House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise have joined the House Republicans calling for a special second counsel to investigate the Department of Justice and FBI’s actions related to the Hillary Clinton and Trump-Russia probes. “I agree with the many others who have called for the appointment of an additional special counsel,” Scalise said in a statement. Scalise said a second special counsel -- unlike Special Counsel Robert Mueller -- should have the "authority to look into the potential abuses of the FISA system that allowed the Democrat-funded Steele Dossier to serve as the basis for the initial FBI investigation." On Tuesday, New York GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin, who is among the House Republicans calling for a second special counsel, celebrated McCarthy and Scalise’s comments as “huge news.”House Speaker Paul Ryan has not joined the calls. Earlier this month, Sessions was asked about the calls for a second special counsel, and told Fox News’ Shannon Bream: “I will consider the request.”Fox News’ Chad Pergram and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.

Source: Fox News March 20, 2018 15:23 UTC