The Republican coverup for Trump just got much worse

[Arkansas Granny]

House Republicans may have the power to prevent important facts about President Trump and Russia from coming to public light. But here’s what they don’t have the power to do: prevent important facts about their own conduct on Trump’s behalf from coming to public light.

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In an interview with me this morning, Rep. Adam B. Schiff — the ranking Democrat on the Intel Committee — confirmed that Democrats will issue a minority report that will seek to rebut the GOP conclusions.

But here’s the real point to understand about this minority report: It will detail all the investigative avenues that House Republicans declined to take — the interviews that they didn’t conduct, and the leads that they didn’t try to chase down and verify. And Schiff confirmed that the report will include new facts — ones that have not been made public yet — that Republicans didn’t permit to influence their conclusions.

“There’s no way for them to reach the conclusions that they want to start with unless they ignore or mischaracterize what we’ve been able to learn,” Schiff said, adding that the minority report would also “set out the investigative steps that were never taken to answer further questions about the Russians and the Trump campaign’s conduct.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/03/13/the-republican-cover-up-for-trump-just-got-much-worse/?utm_term=.6ca9c3536381

[dameatball]

1. Indeed it is mindboggling. However I think Schiff will emerge from this with a lot of mojo.

[Cartaphelius]

15. As the Russiacans, have abandoned those that pay the salaries

it is more important now than ever to identify all Russiacins that have taken money from Russia while on the payroll of the unUnited States Of America. The specific Russiacan members of the House Intelligence Committee should be immediately impeached for for their obvious and intentional traitorous behavior.

Further, Paul Ryan and Bitch McConnell should be subpoena to appear immediately before Mueller and Co.

[Cha]

2. Glad somebody in the media is

bringing that to Light.

[Gothmog]

3. The GOP has become the party of Putin and Russia

[pandr32]

22. I saw something somewhere that was on point

The R behind a name now stands for Republican/Russia

[pangaia]

4. I hope Congressman Schiff has a bodyguard.

Apparently Schneiderman has several.

[poboy2]

5. extinction level event, imo. -nt

[PearliePoo2]

6. Go get 'em Adam!

Expose these treasonous rat-bastards.

Taking back the House starts TODAY in PA-18.

Then YOU, Rep. Schiff, will be the Chairman of The House Intelligence Committee and let the 'freakin subpoenas FLY!



K&R

[kmla]

7. Screencap of the author of the investigative committee report...

Providing his breakdown of the committee findings on CSPAN last night...

[ffr]

8. Can conservatives be any more corrupt?

I think no.

[JHB]

23. Oh, if theres one lesson from this administration, its...

They have a warehouse full of cartoon ACME portable holes.

Every time you think they can’t go lower, they pull one off the roll, plunk it down, and dive ever deeper.

[dhol82]

36. Just give them a chance

Ain’t no telling how low they can go.
We have entered the twilight zone.

[elmac]

9. We will see how May responds to the russian terror attack

if she has a limp response like ameriKa then there will be no stopping the putin terror machine. If I were her I would respond militarily, bombing a chem lab or two.

[BigmanPigman]

10. There is a good side to this.

CNN said that if the committee continued it may have screwed up some of the interviews and info that Mueller needs to complete his investigation.

[sprinkleeninow]

33. Hmmm, that is something to consider.

I always welcome a 'good' side.

Sometimes things happen that initially strike as 'bad', but then you look for a flip-side if any.

[Hortensis]

38. Yes. Good grief. You know, every week new information

will prove their "report" phony.

I don't get it. Rep. Schiff said they lost their way. I guess probably none of them woke up one morning deciding to betray their country, to be people they never saw themselves as, doing things they couldn't imagine doing. Just followed orders and here they are? Beached without orders? Hoping for a "miracle" on November 6 to create Fortress DC for them?

CNN: "After the House intelligence committee announced it was shutting down its probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, a Republican who sits on it said he believes the committee has lost its credibility.

"We have gone completely off the rails, and now we're basically a political forum for people to leak information to drive the day's news," GOP Rep. Tom Rooney said during an interview on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront."

[BigmanPigman]

39. Many of the Dems in both chambers were calling for a non partisan,

independent commission last June and then we got Mueller who could still be fired! Reps in the House and Senate even wrote bills/legislation but McConnell and Ryan shelved it. This was one of the rallies I went to in the past 18 months...calling for this. I still have my protest sign. If the Dems win in the midterms the ones on the House Intel Com. said that they will televise the interviews and make it transparent for a start. Maybe they will also finally get the independent Commission (like there was for 911) that we need...one that can't be derailed by the traitors/GOP or fired by the fucking moron.

[Hortensis]

40. Yes. We absolutely need an independent commission

or investigation. i'm tired of worrying what could happen next. Ken Starr couldn't be fired, though that is why Mueller can.

[Sophia4]

41. That was my thought also.

[tblue37]

42. One reason some people stonewalled the Nunes committee but answered all Mueller's questions

is probably because they knew any information they gave Nunes would be immediately leaked to Trump.

[BigmanPigman]

43. Nunes leaks like the bottom of a rusty boat.

I hope he sinks like one too (and Roger Stone...appropriate name come to think of it).

[CrispyQ]

11. I don't even recognize the republican party anymore.

I worry that the dems in congress think that their colleagues across the aisle are basically decent people who just have differences of opinions, when really they are craven sellouts.

[C Moon]

12. And just before this they made sure no one can view Trump's tax returns. Hiding something?

The GOP is a band of criminal traitors.
When we get through this attempt to overthrow our government, I want to see every single god damned last one of them thrown from office and dragged out in cuffs and doing time. Don't put up with ANYMORE bull shit, Democratic party. It's gone WAY to far this time.

[bucolic_frolic]

13. Whitewash

Nixon would be proud of them

[gademocrat7]

14. Rep. Schiff is righteous man.

Unlike the treason weasels he has had to deal with.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

16. note NYT link in article

From the article:

The House GOP decision to end the probe is being widely portrayed in the press (as always) as the result of partisan fighting. Some news accounts have repeated with a straight face the idea that House Republicans are ending the investigation out of frustration with Democratic efforts to use the probe for political purposes.

The "Some news accounts" links to the NYT.
It's bothsiderism for eyeballs all over again.
There really is a difference between politics and criminal obstruction of justice. Guess the NYT doesn't know that. Or thinks there's more money in not admitting it.

[Hulk]

17. I'm just hoping this obvious corruption will shake a few more repugs loose

The repug voters are complicit in this treasonous and corrupt administration.

A vote for a repuKKKe is a vote of support for this nightmare we are living through today. SHAME on all of them...every last one.

Nazi Germany..1939.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Republicons refused to do the obvious: FOLLOW the MONEY. Explicitly refused.

They know where it leads. And some of it leads to them.

[Eyeball_Kid]

21. Now THAT'S talking turkey!

GOPers never intended to investigate anything. Only Rep. Rooney is making sense among Republicans. Think about that for a minute. GOPers just lied, in unison, to preserve Russia's place in US government. Only ONE Republican is able to pull himself away from Putin and Trumpy' grip long enough to talk common sense. Only ONE.

[JTOL]

19. Security Clearance

Ever wonder why Nunes admitted he didn't read the underlying documents for the infamous "memo"? He lost his top security clearance! Now he closed down the investigation....who could have guessed.

https://patribotics.blog/2017/05/31/exclusive-devin-nunes-top-secret-clearance-has-been-revoked/

[Angry Dragon]

25. Naughty Nunes

[rzemanfl]

30. Welcome to DU. n/t

[NBachers]

20. I heard on NPR this morning, "The House Intelligence Committee has released . . ."

I slapped the radio button and shut it down.

[Angry Dragon]

24. Corrupt Trump

[burrowowl]

26. I hope they can charge all the repuks on

the committee with obstruction of justice or something.

[torius]

27. Pundits kept saying Trumpf was afraid to fire people.

So he had to show how brave he was, via Tweeting it when the person was thousands of miles away.

[Arkansas Granny]

28. That's like breaking up with someone by voicemail.

[Firestorm49]

29. Here Here

Give em hell, Schiff, and don’t for a second hold anything back.

[orangecrush]

31. K&R!

[MurrayDelph]

32. Republican sham committee designed to falsely exonerate Trump

writes report that exonerates Trump.

The only things missing from the report are a timestamp form 14 months ago and the words "Hail Hydra!"

[Honeycombe8]

34. Thank God for Schiff!!!! I'm very scared about what's going on. The level of corruption...

are we in the middle of a coup by Trump with a group of accomplices in positions of power? Is this Germany in the 1930s all over again?

I can't list the things that are going on that are wrong and horrible...too many to list. Things most Americans don't want.

I'm very scared that they can't be stopped.

Will people on the left have to go undercover?

[Mr. Ected]

35. So does this mean that Nunes can now spearhead a House Intelligence Committee investigation

Into Hillary Clinton, Uranium One, the Clinton Foundation, and whatever else Putin wants?

What the hell is their next move?

If there was true American justice, every damned one of them would go to jail over this.

[yuiyoshida]

37. The GOP love their new song!!

its amazing how many Americans just love this song.. call it majestic and wish this was our National Anthem, okay...what the FUCK is wrong with these people? They want to live under a dictator or Communism, some said on youtube, they would consider it.

[NoMoreRepugs]

44. PARTY over COUNTRY has to find its way

onto bumper stickers/hashtag or a damn billboard somewhere.

[Raster]

45. any questions?

Devin Nunes, CA, Chair
Mike Conaway, TX
Peter King, NY
Frank LoBiondo, NJ
Rick Crawford, AR
Trey Gowdy, SC
Tom Rooney, FL
Will Hurd, TX
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, FL
Mike Turner, OH
Brad Wenstrup, OH
Chris Stewart, UT
Elise Stefanik, NY

#GOPTraitors #GOPTrumpRussiaCoverup #GOPTreason