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Eugene

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Wed May 23, 2018, 10:35 AM May 2018

Dana Milbank: House conservatives demand an investigation -- of Hillary Clinton

Source: Washington Post

House conservatives demand an investigation — of Hillary Clinton

By Dana Milbank
Columnist
May 22 at 5:44 PM

Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation has won indictments against President Trump’s former campaign chairman and 16 others and has secured guilty pleas from five people, including Trump’s former national security adviser and two campaign advisers.

This can mean only one thing: It is time to reopen the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails.

Federal agents raided the properties of Trump’s personal attorney, who was paid by corporations seeking to influence Trump and who was reimbursed by Trump for paying hush money to a porn actress.

As a natural consequence of this, it is imperative to probe the dealings of the Clinton Foundation.

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This, at any rate, is the peculiar view expressed by a group of House conservatives Tuesday as they introduced a 12-page resolution demanding that a special prosecutor be appointed to investigate various allegations against Clinton, the vanquished Democratic presidential nominee. They also want this new special prosecutor to look into the circumstances that started the Russia probe, though here, too, they blame Clinton, and to probe the conduct of Mueller and top officials at the Justice Department and FBI, who, as these lawmakers see it, are all hopelessly biased against Trump.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/when-all-else-fails-prosecute-the-clintons/2018/05/22/339dd226-5df8-11e8-a4a4-c070ef53f315_story.html

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Dana Milbank: House conservatives demand an investigation -- of Hillary Clinton (Original Post) Eugene May 2018 OP
Isn't It Time These People Were Put Down Me. May 2018 #1
Hillary should demand an investigation of GOP House members. Alethia Merritt May 2018 #2

Me.

(35,454 posts)
1. Isn't It Time These People Were Put Down
Wed May 23, 2018, 10:47 AM
May 2018

they are a minority in the house but yet are running the country into the ground

Alethia Merritt

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2. Hillary should demand an investigation of GOP House members.
Thu May 24, 2018, 06:24 PM
May 2018

Somehow I just believe she should be able to sue all of them.

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