The 30 minutes of questioning by counsel and the power of an open hearing.

[shockey80]

The hearing got off to a rough start because another Trump narcissist showed up. The Trump administration is the largest gathering of narcissists in Americas history. Cory the Liar walked into that hearing thinking he was better , smarter than everyone in that hearing. After the 30 minutes of questioning by counsel, Cory the Liar was ripped to pieces and now it is on video. The news media can show it over and over again, he was exposed as the lying piece of shit he is.

All the criminals who have refused to testify got to see what happened to Cory the Liar because it was an open hearing. They all know what is coming their way. They must be shitting their pants.

What the Democrats need now is for a judge to rule in their favor and force all the lying criminals to testify or go to jail. They will all have to face 30 minutes of questioning by counsel and they will all be in serious trouble because they are all liars and they are all guilty. This will happen in open hearings for the whole world to see. The news media will show it all over and over again.

Fuck Trump.

[avebury]

1. As soon as the Counsel got him to admit that it was ok to lie to the media

he pretty much guaranteed for himself that the counsel questioning segment would get a lot of air time on TV.

He also gave a great quote for the Democrats to run in an ad against him if he runs for office.

The Democrats should get a bunch of different people ready, each showing up at a different campaign event, with a bible and asking him if he will swear an oath to tell the truth to the people of NH. Or they could put someone in a Bible Costume to show up outside of everyone of his events (remember the chicken incident in The West Wing). Think billboards - Do the people of NH want someone in the US Senate who can't be trusted to tell the truth?

Cory Lewandowski - He only tells the truth when under oath (this in writing as the clip from the hearing is played).

He gave the Dems a lot of meat to work with.

[pangaia]

13. As much as I am proud of our honorable, caring, bright dems in congress..

I will truly be surprised if they take full advantage of that hearing.... they just don;t do PR. media, well-- I wish they would hire somebody... how about the company that does the BRIGHT BLOOM ads? I clicked on one Japanese maple tree and now I get animated ads EVERYWHERE !!!

[LisaM]

26. It would be better if we could groom an electorate

Who didn't need glossy ads and a paid media message to do the right thing, starting with turning out to vote.

[pangaia]

27. that is true, but it is what it is... for now anyway..

[LisaM]

29. I guess, but it's frustrating. This goes as far back as Reagan.

It's a Barnum and Bailey world, all right.

[kacekwl]

2. Amen n/t

[femmocrat]

3. They should have let Mr. Berke do all of the questioning!

They could have adjourned after 30 min. and had the rest of the day free! The morning session was a frustrating farce. I thought they had adjourned; didn’t know there was more to come. What a pleasure to watch a pro in action!

[machoneman]

5. Yes, but sadly our side would rather make points (gee, I'm important!) than get a real....

cross-examiner to get down to the granular details, then cut the witness's testimony to shreds.

Will we ever learn to give up our oh so precious time in order to get to the truth?

I wonder........................................

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. Would have been great...but the repuke side could have

forced in their 5 min questioning period couldn't they? Yesterday they had a chance for thirty minutes by a consultant atty too and they acted like they didn't know that. It was good acting but hardly possible that they didn't know?? They could have done 30 min of propping trump up.

[calimary]

22. I remember the word being tossed around yesterday morning: feckless.

Glad things didn’t end that way.

[ginnyinWI]

4. Nobody's worried, because as narcissists,

They all believe they would have done better. Self delusion is strong with these.

[Roy Rolling]

6. Smart Ass

He set himself up for 5 hours. Then, a professional stepped in and slapped him silly for all the bullshit from the preceding questioners.

He lied for 5 hours, and spent the last hour admitting he’s a liar.

Great job, Democrats. Go for the jugular with these smart asses.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Love Corey's admission

that he is only obligated to tell the truth when under oath. Anything he says in public could be a lie. GREAT Senate material!

[NoMoreRepugs]

8. Will the media show it over and over is THEE question.

I for one am not counting on the media to do their job and point out what lying sacks of dung all the Repukes are.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. So C-SPAN only airer? Maybe they are kicking themselves

for breaking away and don't want to have to give C-SPAN credit?

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Sometimes they will leave a camera person there to continue to record it

(regardless of breaking away from the "live" coverage) and will archive the footage somewhere for later use as needed in their shows.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

17. It is odd. Looking in YouTube...PBS only one

with clip of Berke.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. Their "file footage" doesn't necessarily have to be published publcly

and I don't think I have seen CNN actually publish much on youtube. They usually prefer to host it on their own sites to use for clips.

ABC has theirs on youtube -

CBS (their cable channel) has theirs (partial) -

The newspapers have theirs uploaded too - e.g., -

WaPo -

[Laura PourMeADrink]

20. Do these include afternoon with Berke?

[BumRushDaShow]

21. Anything over 5 hours long would

The CBS one was a partial and I think cuts off after a recess, but the ABC and Washington Post ones have the whole thing including Berke.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

25. You are right. I stopped being so lazy (sorry) and looked at the ABC one ! thanks BRDS

[BumRushDaShow]

28. As an interesting aside on ABC & WaPo

they both do polls together too so it is interesting that both made the commitment to also archive and upload the hearing (although I know WaPo has been doing streaming/archiving of these hearings anyway).

[pangaia]

15. Media won;t show it and NEITHER will the dems.. Somebody's got tell 'em !!! DUH !!!

They are GREAT at caring for people and, I suspect, doing the work of congress, but NOT NOT NOT and PR, selling themselves, marketing...

[Scarsdale]

12. Didn't he start out as

a bouncer at the rallies? How did he get to be so important? He was never an elected official, so how can he claim executive privilege? I hope the people in New Hampshire are aware of the lying ass who wants to "represent" (himself) them. If they are tRump fans, will they care? After all someone elected Gym Jordan and Mat Goetz, and they are no better than Lewendowski.

[FakeNoose]

18. He got on Chump's campaign in the very beginning

Nobody else took Chump's candidacy seriously. None of the professional politicos wanted to work for Chump because they all thought he'd be out of the race after the first couple of primaries. Early on, Chump only had Lewandowski and Hope Hicks, that was it.

Ivanka and Jared hated him, and they eventually got him fired. But that didn't happen until Chump had already "won" the primaries.

[SunSeeker]

14. If Hillary had acted like Corey, the GOP would have the Sergeant-at-arms arrest her on the spot.

We need to get a LOT tougher at these hearings. Right now, they're a joke.

[bigbrother05]

16. Corey Lyin'dowski, the ads write themselves

Every MSNBC host led with his clip from The Beat and "I only tell the truth under oath".

[Hortensis]

23. Judiciary's Schiff says there will eventually be a "cascade"

of favorable decisions on cases we've already brought, but he said it wouldn't be for a while. The Republicans have of course been desperately trying to obstruct and delay and having a few successes. The law, including the constitution, is on our side, most judges are also, but as we know some are corrupt.

Fuck the entire Republican leadership, as in investigate and prosecute criminal activities.

[azureblue]

24. Two cops at the hearings

My two cents is to have two cops at the hearings. When the witness refuses to testify, or starts lying or stalling, then stop proceedings and hold a contempt vote. If the vote is yes then warn the witness that questions must be answered truthfully, directly and promptly. And if the witness starts lying dodging again, he have to cops take him to jail right there. The committee has the power to jail people. Use it!