House conservatives push for a probe of Comey and Clinton campaign
Source: Washington Post
A group of conservative House Republicans has filed an amendment that would stymie one Democratic effort to investigate the firing of FBI Director James B. Comey by transforming it into an effort to probe Comey’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email scandal.
Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Mike Johnson (R-La.) have co-sponsored an amendment, a draft version of which was obtained by The Washington Post, that would hollow out a bill from Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) demanding documents related to the Comey firing. Jayapal’s legislation, which is not expected to pass, demands information sets related to issues such as “the scope or application of Attorney General Sessions’ recusal” and “any system used by the White House to secretly record conversations between President Trump and Director Comey.”
The conservative amendment would remove all of those requests and replace them with demands for information on “leaks by James B. Comey,” on “the propriety and consequence of immunity deals given to possible Hillary Clinton co-conspirators” and “James B. Comey’s knowledge of the purchase of a majority stake in the company Uranium One by the company Rosatom,” a story revealed in 2015 that has continued to rage in conservative media. Other supporters of the president have sounded similar notes, arguing that the Trump administration could do much more than it has to probe Clinton.
The text of the amendment is below.
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I wonder how many Dems here still shop at WalKrap. I've heard all of the excuses for the last thirty years and it still sounds like cutting one's own throat. 
