DAG Rosenstein testifies in oversight hearing

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Rep Poe is super mad about unmasking (again, that's been investigated and the unmasking process has never been abused) and he really doesn't understand why Susan Rice isn't in jail along with Edward Snowden

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suddenly Ted Poe has decided that he believes everything he reads in the Washington Post

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AND Poe just offended Best Buy employees......

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"Why can't the IC get some geek over at Best Buy to come over and put some taps into the big computer?"
Dude, Poe, what the fuck is wrong with you

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Rep Gutierrez starting off with 45 is a sex offender and has a 'difficult relationship with the truth'

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Rep Guttierez: "We have a president who has a very difficult relation with the truth."

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Gutierrez thinks DOJ should investigate 45

Rosenstein says he will take any accusation seriously put forth by the committee. (groping on a train however is not a federal crime. )

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Gutierrez: Are there grounds for a criminal investigation of sexual assault by the POTUS? Wouldn't the allegations against him be enough to get him arrested? And let's not forget that Trump HIMSELF has corroborated these allegations on the Access Hollywood tape.

Rosenstein: I'm here to talk about oversight of the DOJ. If you feel that someone has committed a crime, you're welcome to report that to the appropriate authorities.

Gutierrez: you're the number two law enforcement officer in the country and you can't definitively say that groping a woman without her consent is a crime?

Rosenstein: I've never prosecuted that kind of case, but you're welcome to report any crime of which you are aware

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Form 302 is a summary of an FBI interview.

In case anyone forgot.

At some point isnt there a Asst. US Atty present?

Typically not

Who determines immunity?

the prosecutor  makes that determination.

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We dont just give out immunity like lollipops at the doctor office?

correct.


(not what was actually said)

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Rep Ted Deutch is reviewing the timeline of events surrounding Flynn's dismissal.

Rosenstein confirms that he has no reason to doubt the IC assessment that Russia meddled in our election to help Trump and hurt Clinton.

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Eric Swalwell has a La Croix and his game face. My body is ready.

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Ted Deutch is doing Rachel Maddow's A Block for our benefit, lol.

Rosenstein: Special counsel is not unaccountable, he is subject to oversight, and he is not attempting a coup d'etat

lol

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Deutch: It's kind of weird to me that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle would rather attack facts, reporters, and government officials than admit that there's a disconcerting series of events that took place surrounding the 2016 election (paraphrasing)

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Gowdy has a lot on his mind

and nobody back home cares about it. They ONLY care about the spec counsel.


SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEE

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really, Trey Gowdy? Nobody in South Caroline cares about terrorism or privacy? They only care why the FBI didn't investigate Hillary more?

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um, no, Gowdy, the Democrats didn't "move off of collusion and onto obstruction of justice." The two aren't mutually exclusive. There are a lot of crimes involved when you do a treason.

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Continuing the narrative that all members of Special Counsel should have applied with I Hate Hilz t-shirts.

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Rosenstein: Mr. Strzok was already working there before I appointed Robert Mueller. We didn't appoint him. And when we discovered his bias, he was fired. Any time there;s evidence of inappropriate conduct, we're going to take action. That's what Mueller did here. That's really all I can tell you.
You should tell your constituents that we exposed this issue bc we wanted to assure the public that the IG is conducting a fair and thorough investigation.

Gowdy: I'll tryyyy

LOLOL

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Rosenstein sees no good reason to fire Mueller.

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Also 45s 'witch hunt' narrative is crazy (much like him)

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Rep Cicilline drank Jordans energy drink.   Hes pretty shouty too.

Because R wont state that a loyalty oath is wrong. 

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Fun Fact... the slug Labrador was awarded Politifact second biggest lie of the year...

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Raul Labrador: "It's ok for the AG to be the president's wing man"

yes that's a quote.

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Labrador: nobody has done more to undermine democracy than the democrats and the press


WAHT THEFUCK

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WELL "Nobody dies because they dont have access to medical care" has also come out his mouth, so that should not surprise anyone

He doesnt care, hes gonna run for governor

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Labrador sure loved the FBI when they were investigating Hillary but now suddenly they're boogeymen

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Labrador: Using the DOJ to investigate political opponents would be the greatest crime in American history.


ummmmmmmmmm

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Swalwell is asking about conversations wbetween POTUS and the DAG. He says that normally he would respect the DAG keeping those conversations private but that this president has a history of abusing that confidence

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Rep Swalwell is imploring the DAG to protect Mueller