washington republican lawmakers tuesday launch investigations examine several president donald trump longstanding political grievances include fbi probe hillary clinton email allege role sale u.s. uranium russian firm house judiciary committee chairman bob goodlatte house oversight committee chairman trey gowdy announce probe address outstanding question former federal bureau investigation director jam comey publicly disclose bureau investigation clinton never disclose one trump associate 2016 presidential campaign investigations initiate partisan basis shed light russia interference 2016 election intend representative adam schiff rank democrat house intelligence committee say tuesday statement instead say schiff design distract attention pursue president prefer goal attack clinton obama republicans congress also investigate whether officials former president barack obama administration spy trump campaign whether russians help pay dossier trump commission fusion gps opposition research firm far evidence support either allegation clinton trump democratic rival 2016 u.s. presidential election face question handle classify material become public use private email server home correspondence since win presidential vote last year trump beset question russian efforts manipulate u.s. election whether campaign advisers contact russian officials involve republican leaders house intelligence oversight committees tuesday announce another new probe one obama-era deal russian company buy canadian firm own 20 percent u.s. uranium supply republican lawmakers say want know transaction fully investigate fbi agencies panel oversee foreign investment u.s. strategic assets approve representative peter king say send letter then-treasury secretary timothy geithner raise real concern would allow russian-owned company get access 20 percent america uranium supply republicans say hillary clinton state department approve deal husband charitable foundation receive 145 million donation state department one seat panel approve transaction new york time report clinton participate decision republican senator chuck grassley chairman senate judiciary committee say late tuesday twitter justice department appoint special counsel investigate uranium deal new investigations address longstanding trump grievances president complain late last week news media ignore uranium deal focus whether campaign aid collude russia real russia story say story talk collusion none hoax trump also charge twitter note last week former fbi director jam comey exonerate clinton long bureau investigation complete obviously fix justice dept write first clear clinton email probe comey announce 11 days election fbi begin investigate newly discover batch clinton email clinton say comey letter congress issue tilt race trump house republicans launch probe clinton email decision uranium deal