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Lawmakers Call For A Second Special Counsel As Evidence of Alleged Crimes Mount in Russia Investigation

By Sara Carter

December 07, 2018 | 4:16 PM EST

https://saraacarter.com/lawmakers-calls-for-a-second-special-counsel-as-evidence-of-alleged-crimes-mount-in-russia-investigation/

“Based on the evidence we have, a second special counsel is looking increasingly necessary,” Nunes told this reporter Friday. “There are indications of serious wrongdoing, and the FBI and DOJ can’t be expected to investigate themselves. At any rate, what we want most now is for President Trump to declassify the evidence, so the American people can see more clearly what abuses were committed and who committed them.”

Nunes, along with other Republican lawmakers, have requested that the DOJ to declassify the emails for months but the DOJ has refused, he noted. The request for declassification is now with Trump and lawmakers are not sure if he will take the next step to declassify. The committee is also requesting that Trump declassify the ‘Gang of Eight’ dossier, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant on Page and the FBI interviews with DOJ senior official Bruce Ohr, who was used as a backchannel by the FBI to collect information from former British spy Christopher Steele after he was released by the FBI as a confidential informant. Steele compiled the unverified dossier on Trump’s campaign that was used as the bulk of information to obtain the warrant from the court to spy on Page.

The biggest question is will Barr be able to buck any Democrat pressure and call for a second Special Counsel if his nomination is approved, say lawmakers and legal analysts who spoke to this news site.