On Wednesday, July 26, congressmen Andy Biggs, and Jim Jordan joined Matt Gaetz in filing an amendment in the House Judiciary Committee to direct an investigation into former FBI Director James Comey’s management of Hillary Clinton and her emails. The amendment, which passed the House Judiciary Committee, requested documents and information from President Trump and Attorney General Sessions surrounding the firing of former FBI Director James Comey, and his connection, if any, to scandals in the Obama administration.
“My colleagues and I introduced this amendment because we are tired of passively allowing the left and the radical media to distract from the Republican agenda through wild accusations. Most of the claims made about President Trump and his team are nothing more than unfounded, unsourced, anonymous allegations that merely serve the purpose of trying to delegitimize the President and prevent Congress from carrying out the agenda we promised to the American people. It is time for the Left to respond to the blatant misconduct of Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder, James Comey, Susan Rice, and Loretta Lynch. Our constituents want justice for the scandals of the Obama administration, and we must earn and keep their trust by demanding information and investigations. Today, we fight back and reclaim the narrative that has rightly been given to us by the American people,” stated Biggs in a press release.
The amendment requires information concerning former Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s ‘tarmac meeting’ with Bill Clinton, which took place while Hillary Clinton was under investigation.
The amendment also requests information about:
Lynch’s demand that Comey mislead the public by calling the Clinton investigation a “matter”;
Leaks of classified correspondence from Comey to the press, in the hopes of starting a special counsel headed by Comey’s longtime friend, Robert Mueller;
The ethically dubious and potentially criminal “pay-for-play” connections between the Clinton Foundation and the State Department;
Hillary Clinton’s decision to sell American uranium reserves to Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation, and whether that sale endangered national security;
Comey’s decision to usurp the authority of the Attorney General, by announcing that no charges would be brought against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server;
Comey’s decision to pre-emptively pardon Hillary Clinton’s IT staff, despite their active destruction of documents requested by a subpoena;
Comey’s knowledge of the company ‘Fusion GPS,’ and their creation of a “dossier” about then-candidate Donald Trump, and the connections between Fusion GPS and foreign intelligence agencies; and
The role of Comey and former National Security Adviser Susan Rice in “unmasking” people involved with then-candidate Donald Trump’s campaign, and the subsequent widespread dissemination of that information to intelligence agencies.
Congressman Gaetz stated, “The American people deserve answers. The Obama-Clinton scandals should not be forgotten or forgiven just because Hillary Clinton lost the election. The rule of law still matters. It is past time to appoint a special counsel to investigate the real crimes and the real criminals. As a member of the House Judiciary Committee, I will continue to call for justice and robust oversight.”