… Issa said Attorney General Jeff Sessions — a key player in Trump’s campaign — had a conflict of interest, and Issa said of the Russians, “We need to investigate their activities, and we need to do it because they are bad people.”
On Monday, Issa backtracked, saying it was premature to name a special prosecutor without a specific allegation of a crime. This is a reasonable position — but so was Issa’s stand last week. The U.S. intelligence officials’ reported conclusions about Moscow’s interference in the election and analysis of Russia-Trump contacts raise profound and troubling questions an independent counsel could help answer. ...
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