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<p>Hillary Clinton called Monica Lewinsky a &#8220;narcissistic loony tune.&#8221; She called Gennifer Flowers &#8220;some failed cabaret singer.&#8221; She said Republicans in Congress had organized &#8220;a vast right-wing conspiracy&#8221; against her husband, President Bill Clinton.</p> 
<p>And now the former secretary of state and defeated Democratic presidential candidate says those of us still interested in the investigating of her conduct are engaging in an &#8220;abuse of power.&#8221;</p> 
<p>Hillary Clinton expects special treatment. She always has. The real question is: why did the FBI give it to her?</p> 
<p>The FBI&#8217;s investigation of Hillary Clinton was referred to as &#8220;special&#8221; in an email sent by current FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. He was the assistant director in charge of the FBI&#8217;s Washington Field Office before his promotion to the second-ranking spot in the bureau.</p> 
<p>Despite a deep web of connections to Clinton, McCabe formally recused himself from the email investigation only a week before the 2016 election. McCabe&#8217;s admissions are telling, but not inaccurate.</p> 
<q> <p>Four months have passed since 20 members of the House Judiciary Committee demanded a special counsel to investigate Hillary Clinton. No action from the Department of Justice has been taken.</p> </q> 
<p>Only a special person could have her spouse meet with Attorney General Loretta Lynch on a tarmac in Phoenix during an ongoing criminal investigation. Recently released emails show that Bill Clinton purposely altered his departure to get time alone with Lynch.</p> 
<p>While the FBI was very concerned with punishing the agent who disclosed the Lynch-Bill Clinton meeting, the impropriety of the gathering garnered far less attention.</p> 
<p>When Lynch told then-FBI Director James Comey to refer to the Hillary Clinton investigation as a &#8220;matter&#8221; rather than an &#8220;investigation,&#8221; language had a special meaning.</p> 
<p>According to McCabe, &#8220;the decision was made to investigate (Hillary Clinton) at HQ with a small team.&#8221; The double standard is glaring. More prosecutors are currently investigating President Trump than were assigned to the Oklahoma City bombing, but Hillary Clinton got the small team at HQ.</p> 
<p>And how did the &#8220;small team at HQ&#8221; handle the investigation? In a word &#8211; special. Somewhere between the first and the final draft, Comey&#8217;s statement changed. He first wrote that Hillary Clinton&#8217;s use of a private email server was &#8220;grossly negligent.&#8221; The final draft said she was &#8220;extremely careless.&#8221;</p> 
<p>Comey&#8217;s exoneration was drafted before the FBI interviewed key witnesses &#8211; including Clinton herself.</p> 
<p>When Intelligence Community Inspector General Charles McCullough confronted officials about the depth of Clinton&#8217;s crimes, he faced threats and &#8220;personal blowback&#8221; against him and his family.</p> 
<p>McCullough&#8217;s reports were delivered to then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Clapper spoke of the &#8220;heartburn&#8221; that exposure would create for Hillary Clinton&#8217;s campaign.</p> 
<p>In every instance, being special has redounded to Hillary Clinton&#8217;s political and legal benefit. Not so for President Trump. Some at the Department of Justice and the FBI seem to have a special bias against the president.</p> 
<p>FBI Agent Peter Strzok sent biased anti-Trump text messages. He worked on both the Clinton email scandal and the Mueller probe. It remains unclear what evidence he reviewed, generated or damaged in either investigation.</p> 
<p>Four months have passed since 20 members of the House Judiciary Committee demanded a special counsel to investigate Hillary Clinton. No action from the Department of Justice has been taken.</p> 
<p>As members of the Judiciary Committee, we have demanded an investigation into the FBI&#8217;s procedures, practices, oversight and reporting. If biased agents have tainted evidence, we need to see it. If politically-interested prosecutors have an agenda, we need to know it. If our government institutions are being undermined by the deep state, we must expose it.</p> 
<p>After all, equal treatment under the law is just one thing that makes America so special.</p> 
<p>Republican Matt Gaetz represents Florida's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.</p>
Reps. Gaetz, Biggs: Hillary Clinton's FBI special treatment must be investigated