FBI agent Peter Strzok was in the hot seat today on Capital Hill and... the GOP were about as pleasant as you would expect. Oh boy, Gohmert contains to make an ass of himself.
FBI agent Peter Strzok was in the hot seat today on Capital Hill and... the GOP were about as pleasant as you would expect. Oh boy, Gohmert contains to make an ass of himself.
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Congresswoman Coleman dropped the Benghazi bomb on Trey Gowdy to get him to shut the hell up. This hearing is such a damn embarrassment.
Fun times on the hill for the Russian Investigation.
Peter Strzok just gave a hard-to-rebut defense of the objectivity of the Russia investigation’s origins.
Some key tidbits:
- “I was one of a handful of people who knew the details of Russian election interference and its possible connections with members of the Trump campaign. This information had the potential to derail, and quite possibly, defeat Mr. Trump. But the thought of exposing that information never crossed my mind.”
- The chair threatened contempt with a voluntary witness. Learn your own rules, mate.
- “My presumption [was] based on that horrible, disgusting behavior that the American population would not elect somebody demonstrating that behavior to be president of the United States. It was in no way, unequivocally, any suggestion that me, the FBI, would take any action whatsoever to improperly impact the electoral process for any candidate. So I take great offense ... [it] deeply corrodes what the FBI is in American society, the effectiveness of their mission, and it is deeply destructive.” *cheers and applauds break out* I kid you not!
- Gohmert: “When I see you looking with a little smirk, I wonder how many times did you look so innocently into your wife's eyes and lie to her about Lisa Page.”
Strzok: “I assure you, under oath, as I spoke also during my interview a week or two ago, I have always told the truth. The fact that you would accuse me otherwise, the fact that you would question whether or not that was the sort of look I would engage with in a family member who I have acknowledged hurting goes more to a discussion about your character and what you stand for and what is going inside you."
- Gohmert then suggested perjury.
- The closed-door transcript will be released at 5PM EST. The GOPers cited that the investigation was ongoing so it can't be released but about an hour prior to that, wanted an answer to an ongoing investigation. Ironically, the House Freedom Caucus came to the Dems rescue on the ruling to release the transcript.
- Issa made him repeatedly read his texts over and over and over again.
- We got to see this nice visual aid about how the investigation is going:
- “Let me underscore: These are not allegations, these are admissions.” -- Democrat Elijah E. Cummings (Md.)
Last edited by BeastieRunner; 07-12-2018 at 02:17 PM.
"Always listen to the crazy scientist with a weird van or armful of blueprints and diagrams." -- Vibranium
I figured Strzok wouldn't take any isht -- he's been chomping at the bit waiting to testify.
Apparently Page is going with a closed door session.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/12/polit...ess/index.html
Last edited by aja_christopher; 07-12-2018 at 02:14 PM.
She agreed to appear under subpoena only. That's not a refusal to testify.
Strozk was there voluntarily. Big difference.
I think after today, they're going to leave her alone ESPECIALLY since the close-door transcript shows how much the current Gang of Putins on the committee LIED. It actually has censure-level **** for the GOPers on the committee in it.
God, I hope people vote in November. Every election is important, not just the ones for the POTUS.
Last edited by BeastieRunner; 07-12-2018 at 02:20 PM.
"Always listen to the crazy scientist with a weird van or armful of blueprints and diagrams." -- Vibranium
Look at all these damn witches:
These are just the admissions!
I encourage you to spread this picture far and wide!
Witches are real!
"Always listen to the crazy scientist with a weird van or armful of blueprints and diagrams." -- Vibranium
I figured something was up when I read about Nunes leaving the hearing early once they started asking questions -- gotta wonder how much they know about what's coming down with regards to future subpoenas and indictments.
They can question Democrats for years but can't deal with even five minutes under the spotlight -- looking forward to seeing some of their testimonials in the coming months, especially if Mueller gets involved.
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"When California Republican Rep. Devin Nunes sat before a committee Wednesday to testify on a bill, Democrats tried to use the opportunity to question the House Intelligence Committee chairman on his investigation of Russian meddling and the 2016 presidential race.
But the Republican chairman of the House Rules Committee -- Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas -- allowed Nunes to leave the hearing before Democrats could fire off their questions, prompting criticism from Democrats.
"In all my years on the Rules Committee, I don't ever recall an instance where any member was prevented from asking questions of a witness," McGovern said in a statement. "What is Chairman Nunes trying to hide?"
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/11/polit...tee/index.html
Agreed. For the people who defend Pelosi because she's a woman or because she raises money. YOU STILL lost 1000 seats, and the house and senate and the white house. Schumer is also the worst, gota go, gotta go.
It's not ageism, they run using a playbook that no longer matters, being #civility and going high isn't working.
"Always listen to the crazy scientist with a weird van or armful of blueprints and diagrams." -- Vibranium