Mr. Rosenstein Goes up the Hill

[jkjacq]

Are you a democrat?
no
are you angry?
No
you should be. LOL

[dc2london]

Three questions from Gutierrez.

1. Was our country attacked in order to undermine our elections? (Yes, we have an assessment, and we have indictments to that effect)

Then why isn't this hearing investigating that?! Why are we holding a hearing to undermine the FBI and DOJ?

2. Has anyone taken steps to lie, obfuscate, undermine or misdirect the Mueller investigation? (Mueller has the authority to investigate any attempt to obstruct his investigation)

Gutierrez tells Rosenstein to his face that he wants to impeach him and says, "Good luck, we're in the minority"

[dc2london]

His time expired before he could ask whatever his third question was but he was about to ask him to enter something onto the record.

[dc2london]

now Goodlatte is bitching about documents. Wray already told him an hour ago they have over 100 staffers working day and night to prepare and turn over documents. Rosenstein says he wishes he had had a chance to better explain the DOJ position before this morning's floor vote.

[jkjacq]

Jun 28, 2018 11:24:01 GMT -6 dc2london said:

now Goodlatte is bitching about documents. Wray already told him an hour ago they have over 100 staffers working day and night to prepare and turn over documents. Rosenstein says he wishes he had had a chance to better explain the DOJ position before this morning's floor vote.

They had maybe 72 hours to prepare for this hearing, right?

[dc2london]

Goodlatte is trying to trap Rosenstein into slamming Clinton and he's not taking the bait

[Deleted]

I just jumped back on. Is this hearing still about Hillary's emails?

[dc2london]

Rosenstein laughs in Goodlatte's face when he asks if he is still signing FISA warrants. "It would be a dereliction of duty for me not to approve FISA requests as appropriate."

[dc2london]

Rep Deutch, D-FL

Can the FBI "finish the hell up" or?

Wray: "We are not going to do our investigation subject to any political interference from either side."

[dc2london]

Rosenstein suggests that the Majority wouldn't have their knickers in such a twist over the document production issue if they understood or even listened to explanations of the necessary process involved to protect grand jury investigations and personal information.

[dc2london]

Deutch turns Chabot's comment about distrust in the DOJ and FBI back on him by saying that it's Republican members of congress themselves who have sowed that distrust.

[dc2london]

Rep Issa, R-CA, is straight up threatening to hold both witnesses in contempt.

[jkjacq]

Jun 28, 2018 11:27:17 GMT -6 @darlene said:

I just jumped back on. Is this hearing still about Hillary's emails?

More about texts I think
It depends on which side is questioning.

Also Issas time is up why is he still talking?

[dc2london]

Rosenstein has utterly had it with the suggestions that he should be held in contempt, "Which is a crime."

[jkjacq]

Rosenstein is explaining what contempt is.

I love his performance today. He's over it.

[dc2london]

Rep Cicilline, D-RI, directly accuses his colleagues of protecting Trump and implores Rosenstein and Wray to ignore the "bullying" from the GOP.

[jkjacq]

Cicilline aint happy either.

We're having ANOTHER hearing about emails, not children being held away from their parents, etc..

go David

[dc2london]

Steve King, R-IA, doesn't understand the purpose of unmasking.

[dc2london]

whoa, no. Steve King wants Rosenstein to say that Congress should have access to ALL information contained within the executive branch.
No.
NO.

[jkjacq]

Steve King thinks POTUS should just de-classify the whole Russia thing....

because thats really swell for national security

[jkjacq]

Hey rod who was in the room with Hillz on July 2, 2016

Also what were you doing on august 4 1971?

[dc2london]

Rosenstein: We want the American public to know about it any time there could be wrongdoing, and we're trying to cooperate with Chairman Nunes

[dc2london]

Rep Bass, D-CA, is displeased with the way her colleagues are treating the witnesses but is still waiting for them to respond to her WRT a report on "Black Identity Extremists." (She has brought this up at several hearings in the past 18 months)

Wray doesn't know who drafted the report but says that he has found past conversations with Ms Bass constructive and has gone back to take a look at "categories of domestic terrorism"

Rosenstein assures Ms Bass that the FBI is focused on violations of the law, not on anyone exercising their 1st amendment rights

[dc2london]

Rep Gohmert, R-TX, is very mad that FISA applications exist.
Rosenstein reminds him that that's his job.

[dc2london]

It's amazing that republicans demanded this hearing but none of them are giving the witnesses a chance to answer their questions.

Now Gohmert and Rosenstein are shouting at each other.

[jkjacq]

Maybe you know if you let Rosenstein finish an answer...

[jkjacq]

Goodlatte is totally skewing this and allowing the right to slam Wray & Rosenstein.

[enchanted]

Jun 28, 2018 12:04:15 GMT -6 jkjacq said:

Goodlatte is totally skewing this and allowing the right to slam Wray & Rosenstein.

Of course he is.

[dc2london]

Rosenstein has CLEARLY absolutely had it but he's attempting to patiently explain the FISA process to these jokers.

[dc2london]

Goodlatte's retirement can not come fast enough