Article snippet: Attorney General Clinton Foundation and the sale of a uranium company need to be investigated by a special counsel, according to a letter he sent the House Judiciary Committee on Monday night that has since been obtained by ABC News. Sessions is responding to a request to appoint a special counsel sought by Republicans on the committee, the letter reads. The Justice Department has been under pressure from President Donald Trump to investigate the Clinton Foundation and the sale of Uranium One, a Canadian-based company that in 2010 had most of its ownership rights sold to a Russian agency. The U.S. government had to approve the deal because Uranium One produced significant amounts of uranium in the United States. The Hillary Clinton, was one of several federal agencies that had to weigh in on the matter. Ultimately, the sale was approved. Republicans are raising questions because around the same time, business associates of Uranium One donated millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation. Sessions had pledged to steer clear of Clinton-related investigations, announcing in March that he would recuse himself "from any existing or future investigations of any matters related in any way" to Clinton's or Trump's 2016 presidential campaigns. But in a letter to House Judiciary Chairman Robert Goodlatte, Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd writes, "The attorney general has directed senior federal prosecutors to evaluate certain issues raised in your lette... Link to the full article to read more