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Republicans officially introduced legislation for a new special counsel investigation on Friday into FBI misconduct and FISA abuses. (Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
More than two dozen congressional Republicans took a major first step to initiating a second special counsel investigation in Washington on Friday, this time into potential misconduct at the highest levels of the Department of Justice and FISA abuses.
Lead by Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), 25 Republicans co-sponsored legislation on Friday demanding a second special counsel be appointed.
"Expressing the sense of Congress that the Attorney General of the United States should appoint a Special Counsel to investigate misconduct at the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation, including an investigation of abuse of the FISA warrant process, how and why the Hillary Clinton probe ended, and how and why the Donald Trump-Russia probe began," the resolution states.
The legislation, just 12 pages long, lists nearly four dozen reasons why a new special counsel investigation is needed. Some of those reasons include:
For all of those reasons, Zeldin wrote that "the DOJ and FBI cannot be expected to fully investigate themselves regarding this matter."
"The concerns of the American people are serious and the issues requiring an immediate, unbiased, independent, and thorough investigation are broad," he added. "The Attorney General of the United States should immediately appoint a special counsel to conduct a thorough and independent investigation of these grave concerns."