The chairmen of several House Republican committees announced new partisan investigations Tuesday into the actions of the previous administration's Justice and State departments, a move that will likely inflame the partisan tensions that have crippled ongoing Russia investigations on Capitol Hill. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes announced the investigation into a uranium deal, negotiated by the State Department under former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, that involved Russia in light of several new reports on the deal being probed by the current Department of Justice. That deal would have given a Russia-backed company control of a company with interests in the U.S. uranium industry Nunes dismissed questions about his ability to carry out this inquiry given his pledge to step back from the investigation into Russian election interference in April. He mocked one reporter Tuesday for asking him to clarify his position regarding that investigation. "You look...
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