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Andy Biggs: I thank the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Gaetz) for leading this Special Order tonight, and I am grateful for his work on…

On the recordDecember 12, 2017
I thank the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Gaetz) for leading this Special Order tonight, and I am grateful for his work on this very important issue. Mr. Speaker, I will tell you that I am very appreciative of my colleagues who also continue to work on this very important task, because this reminds me of playing a basketball game where you get there and there is a five-on-five game, except for it is not really five-on-five because the other team has got the referees on their side, they have got the scorekeeper on their side, they have got the statistics on their side, they have got the person that runs the clock on their side. That is really what has happened here. We know that is what has happened here because of the conflict of interest and bias that has taken over and controls the Robert Mueller special investigations team. That is a team that is biased. He has got conflict of interest. Nobody is going to get a fair shake from that team. Why is that? Well, let's just think about this. A couple of weeks ago, we had the FBI--excuse me--Attorney General Jeff Sessions come in. He is a great guy. I asked him specifically: Do you have any procedure to vet conflict of interest or bias on Mueller's special team or in the Department of Justice? He said: No, we don't. We don't have that. He doesn't have a question there. He doesn't have a process. He says: It is up to each individual to determine if they have got that conflict of interest or bias.…
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Andy Biggs
Republican · Arizona
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Dec 12, 2017

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