20 attorneys general, including Maura Healey, call for independent special counsel after President T
Source: Masslive..com
20 attorneys general, including Maura Healey, call for independent special counsel after President Trump fires FBI's James Comey
Days after President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in a reported fit of pique, 20 attorneys general, including Massachusetts' Maura Healey, are urging the US Department of Justice to appoint an independent special counsel to plumb for ties between the Trump campaign and Russian officials who attempted to interfere with the 2016 presidential election.
"The administration's firing of FBI Director James Comey is a transparent attempt to obscure the truth and a violation of the public trust," Healey said in a statement.
"As state attorneys general, the chief law enforcement officers of our respective states, we urge the Justice Department to make this appointment immediately," she added.
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The other attorneys general who signed the letter are from Connecticut, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, California, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Maryland, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia and Washington.
Read more: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/05/20_attorneys_general_including.html
Link to a PDF file of the letter on the NY AG's site:
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/ag_multistate_letter_to_deputy_ag_rosenstein.pdf
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