44 lawmakers demand special counsel in Clinton email probe

By Sarah Bedford

Published November 17, 2015 6:10pm ET

44 lawmakers demand special counsel in Clinton email probe — "Given that the FBI has not finished its investigation regarding the use of Secretary Clinton's server, the president prejudged the outcome of the investigation," the members wrote.Â (AP file photo/Virginia Mayo) | Virginia Mayo

Dozens of lawmakers signed onto a request Tuesday for Attorney General Loretta Lynch to appoint a special counsel to oversee the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private emails.

Led by Rep. Ron DeSantis, who handed Lynch the letter during a House Judiciary Committee hearing, 44 Republicans questioned whether the probe of Clinton’s emails was “politically impartial.”