A group of congressional Republicans is preparing to announce a resolution Tuesday calling for the appointment of a second special counsel to investigate alleged misconduct at the FBI and Justice Department, Fox News informed.
The resolution enjoys the support by Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., the chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus as well as two of the group’s co-founders — Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla.
Fox News has found out that the 12-page resolution will request another special counsel to investigate matters concerning three topics: 1) The ending of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s personal email server; 2) the progress of the Trump-Russia probe from its origins through the appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel; and 3) abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) during the warrant application process. The resolution is expected to say that a second special counsel would have greater autonomy to probe those issues than the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General. Last week, Inspector General Michael Horowitz addressed lawmakers and said that he had completed his draft report on the Clinton probe and processed it to the DOJ and the FBI.
In March, Horowitz said he would also investigate allegations that FBI and Justice Department officials abused their surveillance powers by using information compiled by Christopher Steele, a former British spy, and paid for by Democrats to justify monitoring Carter Page, a former campaign adviser to Trump.
At the time, Horowitz said his office would review those claims as well as any contacts between Steele and DOJ and FBI officials.
Over the weekend, the Justice Department revealed that it had asked the watchdog to broaden that investigation by examining whether any improper politically motivated surveillance of the Trump campaign in 2016 occurred.
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