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Post by dc2london on Jun 28, 2018 8:01:55 GMT -6
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray will testify today before the House Judiciary Committee regarding the Inspector General's report on the handling of the Clinton email probe. I'll put key highlights here.
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Post by blurnette989 on Jun 28, 2018 8:07:37 GMT -6
Wondering if this hearing will be described as Kafkaesque or orwellian. Sigh.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 28, 2018 8:10:31 GMT -6
Here's a basic summary of what you can expect, basically.
Chairman Goodlatte: HOW VERY DARE THE FBI CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS INTO PEOPLE WHO DO CRIMES.
Director Wray: That's kind of literally our job.
Ranking Member Nadler: Seriously though did Trump do a treason? Did he do a treason?
Rosenstein: CAN'T COMMENT ON ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS
Sensenbrenner: I would like a second special counsel to investigate the investigators!!
Rosenstein: No.
Steve King: you don't have any immigrants working in that there FBI do you? I don't like immigrants because I'm the categorical Worst.
Wray: .......
Ted Deutch: ::artfully owns his asshole colleagues::
Rosenstein: ::smug chuckle::
Jim Jordan: SHOUTING! SWEATING! CAFFEINATED BEVERAGES!!!!!!!
Wray: Would....would you like some water? Or some protein?
Ted Leiu: I'll use my five minutes to demonstrate what partisan hacks my colleagues are and I'll do it perfectly.
Wray: This is making me uncomfortable.
Trey Gowdy: Why is Hillary Clinton the actual devil?
Rosenstein: I don't believe that she is, sir
DeSantis: BUT SHE IS I SAW HER HORNS AND ALSO URANIUM ONEEEEEEEE
Rosenstein: k.
Pramila Jayapal: you all are crazy. I'm going to ask actual questions that matter.
::end of hearing::
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Post by jkjacq on Jun 28, 2018 8:14:20 GMT -6
They just showed a clip. Rosenstein is laughing and just chilling. Great poker face
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Post by dc2london on Jun 28, 2018 8:29:37 GMT -6
Ted Lieu has his game face on
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Post by dc2london on Jun 28, 2018 8:43:42 GMT -6
They're finally starting the hearing.
Rosenstein: "The FBI is making unprecedented disclosures to the congress, including...thousands of pages of classified documents." "The FBI normally declines requests [for classified documents]...I understand that the request for documents was in the range of 1.2 million." "Some of your colleagues brought to my attention that the FBI's redaction policies created the appearance that relevant information was being concealed."
Rosenstein says he is working with members of the House to adjust the FBI's redaction policies
"I've devoted almost 30 years to service of my country...our allegations are made under oath and supported by credible evidence. We treat everyone with respect, and deal with one another in good faith."
"We swore an oath...and that oath requires us to make controversial decisions."
Rosenstein's advice to DOJ employees: Pursue the mission of the department, ignore "the tyranny of the news cycle," adhere to the oath you took to protect and defend the Constitution, protect the rule of law with a blind eye
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Post by dc2london on Jun 28, 2018 8:47:32 GMT -6
Wray reiterates that no political bias impacted decision making during the Clinton investigation, and cites a reformed media policy within the bureau.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 28, 2018 8:49:05 GMT -6
Wray clearly states that the IG report represents only a small fraction of the bureau's work during one single investigation and should be construed as indicative of its work as a whole.
Basically he's saying, "Don't use Peter Strzok to undermine the Russia investigation."
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Post by dc2london on Jun 28, 2018 8:50:18 GMT -6
nice subtweet at Nunes there from Wray:
There will be times that we feel extraordinary public pressure to deviate from our policies, but those are precisely the times when it is most important that we adhere to them.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 28, 2018 8:51:51 GMT -6
oh lord they're letting deSantis start with questioning.
He's asking about the "we'll stop it" text. Why didn't the DOJ produce that text when asked?
(Rosenstein and Horowitz both answered this already).
for those keeping score at home, the IG did a deep dive in deleted texts and uncovered some texts that the initial investigation didn't turn up.
Now deSantis is just yelling at Rod.
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Post by jkjacq on Jun 28, 2018 8:53:41 GMT -6
DeSantis needs a snickers as well, perhaps he and Jim Jordan can go in on a case
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Post by dc2london on Jun 28, 2018 8:54:36 GMT -6
DeSantis: Did you guys spy on the Trump campaign?
Rosenstein: that's none of your feckin business
DeSantis: Did anyone in the Obama admin direct anyone to make contact with anyone in the campaign?
Rosenstein: Yeah, I told you, I'm not telling you.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 28, 2018 8:55:07 GMT -6
DeSantis needs a snickers as well, perhaps he and Jim Jordan can go in on a case he's a jerk and he makes me extra mad bc he looks like Charlie from Scandal on whom I have a tiny crush. He's like a poor man's, dumb Charlie
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2018 8:58:31 GMT -6
Present and following.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 28, 2018 8:58:37 GMT -6
Rep Lofgren (D-CA) up next.
She clarifies with DOJ and FBI that their policies are to not comment on ongoing investigations. Womp womp, Comey.
She says that it took her literally an entire day to read the Carter Page FISA application, but she read every word, and explains that putting that application into the public sphere could cause people to "lose their lives"
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Post by dc2london on Jun 28, 2018 9:00:39 GMT -6
Rep Lofgren asks Rosenstein to respond to Jim Jordan's accusation that he "threatened" HPSCI staff.
He says that no, he absolutely didn't threaten the HPSCI staff, and that three of Trump's own political appointees were in the room at the time and can corroborate his statement.
Lofgren decries her committees persistent demands that the DOJ depart from its standard practices.
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Post by jkjacq on Jun 28, 2018 9:02:07 GMT -6
Gaetz needs to buy in as well.
Theses guys need to get laid or something, they are very angry
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Post by dc2london on Jun 28, 2018 9:03:20 GMT -6
Rep Gaetz, R-FL
Did the FBI try to entrap Roger Stone? Or Michale Caputo?
Rosenstein: Dude, I didn't work there at the time. We're pursuing answers to all of Nunes' questions. CHILL.
Now Gaetz is trying to get Rosenstein to blow open the underlying intelligence that led to the opening of the CI investigation into the Trump campaign. Rosenstein isn't biting.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 28, 2018 9:03:42 GMT -6
oh lord now we're talking about Nelly Orr. TURN OFF THE INFOWARS, MATT.
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Post by jkjacq on Jun 28, 2018 9:05:14 GMT -6
Rosenstein I'm confident in my conduct so eff off Matt
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Post by dc2london on Jun 28, 2018 9:05:46 GMT -6
It's absolutely inconceivable to the Shouting Caucus that spouses could possibly work in overlapping roles and investigations without violating the agreements of their security clearance.
HINT: THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF SUCH MARRIAGES AND RELATIONSHIPS.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 28, 2018 9:07:24 GMT -6
Rosenstein says that he will respect the findings of the IG but finds it highly unlikely that Horowitz will conclude that he (Rosenstein) did anything wrong.
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Post by jkjacq on Jun 28, 2018 9:11:32 GMT -6
It's absolutely inconceivable to the Shouting Caucus that spouses could possibly work in overlapping roles and investigations without violating the agreements of their security clearance. HINT: THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF SUCH MARRIAGES AND RELATIONSHIPS. Which tells you more about THEIR character and inability to keep their mouths shut than it does anybody else
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Post by dc2london on Jun 28, 2018 9:11:57 GMT -6
Rep Jackson Lee, D-TX
She resists the temptation to call it a "witch hunt" but says it's a "monster ball."
Rosenstein is unwilling to state whether he's "satisfied" with the conclusion of the Clinton email investigation.
Wray reiterates that the FBI has issued a new, much more clear media policy and has reiterated to bureau employees that they must adhere to DOJ policy WRT commenting on investigations.
Wray also reiterates that the IG found no impact on the investigation due to political bias.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 28, 2018 9:12:46 GMT -6
Jackson Lee: Does the IG report "vindicate" Trump?
Rosenstein: That investigation is ongoing.
Wray: and several charges have been filed.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 28, 2018 9:15:11 GMT -6
Trey Gowdy would like to yell about Peter Strzok.
Strzok used the f-word in private text messages! PEARL CLUTCHING!
Now he's claiming that the entire russia investigation was designed to "Stop Trump." Well, they did a pretty poor job of it.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 28, 2018 9:16:08 GMT -6
Peter Strzok was privately musing about impeachment only three days after Mueller was appointed. Um, yeah, so was everybody else. Myself included.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2018 9:16:33 GMT -6
Does Gowdy have an actual question, or......
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Post by dc2london on Jun 28, 2018 9:17:06 GMT -6
LOL Gowdy is seriously SHOUTING and Eric Swalwell looks like he's in physical pain
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Post by jkjacq on Jun 28, 2018 9:17:07 GMT -6
They need to serve a better breakfast in the GOP cloakroom These guys are really hangry
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