Support investigation

All of us should demand that congressional leaders support the appointment of an independent special prosecutor to investigate the apparent Russian intervention into the last presidential election and the possible collusion of the Trump campaign. All legislators currently in the minority party are demanding this appointment. Trump along with his base supporters consider such collusion complete fabrication (a hoax), so certainly should also demand an investigation to unequivocally clear the president of even the slightest semblance of such a link.

Why then are few, if any, GOP legislators supporting such an appointment? One can only guess that either they know the accusations are true and do not want them exposed, or they fear that such accusations may well be true. I believe to not insist on such an investigation for either of these reasons would be derelict, if not treasonous, and unacceptable to patriotic U.S. citizens. JOSEPH R. LOMBARDI

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