Jeff Sessions om Special Counsel

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TRUMP 03.04.2018 kl 13:07 1006

Jeff Sessions har avslått oppfordringer fra flere komiteer i kongressen om å oppnevne en ekstra Special Counsel til å granske "certain issues" som for det meste handler om Obama-administrasjonen.
* Gjentatte forespørsler om 14 punkter fra House Judiciary Committee (Bob Goodlatte)
* Forespørsel fra House Oversight Committee (Trey Gowdy)
* Forespørsel fra Senate Judiciary Committee (senator Grassley og senator Graham)

(brev fra Jeff Sessions 3,5 sider, 29.03.2018)
https://www.scribd.com/document/375121590/AG-Jeff-Sessions-Letter-to-Congress-RE-Huber-as-Prosecutor-With-IG-Horowitz

(pressemelding fra Inspector General 28.03.2018)
https://oig.justice.gov/press/2018/2018-03-28b.pdf

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 28, 2018

DOJ OIG Announces Initiation of Review
Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz announced today that, in response to requests from the Attorney General and Members of Congress, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) will initiate a review that will examine the Justice Department’s and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) compliance with legal requirements, and with applicable DOJ and FBI policies and procedures, in applications filed with the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) relating to a certain U.S. person. As part of this examination, the OIG also will review information that was known to the DOJ and the FBI at the time the applications were filed from or about an alleged FBI confidential source. Additionally, the OIG will review the DOJ’s and FBI’s relationship and communications with the alleged source as they relate to the FISC applications.

If circumstances warrant, the OIG will consider including other issues that may arise during the course of the review.

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03.04.2018 kl 23:25 993

OPPNEVNELSE AV JOHN W. HUBER

Det er mange delte meninger om akkurat den saken. Noen tolker det til at han har omtrent samme myndighet som en Special Counsel -- eller at oppgaven hans kan utvikles til å få omtrent samme myndighet.

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

(The Hill)
Conservatives fume after Sessions declines to appoint new special counsel

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.

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