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http://www.publiusroots.com/2018/04/table-of-contents.html

 

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My comment:  USA Foreign policy sucks right now. So if China and Russia and Iran and India want to pick up the slack to promote WORLD PEACE - I am all for it. US is known for being bullies and when our great honorable statesmen and others - promote DIPLOMACY - they are SQUISHED. Something to consider. If they posture themselves as stronger than USA - Trump will have no standing, the military would only want to get involved if they want to commit suicide, so Trump will hit a WALL that THEY built and I say GOOD!!! 

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        Burger  THERE

 WAS NO 

Russian Collusion - this is a distraction for 

Trump to get away with nefarious activity. 

Decide for yourself. Insert 2/9/2022: 

The Russian Collusion Case was DEVISED BY

 TRUMP - HE WANTED IT AS A 

DISTRACTION.  I fell for it hook, line, and 

sinker.  THESE ARE PATHEIC LIARS IN 

WASHINGTON, DC!  

AND NOW HE AND HIS CONSPIRATORS - 

INCLUDING CLINTON AND OBAMA, ARE 

TRYING TO INCITE WAR WITH RUSSIA!  

wtf! 

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) was joined by Representatives Mark Meadows (R, NC-11), Jim Jordan (R, OH-4), Ron Desantis (R, FL-6), Matt Gaetz (R, FL-1) and other Members of Congress announcing the introduction of a 12-page House Resolution (H-RES

907) detailing misconduct at the highest levels of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with regards to FISA Abuse, how and why the Hillary Clinton email probe ended, and how and why the Donald Trump-Russia probe began. The Resolution, sponsored by 25 Members of Congress, calls for the appointment of a second special counsel to investigate the misconduct that took place.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/907/text

https://www.scribd.com/document/380176663/Special-Counsel-Investigation

      pasted through Microsoft Word, there are some flaws: 

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of the Bureau which are based on provisions of the Pri- vacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a); Whereas text messages exchanged between FBI Agent Strzok and FBI Counsel Lisa Page, during the period of August16, 2015, to May 17, 2017, contain serious evidence of political bias and the improper handling of investigations within the agency; Whereas the texts contain egregious evidence of bias againstPresident Trump, including Lisa Page stating ‘‘Trumpshould go f himself’’ and Peter Strzok stating

‘‘F TRUMP’’; Whereas those text messages were not stored within the FBI archive system, an egregious oversight blamed on a technical glitch, and even after these messages were partially recovered by the Bureau’s Inspector General in January2018, many unanswered questions remain regarding impropriety and bias; Whereas in March 2018, former FBI Deputy Director McCabe was fired by Attorney General Jeff Sessions who noted that Deputy Director McCabe ‘‘lacked candor—including under oath—on multiple occasions’’ and had partaken in ‘‘unauthorized disclosure to the news media’’,among other violations noted in a report issued by the Office of the DOJ Inspector General after a wide-reaching investigation into Deputy Director McCabe’s

conduct; Whereas a myriad of DOJ and FBI personnel have  been fired or demoted, or have resigned, including FBI Director Comey, Deputy Director McCabe, Chief of Staff to the Director James Rybicki, FBI General Counsel James Baker, FBI Agent Strzok, FBI Counsel Page, FBI Special Agent Josh Campbell, DOJ Senior Official Ohr, FBI

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 Assistant Director Michael Korta and Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik; Whereas evidence has come to light that raises serious con-cerns about egregious misconduct within the DOJ andFBI rooted in political bias; Whereas the DOJ, FBI, or both appear to have planted atleast one person into Donald Trump’s Presidential campaign to infiltrate and surveill the campaign; Whereas the DOJ has failed to timely comply with several related document requests by

Congress; Whereas providing Members of Congress with heavily redacted versions of some but not all of the documents de-manded and offering Members limited in-person viewingof these documents is an inadequate response to repeatedrequests after months of delay by the DOJ; Whereas the mission of the Office of the DOJ Inspector Gen-eral is limited to detecting and deterring waste, fraud,abuse, and misconduct in DOJ programs and personneland promoting economy and efficiency in those programs,and a fully independent Special Counsel has greater au-tonomy than an Inspector General or Federal prosecutorsto run a non-biased investigation and if necessary bringforth criminal charges; and Whereas the DOJ and FBI cannot be expected to fully inves-tigate themselves regarding this matter: Now, therefore, be it

 Resolved,

That it is the sense of Congress that—

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(1) DOJ, FBI, and all Federal law enforcement

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agencies have a sacred duty to uphold our Constitu-

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tion and to protect our country without any partisan

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or ideological inclination affecting their important

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(2) Congress acknowledges with gratitude that

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the vast majority of the men and women who serve

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 within these critical agencies do so with the utmost

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integrity, independence, patriotism, and commitment

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to the rule of law;

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(3) misconduct regarding FISA abuse, how and

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 why the Hillary Clinton probe ended, and how and

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 why the Trump-Russia probe began should imme-

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diately be investigated by a Special Counsel who can

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act independently; and

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(4) the Attorney General of the United States

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should immediately appoint a Special Counsel to

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conduct a thorough and independent investigation of

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these grave concerns.

Anne Bradley I already notice their referencing BS about the Trump -Russia probe and they want to know why=wtf. CASE CLOSED. The British Agent, who they referred to as a dossier, was not even a registered foreign agent and the British crown fired him! His name is Christopher Steele - September 11 criminals are out on the streets of USA after they murdered 3,000 people and Trump is pulling this crap to use as a deviation to keep from getting REAL Justice - so yeah, I am so disgusted! Another black eye for USA!

My comment on Congress.gov: 

There is nothing about draining the Swamp here! It is BS as a deviant tactic so Congress doesn't have to perform REAL duties! Jeff Sessions needs military backup to unseal the 25,000+ indictments to do the arrest sting so there isn't a civil war - and you morons create a BS bill as if it will solve everything and nobody gives a damn what is actually in it! They just hear

your puffed up story, go ooh, ah - and say great. It is far from being great! it is a waste of time! There is no Russian collusion! Case closed, morons! Do your freaking jobs! Arrest the murderers of September 11! Pompeo probably made the drones that were operated and flown into the WTC buildings and they were filled with military explosives which John Bolton obviously got as Undersecretary of Firearms and Weapons! And Rand Paul is a Jesuit New World Order deceiver - you all know about what is really going on and yet you collect your six-figure incomes and solicit for money and don't do your freaking jobs! Our country is falling and you do not care! Rex Tillerson was erroneously fired and President Trump lied, coming up with one story after another about why he fired him! Here he was in Africa and Trump said it had to do with something about Iraq and Iraq recently bombed the ISIS HQ in Syria - Trump SHOULD have - Trump should have said THANKS at least and instead he bombs Iraq! Then he says he did to kill Abu Bakr al

Baghdaddi who was killed in 2016 by US-led operatives. Dr. Seb Gorka tweeted it and Obama had him fired at the Pentagon as an antiterrorism expert for the FBI! You not only get paid the big bucks but you spend your time taking down our government, so yeah, I am pissed!

Congress says: 

H.Res.907 - Expressing the sense of Congress that the Attorney General of the United States should appoint a Special

Counsel to investigate misconduct at the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation, including an investigation of abuse of the FISA warrant process, how and why the Hillary Clinton probe ended, and how and why the Donald Trump-Russia probe began.

aka Trump Flip Flops! 

Unidentified Speaker

A GROUP OF HOUSE CONSERVATIVES HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS THE RESOLUTION CALLING ON ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS TO APPOINT A SECOND SPECIAL COUNSEL. THE GROUP WANTSAN INVESTIGATION INTO SPECIAL JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

AND FBIMISCONDUCT, AS WELL AS INVESTIGATIONS INTO HILLARY CLINTON DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. THIS IS 50 MINUTES. IT WILL BEOUTLINING FISA ABUSE HOW AND WHY THE HILLARY CLINTON PROBE ANDAND THE RUSSIA PROBE BEGIN. THIS CALLS FOR A SPECIAL SECOND COUNSEL WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CANNOT INVESTIGATE ITSELF. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE RANKS OF THE DOJ AND FBI ARE FILLED WITH FEW GENETIC AMERICANS WHO TAKE THEIR OWN SERIOUSLY, AND PERFORM THEIR JOBS OBJECTIVELY WITH MUCH

I really don't care if you don't gain
anything from HR 907!

RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW. THESE ARE HISTORIC LEGENDARYAGENCIES THAT REQUIRE ACCOUNTABILITY REGARDING THE MISCONDUCTTHAT TOOK PLACE. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THESE EXCEPTIONAL PUBLICSERVANTS AND IMPORTANT AGENCIES TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK MOVING FORWARD STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE. AS THE RESOLUTION STATES, THE CONCERNS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE SERIOUS, AND THE ISSUES REQUIRING AN IMMEDIATE UNBIASED AND THOROUGH INVESTIGATION ARE BROUGHT. WE LEARNED THE DOJ, FBI OR BOTH APPEARED TO HAVE PLANTED AT LEAST ONE PERSON INTO DONALD TRUMP'S PRESIDENTIALCAMPAIGN TO SURVEILLED THE CAMPAIGN. THE SECTION ALONE REMINDSUS OF HOW NECESSARY THIS RESOLUTION IS, AS WELL IS THE

APPOINTMENT OF A SECOND SPECIAL COUNSEL. FIRST WE WILL DISCUSS SOME

OF THE MISCONDUCT RELATED TO HOW AND WHY THE HILLARY CLINTON PROBE ENDED, THE FISA ABUSE, AND FINALLY THE MISCONDUCT AS TO HOW AND WHY THE RUSSIA PROBE BEGIN. WITH REGARDS TO SECRETARY CLINTON, RULES AND PROTOCOL WERE VIOLATED WITH THEIRUSE OF A PRIVATE EMAIL SERVER. OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS WERE TRANSMITTED ON AN UNSECURED SERVER, AND INCLUDE EMAILS THAT CONTAIN CLASSIFIED INFORMATION WHEN THEY WERE SENT. OTHER EMAILS RETROACTIVELY DEEMED CLASSIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE'S. FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY ACKNOWLEDGED 55 OF THESE 60 ELICITING A WERE CLASSIFIED

AS SECRET. THIS USE OF THESERVER WAS TO AVOID FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, AND UNDUEOBSTRUCT JUSTICE -- DONE TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE. VARIOUS SENSITIVEEMAILS ASSUMPTION TO GRAND JURIES WERE DESTROYED ON HILLARYCLINTON'S PRIVATE SURVEY AND DESTRUCTION OF HARDWARE BEFORE THEY COULD BE OBTAINED BY INVESTIGATORS. IN A SEPTEMBER 2015 MEETING BETWEEN LORETTA LYNCH AND DIRECTOR COMEY, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL INSTRUCTED COMEY TO TREAT THE INVESTIGATIONAS " A MATTER," WATERING DOWN THE INVESTIGATION. CHIEF OF STAFF TO HILLARY CLINTON DURING HER TENURE AS SECRETARY OF STATE WAS OFFERED IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION IN EXCHANGE FOR ACCESS TO HER LAPTOP. TRANSCRIPTS OF CHANGED BY THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE,COMEY WAS READY TO EXONERATE HILLARY CLINTON IN MAY OF 2016 WHEN HE BEGAN TO DRAFT A STATEMENT ANNOUNCING THE END OF HIS INVESTIGATION, WHEN UP TO 14 KEY WITNESSES WERE EVEN INTERVIEWED.COMEY STATED DURING SWORN TESTIMONY THAT SHE MADE THE DECISION NOT TO RECOMMEND CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR SECRETARY CLINTON AFTER SHE WAS INTERVIEWED 2016. DIRECTOR COMEY IN THE FINAL DRAFT OF HIS STATEMENT ALLOWED AN FBI AGENT TO REPLACE "GROSSLY NEGLIGENT" WITH "EXTREMELY CARELESS," WHICH IS NOTPUNISHABLE UNDER FEDERAL LAW. THERE IS THE JUNE 27, 2016 INFAMOUS MEETING BETWEEN FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON IN PHOENIX,ARIZONA. IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER HILLARY CLINTON WAS EXONERATED. JULY 5, 2016, DIRECTOR COMEY VIOLATED DOJ RULES AND EXONERATEDTHEN CANDIDATE HILLARY CLINTON IN A PUBLIC STATEMENT TO THE MEDIA. ONE DAY LATER, THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOLLOWED FROM AG LYNCHTHAT THE DOJ INVESTIGATION INTO HILLARY CLINTON WOULD BE CLOSED WITH NO CHARGES. IN SEPTEMBER 2016, THE FBI DURING EXAMINATION OF THE PERSONAL LAPTOP OF ANTHONY WEINER, AS PART OF AN UNRELATEDINVESTIGATION INTO HIM SENDING EXPLICITLY SEXUAL MESSAGES TO ATEENAGE GIRL, FOUND CLASSIFIED EMAILS BELONGING TO HIS SPOUSE HUMA ABEDIN. IT TOOK UNTIL 2016 FOR DIRECTOR CALL ME TO ANNOUNCE TO THE RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES THAT HEWAS REOPENING THE INVESTIGATION INTO HILLARY CLINTON, IN ADDITION, AFTER THE FBI FAILED TO TOUCH FBI DIRECTOR TO AVOID THE APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AFTER MEDIA REPORTSSURFACED NOTING QUESTIONABLE POLITICAL DONATIONS. FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER DIRECTOR MCCABE AND OTHER OFFICIALSSOUGHT TO PURPOSEFULLY DELAYED THE RELEASE OF THESE ILLICITEMAILS FOR POLITICALLY MOTIVATED PURPOSES IS WANTED. THE DOJ FAILED TO FULLY INVESTIGATE SERIOUS CONCERNS SURROUNDINGFORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON, THEN SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON, AND CONNECTIONS TO THE COMPANY URANIUM ONE. THROUGHOUT HILLARY CLINTON'S TENURE AS SECRETARY OF STATE, A FAMILY FOUNDATION CONTROLLED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF URANIUM ONE MADE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THE CONSERVATION WHICH WERE NOT DISCLOSED, I VIOLATION OFN AN AGREEMENT SECRETARY CLINTON HAD WITH THE WHITE HOUSE TO PUBLICLY IDENTIFY ALL DONORS. BILL CLINTON WAS PAID $500,000 FOR A SPEECH IN MOSCOW BY A KREMLIN LINKED MOSCOW BANK UNDERWRITING URANIUM ONE STOCK. A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT WHO WORKED WITH THE FBI WAS THREATENED WITH REPRISAL BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT UNDER AG LYNCH WHEN HE TRIED TO COME FORWARD IN 2016. SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE LAUNCHED A PROBE TOINVESTIGATE THEIR URANIUM ONE MATTER, INCLUDING WHETHER FEDERAL AGENCIES SUCH AS THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE KNEW THE FBI WASLOOKING INTO POSSIBLE CORRUPTION WHEN THE DEAL WAS APPROVED.AN INVESTIGATION NOTED A MULTISTATE INVESTIGATION INTO THE QUESTIONABLE DEALINGS OF THE CLINTON FOUNDATION WITH CORRUPT DONORS WAS SHUT DOWN IN AUGUST 2016, WHEN PRESSURE WAS ASSERTED ON THE FBI BY SENIOR OFFICIALS WITHIN THE OBAMA JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. THE SAME REPORT NOTICED SHUTTING DOWN THEINVESTIGATION INTO CLINTON AND PROPRIETY AND INFLUENCE WASCONNECTED TO HIGH-RANKING OFFICIALS IN THE FBI. THE SAME IG'S REPORT ALSO FOUND DEPUTY DIRECTOR MCCABE, AFTER DISSENTING TO THE POLITICAL PRESSURE, ATTEMPTED TO LATER USE UNAUTHORIZED LEAKS TO THE PRESS TO CREATE A FALSE NARRATIVE THAT HE WAS OPPOSED TO THE CLOSURE OF THE INVESTIGATION, THAT HE DID THIS INAN ATTEMPT TO SALVAGE HIS REPUTATION AFTER CLAIMS OF -- INOCTOBER 2016, THE FBI AND DOJ USED UNVERIFIED SOURCES TO OBTAIN WARRANTS ISSUED BY THE SURVEILLANCE COURT -- THE FISA COURT TO SURVEIL HE WAS CITIZENS, INCLUDING CARTER PAGE. RESULTING IN SURVEILLANCE OF A BROAD ARRAY OF PRIVATE COMMUNICATIONS IN THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, INCLUDING THOSE OF U.S. CITIZENS NOTSPECIFICALLY TARGETED IN THE FISA LAURENT. FBI AND DOJ OFFICIALS SUBMITTED AN UNVERIFIED -- FAILING TO DISCLOSE THAT CHRISTOPHERSTEELE WAS HIRED BY THE FIRM FUSION GPS, HIRED BY THE HILLARYCLINTON CAMPAIGN TO PREPARE THIS DOSSIER, AND THAT THE SOURCE WAS UNRELIABLE AND SOON TO BE TERMINATED AS A SOURCE. THE FISA COURT WAS NOT INFORMED CHRISTOPHER STEELE WAS OPPOSED TO THE ELECTION OF DONALD TRUMP, HE WAS THE SOLE SOURCE CITED IN IT THEEYE REPORTS, AND -- CITED IN FBI REPORTS. THE FBI'S MANDATORY VETTING PROCESSES REQUIRED FOR ALL FISA APPLICANTS INSTITUTED TO ENSURE ALL THE FACTS ANDRE VERIFIED TO SUPPORT PROBABLE CAUSEFOR WARRANT WERE NOT FOLLOWED. FORMER DIRECTOR COMEY ADMITTED IN SWORN TESTIMONY JUNE 8, 2016 THAT MATERIALCONTAINED IN THE STEELE DOSSIER WAS KNOWN TO BE SALACIOUS AND UNVERIFIED. SINCE FISA LAURENT APPLICATIONS ARE RARELY TURN DOWN OR A MUST NEVER SUBJECT TO APPEAL OR PRESENTED WITH NO PUBLIC RECORD WITH THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT CHALLENGED BY ANY DEFENSE,IT IS IMPERATIVE TO TAKE EXTRA CARE TO VALIDATE THE INFORMATION BUILDING THEIR CASE BEFORE THEY TAKE THE STEP OF WAIVING RIGHTS OF A U.S. CITIZEN WITHOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A DEFENSE. AT THE FISA COURT, THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO PRESENT ITS CASE, BUT ALSO THE BEST EVIDENCE AGAINST ITS CASE. THESE DEEPLY FLAWED AND QUESTIONABLE FISA WARRANT APPLICATIONS USING ILLICIT SOURCESAND ILLEGALLY BIASED INTELLIGENCE -- POLITICALLY BIASED INTELLIGENCE WERE APPROVED AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS BEFORE BEING SUBMITTED TO THE FISA TOWARD. IT WAS FOURTH OR NOT DISCLOSED TO THE FISA THATA RANKING OFFICIAL WORKED FOR FUSION GPS, AND CHRISTOPHERSTEELE SUBMITTED THE CUBANS -- SUBMITTED DOCUMENTS THROUGHHIM TO THE FISA COURT. TO THE STATE HAS NOT BEEN ANY EVIDENCE DONALD TRUMP COLLUDED THE RUSSIANS TO WIN THE 2016 ELECTION.THERE ISN'T EVIDENCE DONALD TRUMP COMMITTED ANY CRIME TO WIN THE ELECTION. THE INITIAL FBI PROBE INTO ALLEGED COLLUSION WITH RUSSIA WAS LAUNCHED BASED ON QUESTIONABLE AND INSUFFICIENTINTELLIGENCE AND BUYS THE MOTIVATIONS. AS WE HAVE LEARNED IN RECENT DAYS, THE FBI, DOJ OR BOTH PLANTED AT LEAST ONE PERSON INTO DONALD TRUMP'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TO INFILTRATE ANDSURVEILLANCE THE CAMPAIGN. THE TEXT CONTAINED GRIEVOUS BIAS,THAT "TRUMP SHOULD F HIMSELF." AN EGREGIOUS OVERSIGHT BLAMED ON A TECHNICAL GLITCH, AND EVEN AFTER THESE MESSAGES WERE PARTIALLY RECOVERED IN JANUARY 2018, MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONSREMAINED REGARDING IMPROPRIETY AND BIAS . FORMER DIRECTORCOMEY PROVIDED NOTES ON HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH PRESIDENTTRUMP. COMEY ADMITTED IN SWORN TESTIMONY TO THE SENATECOMMITTEE JUNE 8, 2017 THAT HE HAD LEAKED THIS CONTENT TO A PERSONAL FRIEND AND ENCOURAGED THE FRIEND TO SHARE MATERIALWITH THE PRESS TO TRIGGER A SPECIAL COUNSEL INVESTIGATION. AN INVESTIGATION LATER REVEALED THE PERSONAL FRIEND OF DIRECTORCOMEY WAS A PROFESSOR AT COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL. DIRECTOR COMEY'S ACTIONS ARE A CLEAR VIOLATION OF NONDISCLOSUREAGREEMENTS AND A CLEAR VIOLATION OF FBI PROTOCOLS REGARDING DISSEMINATION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION OUTSIDE THE BUREAU BASED ON THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974. IN MARCH 2018, DIRECTOR MCCABE WAS FIRED BY JEFF SESSIONS, WHO NOTED MCCABE LACKED CANDOR, INCLUDING UNDERGROWTH ON MANY OCCASIONS, AND HAD PARTAKEN INUNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE TO THE NEWS MEDIA. AFTER A WIDE REACHING INVESTIGATION INTO DEPUTY DIRECTOR MCCABE'S CONDUCT, A MYRIAD OF FBI AND DOJ PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN DEMOTED OR RESIGNED, INCLUDING FBI DIRECTOR COMEY, CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE DIRECTOR, FBIGENERAL COUNSEL JAMES BAKER, FBI COUNSEL PAGE, AND ASSISTANTATTORNEY GENERAL. THE DOJ HAS FAILED TO TIMELY COMPLY WITHSEVERAL RELATED DOCUMENT REQUESTS BY CONGRESS PROVIDING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WITH HEAVILY REDACTED VERSIONS OF SOME BUT NOT ALL DOCUMENTS DEMENTED, AND OFFERING AN INADEQUATERESPONSE TO REPEATED REQUESTS AFTER MONTHS OF DELAY BY THE DOJ. AS I PREPARE TO INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR REMARKS,IN CONCLUSION I LIKE TO POINT OUT WHILE MANY IN THE MEDIA ANDAMERICAN PUBLIC HAVE BEEN TRYING TO BRING DOWN THE PRESIDENT WITHOUT EVIDENCE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP COLLUDED WITH RUSSIA TO WIN THE ELECTION, THERE IS A TON OF EVIDENCE OF REAL MISCONDUCT THAT THOSE SAME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO COMPLETELY SWEEP UNDER THE RUG. I BELIEVE IN EQUAL SCALES OF JUSTICE, THAT NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW. THAT INCLUDES ANYONE REGARDLESS OF LAST NAME. THAT INCLUDES ANYONE AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF DOJ AND FBI, ESPECIALLY WHEN MISCONDUCT IS COMMITTED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES TO TAKE DOWN ELECTED CANDIDATES. NO ONE IN THEJUSTICE DEPARTMENT CAN ALLOW THEIR OWN POLITICAL BIAS TO OVERWHELM THEIR OWN OBJECTIVITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THEIR OWN DUTIES. THE SECOND SPECIAL COUNSEL MUST BE APPOINTED AND ACCOUNTABILITY IS DEMANDED FOR THESE GREAT LEGENDARY HISTORIC AGENCIES. WITH THAT, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THESE GREAT AGENCIES WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD STRONGER THAN THEY WERE EVER BEFORE. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE CONGRESSMAN MARK

REP. MEADOWS

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE RESOLUTION, THE LEADERSHIP IT TAKES.TYPICALLY -- TO BE CLEAR, THE INTENT OF THE COSIGNERS OF THISRESOLUTION, TO MAKE A REQUEST OF OUR LEADERSHIP TO BRING THIS RESOLUTION TO THE HOUSE FLOOR TO BE VOTED ON TO POINT A SECONDSPECIAL COUNSEL. IT IS ALSO THE POSITION OF MANY IN THIS GROUPTHAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS SHOULD RELOOK AT HIS DECISION TO NOT APPOINT A SECOND SPECIAL COUNSEL. THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE FROM MR. HUBER TO EVIDENCE HIS WORK SO FAR ISAN ACCUMULATION OF FREQUENT FIRE MOUTHS. THERE HAS BEEN NO REPORT, NO INVESTIGATION TO SPEAK OF. I CAN TELL YOU IT IS DEEPLYTROUBLING, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, THAT WE ARE NOT GETTING TRANSPARENCY FROM THE FBI AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. THAT TRANSPARENCY THAT MANY TIMES GOES WITHOUT SAYING.ROD ROSENSTEIN AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ON A NUMBER OFOCCASIONS, WHEN THEY COULD TELL THE TRUTH, REMAINED SILENT. WHEN DIRECTOR COMEY WAS OUT ON HIS BOOK TOUR, TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE HAD A FRIEND THAT HE SHARED THE MEMO WITH. RODROSENSTEIN KNEW IT WAS NOT A FRIEND, BUT INDEED A SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE. WHEN DIRECTOR COMEY WAS TALKING ABOUTTHE FACT THAT SHE ONLY SHARED IT WITH ONE FRIEND, RON ROSENSTEINKNEW HE ACTUALLY SHARED IT WITH MORE THAN THAT, AND YET THEDEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL REMAINED SILENT. AND WHEN A NUMBER OF US BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT THERE WERE REDUCTIONS OF MATERIALFACTS BACK IN JANUARY, ROD ROSENSTEIN AGAIN WAS SILENT. PERHAPS HE IS NOT SILENT WHEN IT COMES TO SPINNING HIS NARRATIVE. EVENTODAY WE CONTINUE TO SEE LEAKS COME OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT OFJUSTICE AND FBI SPINNING A NARRATIVE THAT QUITE FRANKLY IS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE FACTS. IT IS TIME WE GET TO THE FACTS. IT IS TIME WEAPPOINT A SECOND SPECIAL COUNSEL. I THINK THE LEADERSHIP OF ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE COSPONSORED -- IT IS TIME FOR TRANSPARENCY,AND IT IS TIME TO ALLOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO KNOW THE TRUTH.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE RESOLUTION, THE LEADERSHIP IT TAKES.TYPICALLY -- TO BE CLEAR, THE INTENT OF THE COSIGNERS OF THISRESOLUTION, TO MAKE A REQUEST OF OUR LEADERSHIP TO BRING THIS RESOLUTION TO THE HOUSE FLOOR TO BE VOTED ON TO POINT A SECONDSPECIAL COUNSEL. IT IS ALSO THE POSITION OF MANY IN THIS GROUPTHAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS SHOULD RELOOK AT HIS DECISION TO NOT APPOINT A SECOND SPECIAL COUNSEL. THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE FROM MR. HUBER TO EVIDENCE HIS WORK SO FAR ISAN ACCUMULATION OF FREQUENT FIRE MOUTHS. THERE HAS BEEN NO REPORT, NO INVESTIGATION TO SPEAK OF. I CAN TELL YOU IT IS DEEPLYTROUBLING, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, THAT WE ARE NOT GETTING TRANSPARENCY FROM THE FBI AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. THAT TRANSPARENCY THAT MANY TIMES GOES WITHOUT SAYING.ROD ROSENSTEIN AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ON A NUMBER OFOCCASIONS, WHEN THEY COULD TELL THE TRUTH, REMAINED SILENT. WHEN DIRECTOR COMEY WAS OUT ON HIS BOOK TOUR, TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE HAD A FRIEND THAT HE SHARED THE MEMO WITH. RODROSENSTEIN KNEW IT WAS NOT A FRIEND, BUT INDEED A SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE. WHEN DIRECTOR COMEY WAS TALKING ABOUTTHE FACT THAT SHE ONLY SHARED IT WITH ONE FRIEND, RON ROSENSTEINKNEW HE ACTUALLY SHARED IT WITH MORE THAN THAT, AND YET THEDEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL REMAINED SILENT. AND WHEN A NUMBER OF US BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT THERE WERE REDUCTIONS OF MATERIALFACTS BACK IN JANUARY, ROD ROSENSTEIN AGAIN WAS SILENT. PERHAPS HE IS NOT SILENT WHEN IT COMES TO SPINNING HIS NARRATIVE. EVENTODAY WE CONTINUE TO SEE LEAKS COME OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT OFJUSTICE AND FBI SPINNING A NARRATIVE THAT QUITE FRANKLY IS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE FACTS. IT IS TIME WE GET TO THE FACTS. IT IS TIME WEAPPOINT A SECOND SPECIAL COUNSEL. I THINK THE LEADERSHIP OF ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE COSPONSORED -- IT IS TIME FOR TRANSPARENCY,AND IT IS TIME TO ALLOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO KNOW THE TRUTH.

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THE IG IS SUPPOSEDLY LOOKING INTO A LOT OF THIS STUFF. WHILE THEREIS AN IMPORTANT ROLE FOR THE IG, AND I DON'T THINK THEIR WORK ISMUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, THE IG IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH THE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO GET SET OF FACTS, BECAUSE HE DOES NOT HAVE SUBPOENAPOWER, CANNOT BRING PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE AGENCY, AND CERTAINLY DOESN'T HAVE ANY TOOLS TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLATIONS OF LAW. I AM EAGERLY AWAITING THE IG REPORT ABOUT THE HILLARY CASE, AND MAYBE SOMEDAY THERE WILL BE AN IG REPORTTHAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL, BUT IT IS NOT SUFFICIENT IN ORDER TO GETACCOUNTABILITY. SOME PEOPLE SAY, HEY, THESE SPECIAL COUNCILS AREUNRULY, IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. UNDERSTAND, THERE IS A DIFFERENTBETWEEN KEN STARR IN THE 1980'S WHEN YOU HAD AN INDEPENDENTCOUNSEL, WHICH I THINK IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. JUSTICE SCALIA DID.THAT WAS OPERATING OUTSIDE OF THE TRUE INDICATIVE BRANCH.ROBERT MUELLER IS A DOJ EMPLOYEE PHYSICALLY. HE IS NOT AN INDEPENDENT. HE IS SUPERVISED SUPPOSEDLY BY ROD ROSENSTEIN. THE REASON THIS INVESTIGATION HAS BECOME UNRULY IS BECAUSEROSENSTEIN NEVER IDENTIFIED A CRIME TO BE INVESTIGATED AT THEOUTSET, AND HE HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING TO KEEP MUELLER ON TARGET.I THINK MUELLER TELLS ROSENSTEIN WHAT TO DO. WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR, I DON'T WANT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL INVOLVED IN EXTRANEOUS STUFF. ANSWER THE COR QUESTIONSE AND MOVE ON OR HOLD PEOPLEACCOUNTABLE. IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO WAS SUPERVISING THAT,AND WAS SERIOUS ABOUT KEEPING THE TRAINS ON TIME, YOU CAN DO THIS IN A WAY THAT CAN BE DONE MUCH MORE EXPEDITIOUSLY THAN SOME OF THESE HAVE PREVIOUSLY. THANKS.

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I TOO AM SO GRATEFUL FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION. WE NEED A VOTE ON IT QUICKLY. THAT HAS TO BE ON THE FLOOR. BACK WHEN MUELLER WAS APPOINTED, THERE WAS NOBODY ANY MORE OUTRAGED THAN I WAS. I KNEW OF THE DAMAGE HE HAD DONE TO THE FBI. HE HAD PURGED THE FBI OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCED, PURGED FBI TRAINING MATERIALS SO THEY COULD NOT RECOGNIZE RADICAL ISLAM.THIS WAS FALLING INTO THE CATEGORY OF WHAT MUELLER WAS GOOD AT, COVERING HIS OWN REAR END. ALSO IN THIS CASE COVERING THAT OFROD ROSENSTEIN. ROSENSTEIN WAS A U.S. ATTORNEY. MUELLER WAS FBI DIRECTOR. WISEMAN WAS WORKING ON THE CASE AS WELL TOINVESTIGATE RUSSIA'S LEGAL EFFORT TO GET CONTROL OF U.S. URANIUM.THEY SELF-TITLED THAT -- SOFT -PEDDLED THAT. THEY HAD TO KEEPTHINGS QUIET SO THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS ON INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES WOULD VOTE TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW THE SALE OF URANIUM THAT WOULD END UP IN THE HANDS OF RUSSIA. IF MUELLERAND ROSENSTEIN LET THE PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT RUSSIA'S ILLEGAL EFFORTS, THERE IS NO WAY THEY COULD HAVE APPROVED THAT SALE. THEN OF COURSE THE CLINTON FOUNDATION WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTENSO MUCH MONEY THAT CHANGED HANDS. THESE GUYS WERE DISQUALIFIED. IF THEY HAD ANY DECENCY, THEY WOULD HAVE RECUSEDTHEMSELVES FROM A, APPOINTING A SPECIAL COUNSEL,B, BE A SPECIALCOUNSEL. THIS WAS JUST ROBERT MUELLER, WHO WAS SHORTLY BEFORETHAT WAS BEGGING TO GET THE JOB AS DIRECTOR OF THE FBI. HE HAD NO BUSINESS DOING THIS. I THINK ERIC HOLDER, ALTHOUGH HEMISREPRESENTED FACTS BEFORE THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, HE WAS NOTMISREPRESENTING FACTS TO SEE AN END. HE SAID, I HAVE KNOWN ROBERT MUELLER FOR 20 YEARS, HE IS NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL HE GETS TO THE TROUBLE ON SOMETHING. THAT IS THE TROUBLE. WE NEED A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO INVESTIGATE THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR, TOINVESTIGATE ROSENSTEIN. ROSENSTEIN IS A GUY THAT DID THE MEMOSAYING LET'S FIRE COMEY. HE HAD NO REASON BEING IN THIS, BUT THERE IS A REASON. IF MUELLER HAD ANY INTEREST IN LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW THIS WAS UNJUST, HE WOULD GO OUT OF HIS WAY TO HIRE PEOPLE NOT CONNECTED TO THE CLINTONS AND DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THAT WAY PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THIS IS A JUST AND FAIR ACTION. SINCE IT WAS NOT JUST AND FAIR, THEY NEEDED PEOPLE THAT WOULD COVER THEMSELVES,THAT THAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED. IT WAS JUNE OF LAST YEAR. I TOLDPRESIDENT TRUMP, NO ONE NEEDS FIRING MORE THAN ROBERT MUELLER, BUT YOU CAN'T BE THE ONE TO FIRE HIM, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME WECAN NEED REPUBLICANS -- WE HAVE SOME WEAK-KNEED REPUBLICANSWHO WILL COME AFTER YOU. LIKE ANY GOOD IDEA, IT TAKES A WHILE TO CATCH ON. NOW IT IS APPARENT TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR BEHIND ME. I HOPE WE WILL GET A VOTE AND FORCE THIS TO A HEAD.

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I'M JUST WONDERING, WHAT IS THE STANDARD FOR THE APPOINTMENT OFA SPECIAL COUNSEL AT THE DOJ? YOU HAVE ROSENSTEIN APPOINT ACOUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE THE PRESIDENT BASED ON A SLOW BOILSUSPICION OF CARTER PAGE, A PAPADOPOULOS MEMO WRITTEN BY SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN DEMOTED AND REASSIGNED, AND A DOSSIERBOUGHT BY THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN AND CURATED BY RUSSIANS? AT ONE POINT YOU HAVE ROSENSTEIN SITTING NEXT TO MUELLER, PITCHINGMUELLER AS A REPLACEMENT FOR JAMES COMEY, AND NOT 24 HOURS LATER, YOU HAVE ROSENSTEIN SELECTING MUELLER TO BE THE SPECIAL COUNSEL. HERE THE FACTUAL BASIS SEEMS TO BE A LOT STRONGER. MR. ZELDIN SHOWED GREAT LEADERSHIP. SPEAKER RYAN HAS ALWAYS SAID TO ALL OF US, HE WANTS A HOUSE WITH A BOTTOM-UP PROCESS THAT IS WORKING AGAIN ITS ACTIVITIES. 10 MONTHS AGO MEMBERS OF THEJUDICIARY COMMITTEE: 42ND SPECIAL COUNSEL. CHAIRMAN BOB GOODLATTE AT THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, CHAIRMAN TREY GOWDYALSO CALLED FOR A SECOND SPECIAL COUNSEL. MR. ZELDIN WAS JOINEDBY THE MAJORITY LEADER, THE MAJORITY WHIP STEVE SCALISE. WE HAVE DONE WHAT HAS BEEN ASKED OF US AS A MEMBERSHIP. WE HAVE UNCOVERED THE TRUE FACTS. WE HAVE PERSUADED LEADERSHIP AT THE CONFERENCE AND COMMITTEE LEVEL. WE NEED SPEAKER RYAN TO PUT THIS RESOLUTION ON THE FLOOR SO THAT THE FULL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION OF LEGITIMACY AND NEED OF A SECOND SPECIAL COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE WHAT I PERCEIVED TO BE SERIOUS CRIMES AND IMPROPRIETY IN THE FBI AND DEPARTMENT OFJUSTICE.

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I AM FROM GEORGIA'S 10TH DISTRICT. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK LEE LEEZELDIN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND EVERYONE ON THIS STAGE FOR KEEPING THIS ISSUE AT THE FOREFRONT. LET ME BRING THIS DOWN TO WHY THIS MATTERS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WHAT DOES THIS MATTERSPECIFICALLY TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE? TRUTH, JUSTICE, ANDTRANSPARENCY ARE NOT PARTISAN ISSUES OR CONCEPTS, THEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT. WHEN WE BEGIN TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO IGNORE THE RULE OF LAW, OR TO SET A STANDARD OF THEIROWN TO ABIDE BY, THEN IT BECOMES OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SHINE LIGHT ON THAT, AND IN THIS CASE TO CONDUCT AN IMPARTIALINVESTIGATION. THERE CAN BE NO QUESTION AT THIS POINT, AS IT APPEARS SO EVIDENT THAT THE FBI AND DOJ, AT THE BOTTOM LINE, WANTED HILLARY CLINTON T NOTO BE INDICTED AND THEY DID NOT WANT DONALD TRUMP TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS OUGHT TO BE A GRAVE CONCERN TO EVERY CITIZEN IN THIS COUNTRY. IN LIGHT OF ALL THE SERIES ISSUES RAISED, THE ALLEGATIONS, WE HAVE GOT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND FBI TIPPED THE SCALES OF JUSTICE. WE'VE GOT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM WHETHER OR NOT THEIR ATTEMPTS WERETO BENEFIT ONE POLITICAL CANDIDATE TO THE HEART OF ANOTHER. WE'VE GOT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ISSUE WHETHER THEYCIRCUMVENTED THE RULE OF LAW. IT IS TIME FOR OUR LEADERSHIP TOEXHIBIT LEADERSHIP AND GET THIS RESOLUTION TO THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE. THE CREDIBILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FBIAND FBI IS AT STAKE, BUT WHAT IS ALSO A STATE IS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO TRUST FBI, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, CONGRESS, ALL OF OUR ROLES TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS. I THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WITH ME THIS AFTERNOON. IT IS TIME WE GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS.

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THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I AM REALLY JUST GRATEFUL TO MY COLLEAGUE FROM NEW YORK, RESULTING. -- LEE ZELDIN HAS THE TENACITY ON THIS ISSUE. WE OUTLINED VERY QUICKLY THE POINTS THATWERE MADE, WHAT WE THINK OUR POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF LAW. WE ARE STILL WAITING. IT IS IMPORTANT WE RESTORE THE INTEGRITY OF THEFBI AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SO WE HAVE EQUAL JUSTICE UNDERLAW, SO THE AMERICAN CITIZENS KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING IS LOOKING AT EVERYTHING LEGALLY -- EVERYTHING EQUALLY, AND NOT JUST PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS ALONG POLITICAL LINES. IF THE TABLES WERE TURNED, THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER MODERN-DAY WATERGATE. WE NEED TO LOOK INTO THIS. A SECOND COUNSEL IS OUR ONLY OPTION AT THIS POINT. I APPLAUD MY COLLEAGUES, ECHO T HEIR SENTIMENTS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO LEE AND TO EVERYONE HERE FOR STANDING STRONG ON THIS ISSUE AND YOU FOR RECORDING THIS SO THE AMERICANPEOPLE KNOW WE WILL STAND FOR EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW.

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I AM FROM ARIZONA'S FOURTH. AND YOU WONDER WHY THIS MATTERS.FOOL ME ONCE, SHAME ON YOU, FOOL ME TWICE, SHAME ON ME. HOW MUCH EQUITY HAVE TO SEE FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM FASTAND FURIOUS TO -- WE HAVE THE POWER AND PURVIEW TO OVERSEE THISAPPLICATION. THE FUNDAMENTAL ASPECT OF OUR REPUBLIC IS TO HOLDEVERYBODY EQUALLY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE RULE OF LAW. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE THINGS MR. SULTAN -- MR. ZELDIN ORCHESTRATED, THIS WAS AN ORCHESTRATED CAMPAIGN AGAINST A DULY ELECTED GOVERNMENT.THAT IS WHY THERE IS NOTHING SHORT OF TREASON FOR THOSE THATPARTICIPATE IN THIS FISA. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE THE TRUTH,AND THEY DESERVE TO EVERYONE IS HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD OF LAW.

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GOOD MORNING, FROM ARIZONA'S FIFTH DISTRICT. I'M THANKFUL TO LEEZELDIN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I AM REMINDED OF WHAT A FORMER ARIZONA CONGRESSMAN SAID, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SAID, IT JUST HASN'T BEEN SAID BY EVERYBODY YET. WHAT HAS BEEN SAID ISDYNAMITE. IT IS THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIME. THE SCANDAL PERHAPS OF OUR LIFETIME. THERE ARE TWO KEY COMPONENTS THAT NEED TO BEREALLY EXPLORED AND OUTLINED MORE. NUMBER ONE, THAT ISREFERENCED TO THE FORMER ADMINISTRATION WHERE THE PRESIDENT WAS TO BE INFORMED OF ALL THINGS GOING ON. WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT. WE NEED TO KNOW HOW HIGH THIS SCANDAL WENT.THAT IS IMPERATIVE. NUMBER TWO, THE APPARENT MOTIVATION FOR ALLTHIS MISCONDUCT, GOING BACK TO THE CLINTON SCANDAL RIGHT ON INTO THE CURRENT SCANDAL, IS POLITICAL IN NATURE. THAT IS ANTITHETICAL TO WHAT THE FOUNDING OF THIS COUNTRY, THE FABRIC OF THIS NATION TODAY SHOULD BE AND WAS. THOSE TWO THINGS ARE THINGS WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE. WE NEED A SPECIAL COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE EVERYTHING WE HAVE ITERATED IN THIS RESOLUTION, BUT MOREOVER, WE NEED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT KNEW WITH REGARD TO THISMISCONDUCT. WE ALSO NEED TO KNOW WHY THIS ABUSE OF POWERW --ABUSE OF POWER WAS PERFORMED FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES. THAT CAN NEVER HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTRY AGAIN.

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I REPRESENT SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA, SEVENTH DISTRICT. I WANT TO APPLAUD MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. I AM PROUD TO STAND WITH THEM. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT OBVIOUSLY OUR COUNTRY IS DIVIDED. A LOT OF FOLKS ARE DIVIDED IN TERMS OF THEIR OPINION ON OUR PRESIDENT. I THINK THE VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS BELIEVE IN A FAIR PROCESS. I WILL BE CANDID AND SAY I AM NOT A BIG FAN OF SPECIAL COUNSELS. I THINK ONE IS NECESSARY IN THISPARTICULAR MATTER MOVING FORWARD SO WE CAN HOPE TO CREATE A MUCH MORE FAIR PROCESS AND GET TO THE REAL TRUTH OF THE MATTER.I TOO ENCOURAGE OUR LEADERSHIP TO BRING THIS TO THE FLOOR.THEAMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE THE TRUTH. AND NOT ONLY THAT, IT IS IMPERATIVE I BELIEVE FOR THE FUTURE AND SURVIVAL OF OUR REPUBLIC.THANK YOU.

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I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE HERE, THECHAIRS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE FORTHEIR HARD WORK TO COVER ALL THESE FACTS. I WOULD BE HAPPY TOANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE HAS.

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CAN TALK ABOUT YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH PAST LEADERSHIP WHY THIS IS NOT COMING UP WITH A VOTE?

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THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS IN TERMS OF THE FRUSTRATION OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS DOCUMENT, BUT ALSO THE NEED FOR ASECOND SPECIAL COUNSEL. WE HAVE MEMBERS OF LEADERSHIP THAT HAVE CALLED FOR IT, CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE THAT HAVE DONE SO.THEY ARE FULLY AWARE. AT THIS POINT, IT IS A DRASTIC STEP, BUT QUITEFRANKLY THESE ARE DRASTIC FACTS THAT CONTINUE TO BUBBLE TO THE SURFACE. IT IS TIME WE GET A RESPONSE. I DON'T KNOW THEY WILL BESURPRISED BY ANY OF THE DEMANDS OF THIS REQUEST. THE RESOLUTION IS SOMETHING

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HAS TAKEN THE LEAD ON. WE PLAN TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS ON THAT.

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BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, OR JUST

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I CAN TELL YOU ANOTHER MEETING WITHOUT EVIDENCE AND WITHOUT SEEING THE DOCUMENTS IS WORTHLESS. THERE ARE TWO SUBPOENASTHAT ARE OUTSTANDING THAT HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLIED WITH. FROMOVERSIGHT AND JUDICIARY, WE HAVE A SUBPOENA THAT IS THERE. THIS PRESIDENT HAS TURNED OVER 1.2 MILLION DOCUMENTS TO SPECIAL CONCERT WE WILL, AND YET OUR DOJ AND FBI IN A SEVEN-MONTHPEROIOD HAS DELIVERED LESS THAN 19,000 DOCUMENTS OUT OF A POSSIBLE 1.2 MILLION DOCUMENTS, MOST OF THOSE DUPLICATIVE. JUST HAVING A BRIEFING IS NOT WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. WE ACTUALLY NEED TO SEE THE DOCUMENTS. WE BELIEVE WE HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS THERE.

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GO AHEAD.

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YOU GUYS TALKED TO PRESIDENT TRUMP OFTEN. HAS HE ASKED FOR THIS?

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AS AUTHOR OF THIS RESOLUTION, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PRESIDENT. IN REGARDS TO THE CALL FOR A SECOND SPECIAL COUNSEL, THIS IS 100% THE PRODUCT OF TALKING TO MY COLLEAGUES SIGNING ON TO THE RESOLUTION, 100%.

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A CLARIFICATION FOR CONGRESSMAN ZELDIN. DOES EVIDENCE SHOW –Bruce Orr - WAS GIVEN INFORMATION BY HIS WIFE OR FUSION GPS, AND THAT THAT INFORMATION WAS USED TO RENEW FISA

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BRUCE IS IN DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH CHRISTOPHER STEEL. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE CONNECTION AND CONFLICT WAS REAL AND ONE THAT RESULTED IN INFORMATION WE PASSED THROUGH BRUCE THROUGHTHE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO THE FISA COURT AS AN INTERMEDIARY. >>

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I WOULD JUST ADD THAT WHAT SEEMS CRAZY IS, WHEN YOU HAVE THE FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL MEETING WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT, THEHUSBAND OF THE TARGET OF AN INVESTIGATION ON A TARMAC, THENIMMEDIATELY EXONERATING HILLARY CLINTON. WHAT SEEMS CRAZY TO ME IS THAT ROOS OR -- BRUCE ORE IS SERVING AS AN INTERMEDIA FIRST THIS -- FOR CHRISTOPHER STEEL. IT SEEMS CRAZY THAT JAMES COME HE WOULDWRITE AN EXONERATION FOR HILLARY CLINTON. WHAT SEEMS CRAZY TOME IS YOU WOULD GO TO A FISA COURT AND BE PRESENTING THISDOSSIER AND NOT BE TELLING THE FISA JUDGES THAT THE INFORMATION IS UNVERIFIED, THAT IT WAS PAID FOR BY HILLARY CLINTON AND THEDEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, AND PROVIDING ALL OF THE OTHER INFORMATION THAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THOSE ISAAC JUDGES, -- FORTHOSE PFIZER JUDGES TO KNOW WHAT THE EVIDENCE WAS. AS FAR ASWHAT'S CRAZY ABOUT THIS IS THAT EVERYTHING IN THIS RESOLUTION IS ACCURATE. THAT IS CRAZY.

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AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF THESE DOCUMENT REQUESTS THAT CONTINUE TO BE MADE, ON A PART OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO TURN THOSE OVER, NOT BECAUSE OF THE CLASSIFIED NATION OF THE REQUESTS BUT MATERIAL INVOLVED, AND ALSO BECAUSE THERE IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION SO THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT SHARING WITH THE SUBJECT SEVEN INVESTIGATION MATERIALS RELEVANT TO THEIR INVESTIGATION. SHOULD THE RIGHT -- SHOULD THE WHITE HOUSE ENSURETHAT OFFICIALS ARE WALLED OFF FROM ANY OF THAT ARE SHARED AND THAT MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESS ARE NOT SHARING ANY OF THESENSITIVE DOCUMENTS THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO THE PRESIDENT AND HIS LEGAL TEAM BEFORE THEY PREPARE FOR THE MEETING?

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AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF THESE DOCUMENT REQUESTS THAT CONTINUE TO BE MADE, ON A PART OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO TURN THOSE OVER, NOT BECAUSE OF THE CLASSIFIED NATION OF THE REQUESTS BUT MATERIAL INVOLVED, AND ALSO BECAUSE THERE IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION SO THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT SHARING WITH THE SUBJECT SEVEN INVESTIGATION MATERIALS RELEVANT TO THEIR INVESTIGATION. SHOULD THE RIGHT -- SHOULD THE WHITE HOUSE ENSURETHAT OFFICIALS ARE WALLED OFF FROM ANY OF THAT ARE SHARED AND THAT MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESS ARE NOT SHARING ANY OF THESENSITIVE DOCUMENTS THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO THE PRESIDENT AND HIS LEGAL TEAM BEFORE THEY PREPARE FOR THE MEETING?

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PART OF OUR SKEPTICISM OF THEM FILTERING THE INFORMATION THEYPROVIDE CONGRESS, WE HAVE CUT THEM REDACTING INFORMATION.THERE WAS NOT REDACTING OF A NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERN ORMETHODS, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS PERSONALLY EMBARRASSING TO THEM THAT THERE ARE TALKING ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH A JUDGE. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS LOST THEIR CREDIBILITY TO ITSELF FILTER BASED ON THEIR OWN CONDUCT. A SECOND SPECIAL COUNSEL SOLVESBACK AGAINST THAT CONCERN. IF A SECOND SPECIAL COUNSEL ISAPPOINTED YOU HAVE INDEPENDENT EYES THAT CAN COLLECT THE EVIDENCE, MAKE A REVIEW AND BRING IN ACTION FORWARD. YOU COULD IN ESSENCE DIVORCE THOSE CONCERNS FROM A PROCESS THAT HAD MORE INTEGRITY. WE THINK THAT HE HAS LAID OUT THAT CORRECT PROCESS.

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I WOULD JUST ADD THAT, ALL THE CONCERNS ABOUT NOT PROVIDINGINFORMATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS, THEN YOU PROVIDE THE INFORMATION AND SEE THAT THERE IS NOTHING AT RISK HAPPENS TIME AND TIME AGAIN. AFTER YOU END UP READING THE DOCUMENTS, THE REAL REASON IS THAT IT WOULD CAUSE EMBARRASSMENT TO PEOPLEWHO DID THE WRONG THING.

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YOU HAVE ALL MADE IT CLEAR THAT YOU ARE PURSUING THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE TRANSPARENCY, WHAT YOU DO NOT REALLY GET AROUND TO THE QUESTIONS, DID THE PRESIDENT ENCOURAGE THIS EFFORT AT ALL?

Unidentified Speaker ONE EDGE OF PERCENT, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

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Unidentified Speaker THAT IF YOU HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THIS?

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FROM THOSE WHO ANSWERED THE EARLIER QUESTION, THEY SAID THE SAME. SPEAKING FOR MYSELF AS THE AUTHOR OF THIS RESOLUTION, 100% OF MY CONVERSATIONS WITH...

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THANK YOU EVERYONE. -- THANK YOU, EVERYONE.