IV 
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 inves-
tigate 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 Fed-
eral 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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Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that a special counsel should be appointed by 
the Attorney General or his designee to investigate the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch di-
recting James B. Comey to mislead the American 
people by stating that he should refer to the inves-
tigation into the mishandling of classified data and 
use of an unauthorized email server by former Sec-
retary of State Hillary Clinton as a ‘‘matter’’, rather 
than a criminal ‘‘investigation’’. 
(2) Leaks by James B. Comey to Columbia 
University law professor, Daniel Richman, regarding 
conversations had between President Donald Trump 
and then-FBI Director James B. Comey, and how 
the leaked information was purposefully released to 
lead to the appointment of special counsel, Robert 
Mueller, a longtime friend of James B. Comey. 
(3) The propriety and consequence of immunity 
deals given to possible Hillary Clinton co-conspira-
tors Cheryl Mills, Heather Samuelson, John Bentel, 
and potentially others, by the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation, during the criminal investigation James 
B. Comey led into Hillary Clinton’s misconduct. 
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(4) The decision by James B. Comey to usurp 
the authority of then-Attorney General Loretta 
Lynch in his unusual announcement that criminal 
charges would not be brought against Hillary Clin-
ton following her unlawful use of a private email 
server and mishandling of classified information. 
(5) James B. Comey’s knowledge and impres-
sions of any ex-parte conversation between then-At-
torney General Loretta Lynch and former President 
Bill Clinton on June 27, 2016, at a Phoenix airport 
on a private jet. 
(6) James B. Comey’s knowledge of the com-
pany ‘‘Fusion GPS’’, including— 
(A) its creation of a ‘‘dossier’’ of informa-
tion about Mr. Donald Trump; 
(B) that dossier’s commission and dissemi-
nation in the months before and after the 2016 
Presidential Election; and 
(C) the intelligence sources of Fusion GPS 
or any person or company working for Fusion 
GPS or its affiliates. 
(7) Any and all potential leaks originated by 
James B. Comey and provided to author Michael 
Schmidt dating back to 1993. 
(8) James B. Comey’s knowledge of— 
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(A) the purchase of a majority stake in the 
company Uranium One by the company 
Rosatom; 
(B) whether the approval of the sale was 
connected to any donations made to the Clinton 
Foundation; 
(C) what role then-Secretary of State Hil-
lary Clinton played in the approval of that sale; 
and 
(D) whether the sale could have affected 
the national security of the United States of 
America. 
(9) James B. Comey’s refusal to investigate 
then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding— 
(A) selling access to the U.S. State De-
partment through Clinton Foundation dona-
tions; 
(B) Huma Abedin’s dual employment at 
the State Department and the Clinton Founda-
tion simultaneously; or 
(C) utilization of the State Department to 
further paid speaking opportunities for her hus-
band. 
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(10) Any collusion between former FBI Direc-
tor James B. Comey and special counsel Robert 
Mueller; including— 
(A) the information James B. Comey ad-
mitted to leaking to the Columbia University 
law professor, being intentional such that a spe-
cial counsel, his longtime friend, Robert 
Mueller, would be appointed to lead the inves-
tigation against the Trump administration; and 
(B) any communication between Robert 
Mueller and James B. Comey in advance of the 
Senate Intelligence Committee hearing. 
(11) Whether James B. Comey had any knowl-
edge of— 
(A) efforts made by any Federal agency— 
(i) to monitor communications of 
then-candidate Donald Trump; 
(ii) to assess any knowledge by James 
B. Comey about the ‘‘unmasking’’ of indi-
viduals on Donald Trump’s campaign 
team, transition team, or both; 
(iii) to assess the role that former Na-
tional Security Adviser Susan Rice played 
in the unmasking of these individuals; or 
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(iv) to reveal the purpose served by 
unmasking any individual or individuals 
serving on the staff of then-candidate Don-
ald Trump; or 
(B) the dissemination of unredacted infor-
mation to various intelligence agencies, and any 
attempts to use surveillance of then-candidate 
Donald Trump for the purposes of damaging 
the credibility of his campaign, his Presidency, 
or both. 
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