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Republicans Call for Second Special Counsel to Investigate 2016 Controversies

<p>At least 20 GOP congressmen are calling to appoint a special counsel to investigate possible wrongdoing by Hillary Clinton and other Democrats during last year&rsquo&semi;s presidential election&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a letter to the Justice Department&comma; Rep&period; Bob Goodlatte &lpar;R-VA&rpar; and fellow GOP members of the House Judiciary Committee complain that Special Counsel Robert Mueller&rsquo&semi;s angle on the Russia investigation fails to take into account &ldquo&semi;other matters related to the 2016 election and aftermath&period;&rdquo&semi; Former FBI Director Robert Mueller was called in as special counsel to lead the Russia investigation after Trump dismissed James Comey in May&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Goodlatte&&num;8217&semi;s letter highlights actions taken by Obama officials including then-FBI Director James Comey&comma; Hillary Clinton&comma; and then-AG Loretta Lynch&comma; insisting that the following issues require further examination&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&bull&semi; Grants of immunity to possible co-conspirators in the Clinton email investigation&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&bull&semi; Whether Lynch asked Comey to mislead the public in regards to the Clinton probe&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&bull&semi; The State Department&rsquo&semi;s role in deciding which of Hillary&rsquo&semi;s emails were made public&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&bull&semi; Connections between the Clinton family and foreign entities including Ukraine and Russia&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&bull&semi; The unmasking of American citizens&rsquo&semi; names in the classified documents at the heart of the&nbsp&semi;wiretapping scandal<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Republicans insist that these questions cannot be allowed to &ldquo&semi;die on the vine&rdquo&semi; amid the intense Russia focus&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;The American public has a right to know the facts &ndash&semi; all of them &ndash&semi; surrounding the election and its aftermath&comma;&rdquo&semi; reads Goodlatte&rsquo&semi;s letter&period; &ldquo&semi;We urge you to appoint a second special counsel to ensure these troubling&comma; unanswered questions are not relegated to the dustbin of history&period;&rdquo&semi; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The push to hire a second counsel comes as AG Jeff Sessions suffers increasing pressure from Trump to revisit last year&rsquo&semi;s controversies concerning Hillary Clinton and Democratic officials&period; Rumor has it that his job is on the line&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; the Dems are frustrated with Republicans&rsquo&semi; efforts to bring back last year&rsquo&semi;s problems as they try to focus on the question of Russian interference&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But recent developments&comma; including Comey&rsquo&semi;s testimony in June&comma; have fueled the interest in returning to last year&&num;8217&semi;s controversies&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;I don&rsquo&semi;t think that the crimes of the prior administration&hellip&semi;should be forgotten just because Hillary lost the election&comma;&rdquo&semi; argues Rep&period; Matt Gaetz &lpar;R-FL&rpar;&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Editor&&num;8217&semi;s note&colon;<&sol;strong> I don&&num;8217&semi;t understand why this hasn&&num;8217&semi;t already happened&period; The least rumor of Trump admin wrongdoing is pounced on by the liberal media&period; But Democrat crimes rise to the level of treason&period; This has to be investigated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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