Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C. In a letter to U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Robert Goodlatte (right) who has also raised questions about the Hillary Clinton Email Investigation a top Justice Department official writes The Attorney General has directed Senior Federal Prosecutors to evaluate certain issues raised in your letters.
These senior prosecutors will report directly to the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General as appropriate and will make recommendations as to whether any matters not currently under investigation should be opened whether any matters currently under investigation require further resources or whether any matters merit the appointment of a Special Counsel."
And Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd has informed Cong. Goodlatte that the Department of Justice also forwarded a copy of the letter to the agencys Inspector General which is already investigating former FBI Director James Comey and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch over their handling of the matter. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has also authorized senior Justice Department prosecutors to evaluate whether allegations regarding the Clinton Foundation and the sale of the Uranium One uranium company need to be investigated by a special counsel according to the letter he sent the committee Monday night that has since been obtained by both the ABC and Fox News organizations. The Justice Department was responding to two different requests dated July 27th and September 26th from House Judiciary committee members and Committee Chairman Goodlatte (R-VA) calling for the
appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate the matter.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions directed senior federal prosecutors to evaluate certain issues" requested by the Congressional Republicans specifically those involving the sale of Uranium One and the alleged unlawful dealings related to the Clinton Foundation leaving the door open for an appointment of a Special Counsel.
The Attorney General has directed senior federal prosecutors to evaluate certain issues raised in your letters" Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd wrote in his repsonse.
These senior prosecutors will report directly to the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein as appropriate and will make recommendations as to whether any matters not currently under investigation should be opened whether any matters currently under investigation require further resources or whether any matters merit the appointment of a Special Counsel" wrote Boyd.
The Justice Departments letter states that some of the topics requested by Goodlatte and other committee members were already being investigated by the departments Inspector Generals Office. The letter mentioned specific allegations regarding the FBIs handling of the Clinton email probe including allegations that certain Dept. of Justice and F.B.I. policies or procedures" were not followed in connection with or in actions leading up to or related to" then-FBI Director James Comeys July 5 2016
closure of the Clinton email matter".
Uranium One was a Canada-based company that had most of its ownership rights sold to a Russian agency in 2010. Because Uranium One produced significant amounts of uranium in the United States the U.S. government had to approve the deal. The State Department which at the time was led by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was one of several federal agencies required to review the matter which was ultimately approved.
At approximately the same time the State Department signed off on the deal business associates of Uranium One donated millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation which once uncovered has caused Republicans to raise serious questions of any possible linkage to the two events.
Attorney General Sessions announced in March that he would recuse himself from any existing or future investigations of any matters related in any way" to either presidential campaign in 2016 pledging to steer clear of Clinton-related investigations in particular.
