House Republicans want a new, sweeping probe of Clinton

[brooklynite]

Source: McClatchy

House Republicans are intensifying their effort to have the Justice Department investigate Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign, as they're seeking the same sort of special counsel probe President Donald Trump's campaign is now enduring.

House Judiciary Committee Republicans detailed in a seven page letter to Justice a request for a special counsel to investigate “actions taken” by Clinton, former FBI Director James Comey and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

Earlier this week, committee Republicans agreed to seek documents related to Comey's investigation of Clinton's private email server while secretary of state.

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article164256972.html

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Be sure to take a look at BENGHAZI! People whose jobs and healthcare are at risk really care about that.

[Warpy]

1. OK, this has gone beyond annoying into hilarious

No new material has surfaced.

Anything to screw off and do nothing while pointing fingers elsewhere, guys.

[TomCADem]

15. Yup. Hillary May Have Also Colluded With The Russians to Sabotage and Hack Her Campaign

[Warpy]

19. It REEKS of sheer desperation

Even Republicans will start to notice the stench. They're not all anosmic.

[kacekwl]

35. They don't want anyone to notice

they totally suck at governing. Hey everyone, look at Hillary their favorite villain.

[riversedge]

34. Well, Trump is so truthful in his tweets you know!!

[Blue_Roses]

2. Seriously?

You have got to be kidding! This is is ridiculous! The repubs are reaching--AGAIN! Ugh

[riversedge]

33. see this DU thread....

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029391721

[cstanleytech]

3. I feel like Clinton needs to go to the courts and get a restraining order

on these asshats assuming thats possible as this is plain and simply harassment as well as abuse of power.

[haveahart]

16. Obama should have pardoned her for any and all made up crimes and potential crimes

related to any of her government service. Like Trump is going to do for his family.

[Callmecrazy]

32. They have to convict you of something before they can pardon you...

[Bradical79]

39. No they don't

Nixon was never convicted, and Bush 1 pardoned people involved in Iran Contra. The only rule is that the president can't pardon when it comes to impeachment, and the crime has to have been commited already. It doesn't matter if anyone even knows about the crime in question. It can be general too, such as a blanket pardon for federal crimes comitted. It's something that has come up and been exercised in this manner multiple times in our history.

[UpInArms]

43. Casper Weinberger ring any bells?

Eom

[tavernier]

60. That would have been insulting

since she didn't do anything wrong other than to piss off the republicans. She wouldn't have accepted any pardons.

[sdfernando]

62. Exactly!!....

Not only that...Accepting the pardon would be tantamount to admitting guilt. She's NOT guilty in any capacity!

[onetexan]

29. agree

this is harassment & intimidation

[DK504]

47. Of her and all others that have the temerity that go up against

the Rethugs. And women? God forbid you are smarter than these piles of shit. I still don't know why they hate her SO much.

[unblock]

4. this is just like benedict donald going back to his winning the election stories.

or tim robbins in "the hudsucker proxy" going back to his "i didn't expect all this hoop-la" joke.

it worked back then, but the world moves on and it's an act of desperation to escape the present by trying to relive the glory days.

[ornotna]

5. Futility is what they do best.

[tanyev]

6. Man, they put their best and brightest on the Judiciary Committee.

Blake Farenthold
Louie Gohmert
Steve King
Karen Handel

[greymattermom]

36. Karen Handel?

Oh no. Jon would have been great at Judiciary.

[Skid Rogue]

7. Can you imagine...

what the Clintons' could have accomplished if they haven't had to put up with this constant BS for the last 30 years?

[burrowowl]

8. We have got to get rid of REPUKES!

[left-of-center2012]

9. This would put a full stop to Congress

Not one damn thing will be done on 'the Hill'.

[madaboutharry]

10. She should tell them to fuck off.

[Wellstone ruled]

11. This will be interesting,

if Justice goes with this,all shit will break lose. This must be the GOP go to talking points for 2018. More of the Hillary is a Crook and must be hiding those Secret e-mails she stole from the State Department.

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

12. You will need more pop corn

for what this amounts to. The roof is caving in on those house republicans and the rain is going to come down hard.

[Doug the Dem]

13. House Republicans can Go FUCK Themselves!

[ffr]

14. Talk about going back to the well

[rusty quoin]

17. Who wouldn't want to see Trey Gowdy's ever changing hair more.

Who would not want to see his unfinished face again, and listen to the Kermit voice twist logic to the point of it being the opposite of logic again.

I think a good Cartoon Network show would be "Trey and Louie" (Gohmert). The characters would be a riot.

[WinkyDink]

59. And Gowdy's "Fire Marshall Bill" visage.

[Stonepounder]

18. Can the entire GOP be charged with obstruction?

If not, then don't let the Special Council forget:
- Rose Law Firm
- Whitewater
- Monica Lewinski
- Jennifer Flowers
- Benghazi
- Huma Abedin
- Travelgate
- Filegate
- Vince Foster
- Renting the Lincoln Bedroom
- The Clinton Foundation

The Clintons have been under investigation by various hate groups (including the GOP) almost constantly for 40 years. I'm sure a good investigator could spend millions of tax-payer dollars reinvestigating all the stuff that has already been investigated numerous times with absolutely no charges being brought (except for skirting too close to the truth when being asked about his affair with Monica.) Sure, that's what we need to spend our tax dollars on, not health care, or infrastructure, or anything important like that. Let's investigate Hillary and pay no attention to that man in the big white house over there!

THE GOP IS MADE UP OF A BUNCH OF TRAITOROUS BASTARDS!!

[chowder66]

20. It's because they don't know how to govern and they want to avoid doing just that.

The prefer sticking with the path of least resistance regarding their duties. Sit around and conspire and put on a fucking clown show. Wasting taxpayers money while sucking up a paycheck paid with taxpayers money. These fuckers wouldn't know a hard days work if it bit them in the ass.

They all need to be sent packing.

[stopbush]

21. If I were Bill and Hillary, I would just say, "fuck you, USA!', move to a chateau in France

and leave behind the mountains of bullshit they have had to face in their lives.

Who needs it? They're rich, they're in their 70s, they've done none of the things they're accused of and it will never end as long as a single R is left on the planet.

[muriel_volestrangler]

22. Nothing says "banana republic" quite like persecuting your opponents with bogus charges

while your leader encourages police violence, the factions of the regime plot against each other for revenge and power, and the legislature looks for ways to enrich their backers but is too incompetent to get laws passed.

[Sedona]

26. THIS needs to be an OP

[yardwork]

38. Make this an OP!

[VermontKevin]

23. Bring it on. HRC testifying and drinking their milkshake for 11 hours is just

what they need.

[MissMillie]

24. So much for the fiscally responsible party

They really want to spend more taxpayer $$$$ on this?

I sure hope the cost for this will come out of how much they want to cut taxes for billionaires.

[ck4829]

25. Go for it.

All the while we will be asking about how this will make jobs and why they can't stomach one Russia investigation.

[Sancho]

27. The solution is easy....!!

Just create a pile of emails to and from Hillary showing tRump with underage party girls, Goudy sexing, or anything else you want, and let the investigation "find" them...

[FakeNoose]

54. They can plant them in Anthony Weiner's computer

Love your idea!

[NanceGreggs]

28. Well, at this point ...

... there's really nowhere else for the GOP to go.

They elected an idiotic "pResident" who lies every time he opens his mouth, "tweets" covfefe nonsense on a regular basis, has an administration deluged with scandal after scandal, and can't even make a speech to the BSA or a police department without triggering a need to apologize by those who invited him to speak in the first place.

Their only totally hopeless hope at this point is to yell "what about THEM?"

[WePurrsevere]

30. Democrats need to hit hard on this...

It's a blatant attempt to deflect attention to their favorite target, Hillary and distract from very real and much larger issues that Republicans are deliberately ignoring or trying to harm Americans by sneaking through.

[Blindingly apparent]

31. It's meant to dry heat away from the tramp investigation but it is also a ploy

To frighten or discourage potential Democratic candidates all across the board. republicans hope that people will be more reluctant to run if endless investigation is in their future.

[Honeycombe8]

37. Oh, dear God. Well, now we know who the House works for. Not the people. nt

[UCmeNdc]

40. Clinton should look into legal aspects of government harassment as a private citizen.

She needs to take them to court. See if she can prove that they are using the government to ruin her name. Clinton should become proactive and vindictive.

[Botany]

41. R you kidding me?

Yes, I too want to have a special probe for these House Republicans. It is called a broom stick up their ass.
They have no shame. Russia rigging the elections was an act of war by a hostile foreign power.

[Catmusicfan]

42. Okay... we are officially become a Banana Republic.

I hope Hillary takes a long trip out of the country because for the first time I honestly am worried.


How soon before they start investigating Obama and his birth certificate?

[L. Coyote]

45. Great idea. All liberals should leave the country ASAP.

Either that or just become conservatives and fall in line with the idiots.
And Clinton should just confess her crimes and check into prison.

Good god, you don't crawl into a hole when you are attacked in politics, you kick them in the groin when they deserve it. Clinton needs to go after Trump, his minion Grassley, and everyone who comes at her. They need to be called out for their abuses of power, not surrendered to.

[L. Coyote]

44. Benghazi 2017

[LakeArenal]

46. When all the traitors have stood an 11 hour grilling in Congress...

I will consider letting them start their very own witch hunt over again. In no way am I referring to Hillary Clinton as a witch.. If there is a witch in this story she is (fake) blonde and has the initial KC.

[Coventina]

48. Because, as a nation, that's the biggest crisis we face.

[DeminPennswoods]

49. GOP governing philosophy in a few words...

Investigate Clintons
Turn all federal programs into block grants

[Blue Idaho]

50. So they are tired of all the winning?

Time to return to those tried and true conservative values of blaming the Clinton's for all of America's problems? Classy.

[Eliot Rosewater]

51. American patriots must make this the line they cant cross.

I am fucking serious, too.

There has to be a message that we will not tolerate this.

Tell me where to go, what to join, who to talk to to make this happen.

[Nitram]

52. House Republicans haven't had an original thought or a valid policy idea for a decade. So it's

back to the 3 or 4 only things they know how to do: try to take health care away from Americans, try to remove the protections Americans have against rapacious banks and corporations, try to deny women control over their own health, and investigate Democratic politicians for fake "crimes." I suspect there's a secret dartboard in someone's office divided equally among those 4 items for when they need to pretend to "do" something.

[tclambert]

53. "Guys, Donald Trump sucks so bad. What can we do?" "Investigate Clinton!"

"Did you say 'Investigate Russia?'" "Ha, ha, ha. Good one."

[Mr. Ected]

55. While we're at it, why not open an investigation into every law enforcement officer

Who has placed handcuffs on an accused?

There's two sides to every coin, right GOPPERS? If someone is arrested for criminal behavior, isn't it important to be certain that the arresting officer led a life that Jesus Christ himself would have envied?

So tired of these inane, false equivalencies that the right wing foists upon us to obfuscate their ACTUAL crimes. To them, crimes are never to be adjudicated on their own merits; there always has to be a comparison to another paradigm.

Hey, if a Democrat violates the law, I'm all for justice. I don't need to say, "but the Republicans do it too". Fine. Prove your respective cases and throw ALL criminals into the slammer.

[0rganism]

56. so how's that "impeachment off the table" stuff working out for us now?

all that "time to move on", "don't re-open past wounds", “we need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards” stuff? really glad the other side sees it the same way, huh? i'd be pretty sad if, after all that lofty high-road turn-the-other-cheek rhetoric regarding actual crimes of state, the GOP took power and chased after their political opponents with a bunch of made-up bullshit charges just to distract from their inability to govern. that'd be a real shame, a truly pathetic way for our nation to wind down.

[Greywing]

57. Three words ...

Fuck Off Republicans

Edited for sake of clarity

[The Wizard]

58. House repubics

proving that they really are all jerkoffs.

[maxrandb]

61. I keep hearing how folks in Fly-Over Trump Land

don't give a rats-ass about collusion with Russia since it; "doesn't address their card-table, Chinette plated evening dinner issues".

Bet the fuckers could read you chapter and verse about all the so-called "Clinton scandals" though.

Fuck rural America and the 1,200 "cookie-cutter" hate radio stations that have poisoned their minds!

[niyad]

63. they are absolutely desperate for distraction

[Still Blue in PDX]

64. SQUIRREL!! nt