Jeff Sessions pushes back on Republican demands to investigate Hillary Clinton

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday pushed back on complaints from Republicans that a special counsel has not been appointed to investigate Hillary Clinton, the Clinton Foundation and the FBI’s handling of the probe into her email use, and said the Justice Department still needs to “study what the facts are” before doing so.

“I would say ‘looks like’ is not enough basis to appoint a special counsel,” Sessions told Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Tuesday at the House Judiciary Committee when asked why the Justice Department hasn’t appointed a special counsel when it “looks like” there was wrongdoing.