Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions requesting a criminal investigation of Jeff Catalan, who claimed that a female friend was sexually assaulted and later recanted his story. [Will an investigation for false statements discourage future spurious accusations?]
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-South Carolina), unloaded on his Democrat counterpart California Representative Adam Schiff on Thursday. He essentially called the Democrat congressman a liar and a fraud, stating multiple scenarios in which this appears to be the case.
Over the last year now, former FBI Director Comey infuriated just about everyone across the political spectrum. Irrespective of how one feels about how the FBI handled Hillary Clinton’s unsecured emails and Comey’s clumsy handling of alleged “Russian meddling” in the 2016 presidential election, most agree he overstepped his authority and injected himself into the political process. Comey had to go and he only has himself to blame.
Consider the timing of his firing:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s decision to recuse himself from the FBI investigation into the Trump campaign’s alleged contacts with the Russians was absolutely correct.
There are numerous precedents for an Attorney General to recuse him or herself from an investigation. Doing so is the proper way to avoid even the appearance of impropriety.
What is the "The 7th Floor Group?"
