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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 477 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a special counsel 

should be appointed by the Attorney General or his designee to investigate misconduct by former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former 

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James B. Comey with regard 

to the investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for 

mishandling of classified data and use of an unauthorized email server. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 26, 2017 

Mr. GAETZ (for himself, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, 

Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. FARENTHOLD, 

Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. 

MEADOWS, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. YOHO, Mr. BLUM, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. 

PERRY, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. BRAT, Mr. DUNCAN of South 

Carolina, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, Mr. MCKINLEY, 

Mr. GOSAR, and Mr. AMODEI) submitted the following resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

a special counsel should be appointed by the Attorney 

General or his designee to investigate misconduct by 

former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James B. Comey 

with regard to the investigation of former Secretary of 

State Hillary Clinton for mishandling of classified data 

and use of an unauthorized email server. 

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1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that a special counsel should be appointed by 

3 the Attorney General or his designee to investigate the fol4 lowing: 

5 (1) Then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch di6 recting James B. Comey to mislead the American 

7 people by stating that he should refer to the inves8 tigation into the mishandling of classified data and 

9 use of an unauthorized email server by former Sec10 retary of State Hillary Clinton as a ‘‘matter’’, rather 

11 than a criminal ‘‘investigation’’. 

12 (2) Leaks by James B. Comey to Columbia 

13 University law professor, Daniel Richman, regarding 

14 conversations had between President Donald Trump 

15 and then-FBI Director James B. Comey, and how 

16 the leaked information was purposefully released to 

17 lead to the appointment of special counsel, Robert 

18 Mueller, a longtime friend of James B. Comey. 

19 (3) The propriety and consequence of immunity 

20 deals given to possible Hillary Clinton co-conspira21 tors Cheryl Mills, Heather Samuelson, John Bentel, 

22 and potentially others, by the Federal Bureau of In23 vestigation, during the criminal investigation James 

24 B. Comey led into Hillary Clinton’s misconduct. 

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1 (4) The decision by James B. Comey to usurp 

2 the authority of then-Attorney General Loretta 

3 Lynch in his unusual announcement that criminal 

4 charges would not be brought against Hillary Clin5 ton following her unlawful use of a private email 

6 server and mishandling of classified information. 

7 (5) James B. Comey’s knowledge and impres8 sions of any ex-parte conversation between then-At9 torney General Loretta Lynch and former President 

10 Bill Clinton on June 27, 2016, at a Phoenix airport 

11 on a private jet. 

12 (6) James B. Comey’s knowledge of the com13 pany ‘‘Fusion GPS’’, including— 

14 (A) its creation of a ‘‘dossier’’ of informa15 tion about Mr. Donald Trump; 

16 (B) that dossier’s commission and dissemi17 nation in the months before and after the 2016 

18 Presidential Election; and 

19 (C) the intelligence sources of Fusion GPS 

20 or any person or company working for Fusion 

21 GPS or its affiliates. 

22 (7) Any and all potential leaks originated by 

23 James B. Comey and provided to author Michael 

24 Schmidt dating back to 1993. 

25 (8) James B. Comey’s knowledge of— 

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1 (A) the purchase of a majority stake in the 

2 company Uranium One by the company 

3 Rosatom; 

4 (B) whether the approval of the sale was 

5 connected to any donations made to the Clinton 

6 Foundation; 

7 (C) what role then-Secretary of State Hil8 lary Clinton played in the approval of that sale; 

9 and 

10 (D) whether the sale could have affected 

11 the national security of the United States of 

12 America. 

13 (9) James B. Comey’s refusal to investigate 

14 then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding— 

15 (A) selling access to the U.S. State De16 partment through Clinton Foundation dona17 tions; 

18 (B) Huma Abedin’s dual employment at 

19 the State Department and the Clinton Founda20 tion simultaneously; or 

21 (C) utilization of the State Department to 

22 further paid speaking opportunities for her hus23 band. 

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1 (10) Any collusion between former FBI Direc2 tor James B. Comey and special counsel Robert 

3 Mueller; including— 

4 (A) the information James B. Comey ad5 mitted to leaking to the Columbia University 

6 law professor, being intentional such that a spe7 cial counsel, his longtime friend, Robert 

8 Mueller, would be appointed to lead the inves9 tigation against the Trump administration; and 

10 (B) any communication between Robert 

11 Mueller and James B. Comey in advance of the 

12 Senate Intelligence Committee hearing. 

13 (11) Whether James B. Comey had any knowl14 edge of— 

15 (A) efforts made by any Federal agency— 

16 (i) to monitor communications of 

17 then-candidate Donald Trump; 

18 (ii) to assess any knowledge by James 

19 B. Comey about the ‘‘unmasking’’ of indi20 viduals on Donald Trump’s campaign 

21 team, transition team, or both; 

22 (iii) to assess the role that former Na23 tional Security Adviser Susan Rice played 

24 in the unmasking of these individuals; or 

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1 (iv) to reveal the purpose served by 

2 unmasking any individual or individuals 

3 serving on the staff of then-candidate Don4 ald Trump; or 

5 (B) the dissemination of unredacted infor6 mation to various intelligence agencies, and any 

7 attempts to use surveillance of then-candidate 

8 Donald Trump for the purposes of damaging 

9 the credibility of his campaign, his Presidency, 

10 or both. 

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