Conservatives fume after Sessions declines to appoint new special counsel

[DonViejo]

BY JONATHAN EASLEY - 03/30/18 05:04 PM EDT

Conservative are boiling with anger at Attorney General Jeff Sessions for declining to appoint a second special counsel to investigate alleged abuses at the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ).

In a Thursday letter to senior GOP lawmakers in the House and Senate, Sessions explained that he had appointed John Huber, a U.S. attorney from Utah who was first appointed by former President Obama, to work with DOJ’s inspector general to determine whether a second special counsel is necessary.

While Sessions says he will accept Huber’s recommendation on whether to appoint a second special counsel, the attorney general set a high bar for an independent investigation, saying it would require “extraordinary circumstances.”

Conservatives are apoplectic, believing there is more than enough evidence of wrongdoing at the FBI and widespread conflicts of interest within the DOJ to justify an outside prosecutor. “If he’s not going to appoint a second special counsel then he should step down,” said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus.

Sessions’s letter of explanation satisfied a trio of GOP leaders — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) — who had sent letters to the attorney general requesting a second special counsel.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/381053-conservatives-fume-after-sessions-declines-to-appoint-new-special

[onecaliberal]

1. Ruh roh. Perhaps confederate elf wants out.

[Demsrule86]

3. Sessions is a racist...but I get the feeling there are lines of ethics he won't cross unlike the

rest of the conservative scumbags.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. This will blow up in their faces

just like Benghazi.

[Volaris]

4. I'm missing something?

Now the GOP thinks the FBI should be investigated for their behavior regarding Comeys actions regarding Clinton?

I've never liked it, but I'll give credit where it's due...that's some BALLS right there, boy...