A Republican congressman who aligned with President Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign called Friday for a special prosecutor to oversee the investigation into Trump associates’ contacts with Russia.
Rep. Darrell Issa said on HBO’s “Real Time” that Attorney General Jeff Sessions — who Trump appointed as the nation’s top law enforcement officer — should not handle the problem.
“You cannot have somebody, a friend of mine Jeff Sessions, who was on the campaign and who is an appointee,” the California Republican said in response to a question from host Bill Maher. “You’re going to need to use the special prosecutor’s statute and office to take — not just to recuse. You can’t just give it to your deputy. That’s another political appointee.”
Issa emphasized that “there may or may not be fault” with Trump’s associates but said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutality toward political enemies highlighted the need for such a probe.
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Huge moment.
Darrell Issa calls for Sessions to recuse himself & a special prosecutor to investigate Trump/Russiapic.twitter.com/eyqXXBzFuA
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 25, 2017
There's a pattern to Trump's attacks on the media. They repeatedly happen directly after reporting on Russia. Watch. pic.twitter.com/uhclIdz3Bo
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) February 26, 2017
He discredits the media so that when things that are not favorable to him come out he just chants “FAKE NEWS!” His minions are okay with that and have no curiosity to delve into things any further than that. And with the poor record the media has had over the years and the biases they have shown it doesn’t take much to completely discredit them.
If the American public really wants the truth they are going to dig for it on their own and not rely on either the media or Donald Trump.
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