Top GOP senators demand special counsel to probe FBI-Steele dossier decisions

[mystery-ak]

 By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Thursday, March 15, 2018

Top Senate Republicans called Thursday for a new special counsel to probe how the FBI and Justice Department handled interactions with the Trump campaign and the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Sens. Charles E. Grassley and Lindsey Graham, the top Republicans who’ve been pursuing the issue, said an inspector general’s investigation is already underway, but it’s constrained by law and it will take someone with special counsel powers to get to the bottom of what happened.

“Thus, we believe that a special counsel is needed to work with the Inspector General to independently gather the facts and make prosecutorial decisions, if any are merited,” said Mr. Grassley and Mr. Graham, who were joined in their request by Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis.

The top Republicans on the key committees in the House already called for a special counsel, and the senators’ letter ups the pressure on Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

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[skeeter]

This would be the alternative to firing Mueller.

Of course the media would ignore such an investigation at first, but there's just too much smoke for them to ignore it forever. Let the subpoenas fly. Who knows - Mueller might even catch one.

Then the public can compare and contrast the results of both investigations.

[libertybele]

This would be the alternative to firing Mueller.

Of course the media would ignore such an investigation at first, but there's just too much smoke for them to ignore it forever. Let the subpoenas fly. Who knows - Mueller might even catch one.

Then the public can compare and contrast the results of both investigations.

Exactly, but I'm very skeptical.  They need to select an independent, outside counsel.  Who would be responsible for doing that?  Sessions?  If so, were right back to square one.  I don't trust that liberal mental midget.