Posted on 10/26/2017 5:26:16 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) called Tuesday for the Department of Justice to appoint a special counsel to investigate the Uranium One scandal after reports that suggest the FBI knew of Russian bribery and money laundering leading up to the 2010 deal.
Grassley, writing on Twitter, said, “Whoever in DOJ is capable [with] authority to appoint a special counsel [should] do so to investigate” the Uranium One scandal.
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself in March from any investigations into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election after a controversy arose about his meetings with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, meetings that he did not disclose at his confirmation hearing.
Grassley’s call for a special counsel comes in the wake of reporting by The Hill that the FBI had found evidence of Russia’s involvement in “bribery, kickbacks, extortion and money laundering” to grow their energy business in the U.S. and that Russian nuclear officials had routed “millions of dollars” to donate to the Clinton Foundation ahead of the partial sale of Uranium One to Russian energy giant Rosatom.
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He recused for 2016. This was 2010.
Congress critters sure do love their special counsels and such. When do they ever get down to actually punishing their swamp buddies?
Investigate, investigate, investigate, ... How many investigations are going on now with NO NADA NOTHING being done? Typical excuse to look like congress is intelligent and useful. Baloney.
Special Counsel - OK! But only if their their term of reference are carefully set out, a time limit is set and a budget fixed. And NO EXCEPTIONS, NO EXTENSIONS with a failure to complete stated to be a career ending failure (no further Federal employment at all).
They should fire Sessions. He hasn’t done anything. He is sitting out the brawl and will declare himself the winner in the end. Even if he has people looking into certain crimes, he should have already presented the obvious crimes to Grand Jury(s). Further, he is in charge of the entire FBI. He has never made one step to help any investigation yet he is blocking the release of records, testimony, etc...
Could the gov’t declare Russian ownership of the uranium mine to be contrary to national security interests, confiscate the mine, and pay the Russians fair market value? Would this be legal? I suspect there is a FReeper who knows the answer to these questions.
This is Uniparty's default mode--kicking the can down the road while loudly harrumphing. SEE: Darryl Issa, Trey Gowdy. The objects of the investigation avoid prison and know that the worst they can get is a contempt of Congress citation which expires when that term expires .... Obama's DOJ were like gremlins, feverishly pulling parts off the engines, while Trump's DOJ is MIA.
You may be correct.
Note that this is Grassley tweaking Rosenstein and Sessions.
Special counsel rules (not law) call for one in case of appearance of conflict of interest.
Rosenstein was involved in prosecuting Russian bribery connected to Uranium One, making him have a potential conflict.
If Sessions extends his recusal to this, there is a real question of who would decide a special counsel is needed.
Keep in context: Grassley is needling the DOJ.
Possible dueling special prosecuters! Bonus!
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