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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on June 16, 2017, 11:59:27 am
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Grassley rankles GOP with new Comey investigation
By Alexander Bolton - 06/16/17 06:00 AM EDT
Republicans are wary of Sen. Chuck Grassley's (R-Iowa) decision to launch a Judiciary Committee investigation into the firing of former FBI director James Comey.
Grassley, the panel’s chairman, took the step this week partly at the urging of Democrats, but said that it’s his committee’s job to make sure there’s a firewall protecting the FBI from political influence.
“There should be no improper interference with FBI investigations to favor any elected official or candidate of either party,” Grassley wrote in a Wednesday letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee.
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http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/338057-grassley-rankles-gop-with-new-comey-investigation