INTERVIEW – REP. STEVE KING (R-IA), member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, Chairman of Subcommittee on the Constitution & Civil Justice and member of the Subcommittee on Immigration & Border Security
- TOPICS: Wider Investigation into Hillary/Obama, Sessions drama and health care vote-a-rama
- King Calls For Wider Investigations of Obama, Clinton, Comey, Soros, Lynch, Abedin, and Weiner Scandals
- Judiciary Committee Republicans want a second special counsel: report (The Hill) – Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are asking for a second special counsel separate from Robert Mueller to probe aspects of the 2016 election and actions by officials in the Obama administration, including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and other Republicans on the committee sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Thursday requesting the appointment of a second special counsel. The letter asked that the second special counsel investigates officials including former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former FBI Director James Comey.
- AG Jeff Sessions to TuckerCarlson on President Trump’s criticism of him: “it’s kind of hurtful”. / Attorney General Jeff Sessions tells AP he will continue to serve as long as President Donald Trump wants him to.
- ObamaCare ‘skinny repeal’ amendment fails in Senate, as 3 Republicans vote no. Senate Republicans failed to pass Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s proposed “skinny repeal” amendment in a vote Friday morning, signaling what could be the end to any hopes of repealing and replacing ObamaCare. As the clock neared 2 a.m. ET, the amendment proposal failed, 51-49, with Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska joining Democrats in voting no. “It is time to move on,” McConnell said after the vote.