The Hill by Katie Bo Williams - 03/06/18
Two powerful House GOP chairmen on Tuesday called for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to appoint another special counsel to investigate “potential criminality†related to the surveillance warrant application for former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein making the request.
The Republican lawmakers called for a review of any evidence of “bias†by DOJ or FBI employee as well as whether there was any “extraneous influence†on the surveillance process, something House Republicans have homed in on recent months.
The DOJ's inspector general, Michael Horowitz, is already investigating potential abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), but the two lawmakers argue his inquiry is not sufficient to uncover potential misconduct at the highest levels of the department.
Horowitz lacks the power to compel former officials and officials who work at other agencies to appear for the probe, the Republicans argue. He also lacks prosecutorial authority, they noted.
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