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Just Pinned to Domestic and Global News: CHECKMATE: Senate Dems could get what they want: Independent Counsel... So Democrats are hinting to President Donald Trump want a new FBI director? Then agree to an independent investigation of your campaigns possible ties to Russia. Democrats control only 48 Senate seats meaning they need to pull three Republicans over to their side. The bipartisan angst over the abrupt firing of James Comey on Tuesday could give them the leverage they badly need. They want a special prosecutor or perhaps a special panel to investigate allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Republican leaders oppose an independent probe but some GOP senators are sympathetic. Sens. Mark Warner D-Va. and Kirsten Gillibrand D-N.Y. say they will not vote for a new FBI director unless Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appoints a special prosecutor to investigate Russias influence on last years presidential election. Rosentein could get a chance to make his case. In an initial concession from Republicans Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York said Thursday that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell R-Ky. had invited Rosenstein to brief all 100
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