Rep. Ratcliffe Leads 50 House Members in Demanding a Special Counsel to Investigate Clinton Foundation

Statement

Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) today led a group of 50 Members of Congress in demanding that U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch appoint a special counsel to investigate the Clinton Foundation for allegedly using illegal tactics to allow its donors inappropriate access and influence over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

"Seemingly every day the American people learn shocking new details about the operations of the Clinton Foundation. The facts as reported certainly suggest that the Clinton Foundation existed as a slush fund to the State Department where donors received extraordinary levels of access to and influence over then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The fact that over half of Secretary Clinton's meetings with non-government officials were with individuals who donated to the Clinton Foundation simply cannot be coincidence. The potential implications here are enormous, and the country deserves answers.

"When I questioned Attorney General Lynch last month on her decision to not pursue charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of an unauthorized, unsecured email server, she astonishingly refused to rule out future employment in a potential Clinton administration. She additionally refused to comment on recusing herself from any potential investigation into the Clinton Foundation, despite a well-publicized meeting she had just had with former President Bill Clinton on an airport runway. It's clear that at this juncture, and in light of these facts, a special counsel is necessary to ensure there aren't two tracts of justice in America.

"I'm grateful for the 50 Members of Congress who have joined me in this effort -- elected representatives from all corners of the country, including a number of former prosecutors. The people we represent simply want the truth, and we're committed to delivering it to them," Ratcliffe said.

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