Congress Blindsides Obama After Evidence Reveals His Dirtiest Skeleton Yet
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Repeatedly, we have seen members of the House Intelligence Committee and the House Oversight Committee call for an additional, second special counsel to be appointed to investigate crimes involving bias and FISA abuse from within the Obama administration’s Department of Justice.
The second request came from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy calling for the for the appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate potential bias and potential conflicts of interest and decisions made or not made by the Department of Justice in 2016 and 2017.
In a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Goodlatte and Gowdy request the appointment of a Special Counsel to review evidence of bias by any employee or agent of the DOJ, FBI, or other agencies; the decisions to charge or not charge and whether those decisions were made consistent with the applicable facts, the applicable law, and traditional investigative and prosecutorial policies and procedures; and whether the FISA process employed in the fall of 2016 and continuing into 2017 was lawful and pursuant to all relevant policies and procedures.
A previous request for a second special counsel had come forth in a July 27, 2017 letter, where GOP leaders had called on Sessions to “appoint a second special counsel to investigate a plethora of matters connected to the 2016 election and its aftermath.” These included actions by Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Loretta Lynch and others, email controversies, mishandling of classified information, Fusion GPS and the Steele Dossier, FISA warrants, wire taps, leaks, grand juries, the Clinton Foundation and the Uranium One deal.
Amid much muttering, censor, and even anger Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he is not appointing — for now — a second special counsel to investigate allegations of wrongdoing by the FBI and Justice Department, telling Republican lawmakers that he has already asked a veteran prosecutor to look into the matter. In a four-page letter sent to lawmakers Thursday, Sessions said a special counsel is reserved for extraordinary circumstances and argues that the GOP allegations do not rise to that level.
However, widespread head-scratching has followed Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recent disclosure that U.S. Attorney John W. Huber is leading an investigation into 2016 election controversies.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions had previously noted the appointment of an Outside Prosecutorial Team.
He said so himself on March 7, 2018:
“I have appointed a person outside of Washington, many years in the Department of Justice, to look at all the allegations that the House Judiciary Committee members sent to us – and we’re conducting that investigation.”
The significance of this is one of timing, as according to a letter written from Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd letter to Rep. Robert W. Goodlatte dated November 13, 2017, it provides evidence that this Prosecutorial Team has been in place since at least mid-November 2017.
“The Attorney General has directed senior federal prosecutors to evaluate certain issues raised in your letters. These senior prosecutors will report directly to the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General.”
The importance of this cannot be over-emphasized. Although it meant little at the time – a new appointment was made on November 14, 2017, by the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee –
Sessions also followed up with a March 29 letter to Republican committee chairmen, reaffirming that Huber, the U. S. Attorney for Utah, had been appointed to “evaluate certain issues” raised by the GOP. He did not say which issues, but there are plenty. Sessions made note that Huber is “an experienced federal prosecutor,” and “will make recommendations as to whether any matters not currently under investigation should be opened, whether any matters currently under investigation require further resources, or whether any matters merit the appointment of a Special Counsel.”
Translation: Mr. Huber is investigating the investigations, not the underlying allegations.
Just who is John W. Huber? Huber was appointed Assistant U.S. Attorney in Utah in 2002. He was named U.S. Attorney in 2015 by Barack Obama and has an important backer in Utah’s senior senator, Orrin Hatch.