Sessions Rejects Republican Calls for a Second Special Counsel
- He says U.S. attorney in Utah already leads internal probe
- GOP lawmakers allege wrongdoing in past probe of Clinton
Attorney General Jeff Sessions
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions rejected calls from Republican lawmakers for a second special counsel to look into potential misconduct by the Justice Department and the FBI in past investigations of Hillary Clinton, saying that the issues were already under scrutiny.
In a letter to three Republican committee chairmen, Sessions disclosed Thursday that he has assigned John Huber, a U.S. attorney based in Utah, to conduct an internal probe into complaints of FBI bias and wrongdoing.