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I don't have a link yet, watched on CNN.
Rep. Devin Nunes (R) California, House Intel Chair gave a very testy news presser today. Tried mightily to avoid talking about Jeff Sessions at all, tried to call it a "disagreement" between some Senators and Jeff Sessions and basically they should get together and hug it out.
He started out fairly even but kind of lost it progressively. I don't think he slept much last night. When asked about the order to preserve documents related to Russia, he pointedly told the press "I suggest you go camp outside their houses and hound them with those questions!"
And then questioned about whether it was appropriate for Beauregard, as a campaign official in a public office to be in contact with the Russians he really flared up.
"I'm sure some of YOU are in contact with the Russian Embassy, be careful what you wish for! Do you want us to conduct an ivestigation into YOU because you were in contact with the Russian Embassy?"
These people are terrified; a bunch of cornered vipers.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]A ton of bricks, a ton of feathers, it's still gonna hurt.[/center][/font][hr]
Maru Kitteh
(28,339 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,998 posts)Nunes kinda confirmed that there's lots more to Trump's Russia conspiracy.
Hey media, your smorgasbord is ready. Dive in !!!
MFM008
(19,805 posts)people investigating these things usually result in deeper investigating.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Reeeeaaaallly bad idea.
MFM008
(19,805 posts)looks like my old bunny.
Is that a yawn, or what?
MFM008
(19,805 posts)or screaming due to frustration about politics............
littlemissmartypants
(22,632 posts)Down the rabbit hole we go.
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)ASSociation...I do believe that was a threat..NO?? - The saying you don't want to fool with mother nature..is now - you don't want to threaten the media.....
niyad
(113,259 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,339 posts)true now
csziggy
(34,136 posts)Nicholas Kristof
FEB. 25, 2017
<SNIP>
Trump howls at the news media, not just because it embarrasses him, but because it provides an institutional check on his lies, incompetence and conflicts of interest. But we can take his vitriol: When the time comes, we will write Trumps obituary, not the other way around.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/opinion/sunday/trump-voters-your-savior-is-betraying-you.html?smid=fb-share
niyad
(113,259 posts)liberaltrucker
(9,129 posts)niyad
(113,259 posts)gopiscrap
(23,756 posts)elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)Mic drop
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)Clearly they are in on the cover up and are complicit with the Trump Admin.
littlemissmartypants
(22,632 posts)Worked diligently on the Deborah Ross campaign.
Murder is too good for him. I have a dream of standing at his funeral holding a sign saying: FINALLY!
Vinca
(50,261 posts)aquamarina
(1,865 posts)which is why he is so defensive.
Maru Kitteh
(28,339 posts)to tell them there's nothing to the Russia story.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/02/24/report-white-house-asked-intel-officials-lawmakers-to-downplay-russia-stories.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl
babylonsister
(171,056 posts)along with Burr.
Of particular interest, the White Houses public-relations campaign included Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), both of whom confirmed that they spoke to journalists about the Russia scandal at the White Houses request.
And thats extraordinary. While Burr and Nunes were supposed to be overseeing investigations into the Russia scandal, they were also cooperating with the White House, telling reporters not to take the Russia scandal seriously.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/white-house-makes-matters-worse-trying-suppress-russia-scandal
moriah
(8,311 posts)... by threatening to "investigate" members of the press.
Oh, wait, maybe he was thinking "the Constitution of North Korea".
Initech
(100,063 posts)kerry-is-my-prez
(8,133 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,339 posts)NOTHING TO SEE HERE. So, yes. I'd say he needs to be investigated.
Report: White House Asked Intel Officials, Lawmakers to Downplay Russia Stories
Trump administration officials asked intelligence officials and members of Congress to help them downplay and speak out against news reports about the Trump campaign's connections to Russian intelligence, according to a Washington Post report. These individuals reportedly called journalists attempting to challenge stories in the New York Times, CNN and elsewhere about top Trump advisers alleged communication with Russian government officials.
The administration had reportedly attempted to persuade FBI officials to speak out against these news reports prior to these phone calls, but were unsuccessful. Sen. Richard Burr and Rep. Devin Nunes, who chair the Senate and House intelligence committees, respectively, confirmed to the Post that they spoke with reporters about the Russia stories, with Nunes declaring that his conversations were at the request of White House communications aide.
Cha
(297,154 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,339 posts)Okay loser. You effed your career for a geriatric toddler with no impulse control, a terrible spray tan and a penchant for buggery.
Cha
(297,154 posts)"..trump's been pushing FAKE News for YEARS.. We'll Investigate THAT"..
So on and so forth.
JI7
(89,247 posts)i saw an interview with him a few days ago and they brought up some old quote which contradicted all the shit he is doing now.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)the rest of the unethical pieces of human filth.
The world needs to rid itself of ebola, and other such deadly plagues, like you.
Just another Hypocrite, bully, who tries to intimidate...otherwise, known as the New Repubs. This is a whole 'nother country of evil here.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,339 posts)I'm not a constituent, so my voice would be tossed to the wind.
So, thank you!
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)address issues to his Intelligence Committee responsibilities which impacts every American.
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)Is there anyway to get this get kicked out, forced to resign for obstruction? He colluded with the White House to cover up the Russia scandal, he was trying to refuse bipartisan investigation or special prosecutor, and he's threatening the press.
How does this guy still have a job? ugh, i hate unfairness.
BainsBane
(53,031 posts)like the one in WI who threatened to arrest a voter who kept calling to ask for a townhall.
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)Heat, Kitchen? Leave!