Amash Considering Independent Russia Commission After Comey Firing

U.S Rep. Justin Amash, R-Cascade Township, speaks to the audience during a town hall meeting on Feb. 23, 2017 at the Full Blast Recreation Center in Battle Creek, Mich. (Carly Geraci | MLive.com)
U.S Rep. Justin Amash, R-Cascade Township, speaks to the audience during a town hall meeting on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017 at the Full Blast Recreation Center in Battle Creek, Mich. Amash is embracing the town halls t... U.S Rep. Justin Amash, R-Cascade Township, speaks to the audience during a town hall meeting on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017 at the Full Blast Recreation Center in Battle Creek, Mich. Amash is embracing the town halls that many of his Republican counterparts in Congress have avoided as people lash out at President Donald Trump’s early actions and the planned repeal of the federal health care law. (Carly Geraci/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group via AP) MORE LESS
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In the wake of Tuesday night’s bombshell news that President Donald Trump had fired FBI Director James Comey, most Republican members of Congress either remained silent or released statements supporting the President’s decision.

But Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI), a member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, announced Tuesday that he and his staff are considering a bill that would establish an independent commission to take up the investigation into the Trump campaign’s contact with the Russian government that Comey was overseeing.

Following Comey’s dismissal and allegations that the House and Senate committees investigating the Russia ties have been starved of resources and stymied by partisanship, calls from both sides of the aisle for an independent prosecutor or independent commission to take up the matter are growing louder.

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  1. Avatar for nineo nineo says:

    I’d honestly expected to see more of this - politically speaking, this is the dumbest fucking thing I’ve ever heard. Nobody is ever going to let this go now. Again, I’ve never seen this type of political stupidity, at this level, in US politics before. At least Nixon wasn’t a total idiot. Boggles the brain.

  2. Let’s hope he actually follows through. I wouldn’t bet cash on it.

  3. The second paragraph of this letter is bizarre.

    The entire administration is bizarre, but point taken.

  4. Avatar for nova nova says:

    fuck you, amash. though it’s nice to see you got some time off from taking health care away from people to consider other things.

    asshole.

  5. Stun me, and prove me a liar when I say until you fuckers do, you are mouthing empty words to get past this shitstorm.

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