Nadler: DoJ ‘Cannot Simply Assign a Special Counsel’ to Look at Clinton, Fusion GPS

‘So far there has been no credible factual or legal claim that anybody at the Department of Justice violated any law by deciding not to bring charges against Hillary Clinton’

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NADLER: "The Russia investigation is such a case. Because of the attorney general’s ongoing recusal and because department leadership assisted in the removal of Director Comey among other reasons. In cases like these the attorney general may use a special counsel to manage the investigation outside of the ordinary chain of command. But the key here is the criminal investigation. That’s what special counsel does. The department cannot simply assign a special counsel to look at things that bother the White House. There has to be enough evidence to have predicated a criminal investigation in the first place. Then and only then if the facts warrant can a special counsel be assigned to the case. So far there has been no credible factual or legal claim that anybody at the Department of Justice violated any law by deciding not to bring charges against Hillary Clinton or by attempting to meet with Fusion GPS. In other words, there is no investigation to which the department could even assign a new special counsel."
 

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