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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSessions considering second special counsel to investigate Republican concerns, letter shows
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/sessions-considering-second-special-counsel-to-investigate-republican-concerns-letter-shows/2017/11/13/bc92ef3c-c8d2-11e7-b0cf-7689a9f2d84e_story.html?pushid=5a0a4267b0a05c1d0000000a&tid=notifi_push_breaking-news&utm_term=.2c6e172065b2By Matt Zapotosky At the Washington Post
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions is entertaining the idea of appointing a second special counsel to investigate a host of Republican concerns including alleged wrongdoing by the Clinton Foundation and the controversial sale of a uranium company to Russia and has directed senior federal prosecutors to explore at least some of the matters and report back to him and his top deputy, according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post.
The revelation came in a response from the Justice Department to an inquiry from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.), who in July and again in September called for Sessions to appoint a second special counsel to investigate concerns he had related to the 2016 election and its aftermath.
The list of matters he wanted probed was wide ranging, but included the FBIs handling of the investigation into Hillary Clintons use of a private email server while she was secretary of state, various dealings of the Clinton Foundation and several matters connected to the purchase of the Canadian mining company Uranium One by Russias nuclear energy agency. Goodlatte took particular aim at former FBI director James B. Comey, asking for a second special counsel to evaluate the leaks he directed about his conversations with President Trump, among other things.
In response, Assistant Attorney General Stephen E. Boyd wrote that Sessions had directed senior federal prosecutors to evaluate certain issues raised in your letters, and those prosecutors would report directly to the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General, as appropriate, and will make recommendations as to whether any matters not currently under investigation should be opened, whether any matters currently under investigation require further resources, or whether any matters merit the appointment of a Special Counsel.
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Sessions considering second special counsel to investigate Republican concerns, letter shows (Original Post)
applegrove
Nov 2017
OP
Nonsense, using our DOJ to attack political opponents in order to distract from the Russia
Trust Buster
Nov 2017
#4
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)1. This is his Christmas present to DOTUS. nt
Turbineguy
(37,367 posts)2. An excellent idea.
Let's get to the bottom of all this. And let's hope it's not embarrassing for the GOP.
Qutzupalotl
(14,329 posts)3. Bring it on.
Lets see if anything theyve been pushing has merit.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)4. Nonsense, using our DOJ to attack political opponents in order to distract from the Russia
Investigation is un-American. It is illegal.
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)6. Investigation is un-American. It is illegal.
THIS!
bdamomma
(63,922 posts)5. Sessions
is up to eyeballs in this shit. Hope they implicate him too.