Murkowski: 'May' Be Time For Independent Probe On Trump-FBI-Russia

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By ALLEGRA KIRKLAND Published MAY 17, 2017 1:54 PM

Expressing concern about “the continuous and often conflicting reports” involving President Donald Trump and Russia, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) on Wednesday voiced support for an independent investigation into Russian interference in the U.S. election.

Murkowski joins a small but growing number of Republican lawmakers expressing openness to either an independent commission or special prosecutor.

“I still maintain that the Senate Intelligence Committee should continue conducting a thorough and fair investigation,” Murkowski said in a statement. “At the same time, it’s imperative that we—Congress, the FBI, the Administration—work to restore the public’s trust. In order to gain that credibility, it may be that we need to look to an independent commission or special prosecutor.”

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The Alaska senator’s call comes in the wake of a bombshell New York Times report detailing a memo fired FBI Director James Comey allegedly wrote about President Donald Trump’s personal plea to kill the bureau’s investigation into fired National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/lisa-murkowski-independent-russia-investigation

[VWolf]

1. Ya think?

Geez, these repubs are slow.

[Stuart G]

2. This is not the first republican senator to advocate this..Found this at Talking Points Memo:

Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), Dean Heller (R-NV), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), as well as a number of House Republicans and dozens of Democratic lawmakers, have said an independent investigation is needed.

You can find this list, in the last paragraph of the article that is mentioned in the original post..Hit the link in the original post, and you will see these names in the last paragraph of that article..