%20TT%20to%20AG%20DAG%20(Special %20Counsel).pdf)sent to Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Senators express concern former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got a pass for mishandling classified information and that crimes may have been committed during FISA abuse. In addition they want to know how information from the infamous Russian dossier about presidential candidate Donald Trump was used by the FBI in court.
"We have all kinds of confidence in the inspector general's work. We know he's a good person. We know he is doing good work, digs in deep. He's got a staff of maybe about 400 but he doesn't have the capability of working with people that have left the Justice Department. He can only bring in those people that are already in government to investigate," Grassley said during an interview with Special Report anchor Bret Baier. "And this special counsel working in a team, and I want to emphasize the word 'team' with the inspector general, we'll give him the tools he needs to get all the information that we are asking him to get. And we sent him 30 questions that we want investigated."
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/03/16/republican-senators-its-time-for-a-second-special-counsel-on-fbi-bias-fisa-abuse-n2461583