{"id":354658,"date":"2018-03-31T09:06:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-31T08:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-sessions-declines-to-appoint-second-special-counsel\/"},"modified":"2018-03-31T09:06:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-31T08:06:52","slug":"prison-planet-com-sessions-declines-to-appoint-second-special-counsel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-sessions-declines-to-appoint-second-special-counsel\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Sessions declines to appoint second special counsel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/national-security\/380915-sessions-reveals-federal-prosecutor-investigating-fbi-allegations\"><strong>The Hill<\/strong><\/a><br \/>March 30, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Attorney General <span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Jeff Sessions<\/span> revealed in a letter to lawmakers Thursday that he had declined to name a second special counsel to investigate allegations of surveillance abuse within the Department of Justice (DOJ), despite pressure\u00a0from the Republican Party for him to do so.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/4426668-AG-Letter-Re-IG-and-Huber-Reviews.html\">his letter<\/a> to GOP committee chairmen <span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Chuck Grassley<\/span> (Iowa), <span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Bob Goodlatte<\/span> (Va.) and <span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Trey Gowdy<\/span> (S.C.), Sessions said the appointment of a special counsel only occurs under \u201cthe most \u2018extraordinary circumstances.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo justify such an appointment, the Attorney General would need to conclude that \u2018the public interest would be served by removing a large degree of responsibility for the matter from the Department of Justice,\u2019 \u201d Sessions wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He\u00a0said he had named a federal prosecutor in Utah, John Huber, to lead the investigation into Republicans\u2019 allegations that the FBI and DOJ abused a surveillance program against a former Trump campaign aide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/national-security\/380915-sessions-reveals-federal-prosecutor-investigating-fbi-allegations\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Friday, March 30, 2018  at  4:02 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/sessions-declines-to-appoint-second-special-counsel.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/sessions-declines-to-appoint-second-special-counsel.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The HillMarch 30, 2018 Attorney General Jeff Sessions revealed in a letter to lawmakers Thursday that he had declined to name a second special counsel to investigate allegations of surveillance abuse within the Department of Justice (DOJ), despite pressure\u00a0from the Republican Party for him to do so. 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