Orrin Hatch: “you know, by some counts--some can count as many as nine requests for preliminary reviews in this matter. We are now…”

“you know, by some counts--some can count as many as nine requests for preliminary reviews in this matter. We are now almost 2 to 3 years down the line. The evidence is growing cold. The witnesses are absenting the country. We have evidence that cannot be found. And we had investigators telling us today that while one part of the Justice Department is going this way, another part of the Department is going another way, they weren't meeting, and that they were not able to put these threads of evidence together because of the type of restrictions and limitations that were placed on them. It is true that they said that they could investigate anybody, but thus far it seems as though the White House and the DNC leadership, the people who would have known who committed crimes were off limits or at least have not been fully examined. That is one reason why Mr. LaBella, Mr. Freeh, and Mr. Desarno--top people in this Government--have suggested that we should have an independent counsel. I think the Attorney General has to make a decision here one way or the other. If she makes a decision to just have a limited, narrowly appointed independent counsel or counsels under these circumstances, then I have to say that is going to be a catastrophic event. I am hopeful that she will do the right thing within a very limited period of time. She does not have to use the 90 days that she has requested.”