*****Comey Hearing Thread (with feed)*****

[DemocratSinceBirth]

http://www.msnbc.com/now


Comey looks very uncomfortable. It is almost as if he is in the dock.

[dchill]

1. For my money, he IS in the dock.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Adam Schiff is very smart.

[dchill]

3. And he's doing a great job laying out what is now publicly known.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. Like the former federal prosecutor he is,

[dalton99a]

26. Yep.

[lostnfound]

99. He IS. I admire his precise, careful thought and clear language.

We're lucky to have him.

[SummerSnow]

5. Do you know what was missing in Schiff's comments?

When Rudy Guiliani said that something big was coming out about Hillary before it came out. It was the Podesta emails. How did he (Guiliani) know that?

[SticksnStones]

6. I was gonna say a mic drop

But yeah the giuliani slips....that too.

[dchill]

7. +1000

[Cracklin Charlie]

8. Rudy has been very, very quiet.

[SummerSnow]

9. So true. This is not like Rudy. he loves to run his mouth and protect Trump.

[wordpix]

151. which points to: he's a target of investigatn

Otherwise, he'd be on teevee squawking away.

[bdamomma]

28. kind of joining in late with this thread

is Rudy there?

[SummerSnow]

37. Didn't see him but Im sure he is calling Trump and crying

[Tanuki]

14. Lara Trump made the same comment in the same time frame.

Whatever was "up their sleeve," they were all in on it.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

199. Lara Trump?

I've missed something. Who is she?

[Tanuki]

209. Eric Trump 's wife, who was an occasional campaign surrogate,

especially in friendly venues.


https://www.google.com/amp/www.nydailynews.com/amp/news/politics/trump-daughter-in-law-lara-hints-clinton-related-surpises-article-1.2842932

"Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of Donald Trump, hinted Monday that the GOP nominee wasn't done fighting dirty quite yet.

"There's still a couple of days left in October," Lara Trump, who is married to Donald Trump's son Eric, said on "Fox and Friends," when asked whether the campaign had any "October surprises" in store for Hillary Clinton.
"So, we'll see, we've got some stuff up our sleeve," she said.

Her thinly veiled comments come just 15 days before Election Day, and with Trump falling increasingly behind in national and swing-state polls.

An ABC News poll released Sunday showed Clinton leading Trump national by 12 points, her largest lead of the season.

Clinton's lead has grown in recent weeks as Trump has suffered unsteady debate performances and as more than 10 women have come forward accusing the mogul of sexual assault or sexual harassment."

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

226. Thank you.

Somehow I managed to remain blissfully unaware of her.

[Recursion]

16. You know what's also missing from all this? The IG's investigation into Comey (nt)

[fishwax]

88. He just brought that up in his follow up questions (though didn't mention Rudy specifically)

[Kahuna7]

93. You would have seen comey blush with guilt if Schiff had said that...

My guess is that is why Schiff left that unsaid.

[wordpix]

148. true but could be Ghouly is being investigated for knowing that

[BadgerMom]

181. Have to check

I think Rudy's highly suspect comments came just before Comey's letter to Congress.

[sunonmars]

10. Comey is investigating.....

[bettyellen]

11. So Comey confirms there is an ongoing investigation on Russia and Trumps people....

[bettyellen]

15. He made a vague reference to his disclosures about Hillary

Made it sound like it was because the investigation was closed? I thought it was because it was reopened.

[milestogo]

12. The FBI is very careful... except when it comes to Hillary's emails.

[dchill]

18. That seems odd.

Hmm...

[GliderGuider]

81. Possibly extenuating circumstances he can't talk about

Without blowing an investigation or breaking the law.

Possible, that's all. But it's why I allow the possibility that he is a white hat re Trump-Russia.

[dchill]

91. Possibly.

"I want to believe."

[cilla4progress]

13. So Comey admitting

Ongoing investigation into Russia's involvement in election, and collusion with trump. But that is all he will say.

Blechh.

Is this admission a big deal or already out there?

[bettyellen]

17. Nunes is making it about changing vote tallies and leaks...

[cilla4progress]

19. Of course

EVERYTHING is politicized.

[H2O Man]

20. Recommended.

I think Jim looks like he knows that he is about to do severe damage to the Trump White House.

[cilla4progress]

22. Hope you are right,

MM!

[H2O Man]

24. In this case,

I can say with 100% confidence that I am.

[cilla4progress]

27. Ooops..

H2O MAN...

How???

[H2O Man]

29. As you watch,

just keep in mind what I said.

[dchill]

36. So you're saying that you're 100% confident...

that you think what you think? I think I can back you up on that. 100%.

[H2O Man]

202. I can neither

confirm nor deny those things I do not confirm or deny. This includes denial of confirmation, as well as confirming denials.

[dchill]

229. Glomar!

[H2O Man]

230. I both

confirm and deny that.

Do you think Trump will be on twitter tonight through sunrise?

[dchill]

232. I do. He's an addict.

[H2O Man]

233. I agree.

It will be interesting.

[H2O Man]

249. Ha!!!!!!

Guess we were right!

[redstateblues]

21. Nunes carrying Trump's water- he obviously has marching orders from Bannon

[cilla4progress]

23. All the repubs

are. Of course..

Have these committee members already been briefed on the substance of the testimony?

[dalton99a]

25. He is doing a good job for the Trump gang.

[bdamomma]

30. the repigs have been bought

of course. Do you see any of them dropping their allegiance to rump?

[wordpix]

187. Intel Comm. RW hack chair was part of Dump transition group

Maybe he's carrying Dump water to make this all go away so he won't be targeted.

Looks like fox guarding hen house to me

[KittyWampus]

31. Realize the less Comey says, the deeper in the shit Trump is.

[redstateblues]

32. Who is Mr Rooney?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

34. Florida Deplorable congressperson and grandson of Art Rooney.

I am glad Dan Rooney is a Dem.

[DeminPennswoods]

60. Dan's actually a registered Republican

so was Art Rooney, the patriarch, but they were Republicans when Republicans were liberal and cared about working men and women.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

64. Hmmm... But they endorsed Barack and then Hillary.

[DeminPennswoods]

72. Yes

Dan Rooney was Obama's ambassador to Ireland and worked for Sec of State Clinton.

As I said, Art, then Dan and his siblings would be the the "Rockerfeller" republican type.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

89. The Rockefeller Republicans were the good guys back in the day.

[BainsBane]

35. A fucking traitor

who is pissed off that Flynn's collusion with the Russians because known. He doesn't give a shit that Flynn betrayed America.

He talks about a sacred trust. What about the trust he is instilled with? How about the fucking President?!

[dchill]

44. I agree with your assessment. It applies to every member...

of this committee with an (R) after their names.

[ismnotwasm]

59. Yes.

I am very confused. How is it that Comey has any credibility at all? I'm not even sure why he still has a job.

However, I'm glad Trump-Russia is being investigated. I hope it leads to arrests.

[BainsBane]

65. I don't know about credibility

but Trump can't fire him without looking really bad.

[MFM008]

33. I hope maggot

Is very nervous.
Very nervous.

[Thrill]

38. Nunes is shameful. Do your job

[sunonmars]

39. The troll gowdy is up....watch him spin this shit.

[BainsBane]

40. Are Democrats going to be allowed to ask questions?

[sunonmars]

43. as expected Gowdy now trying to say the leaks are worse.....

[erinlough]

46. I was wondering the same thing.

Trey Gordy is an ass, I'm fighting the urge to turn this off if I have to listen to this spin.

[superpatriotman]

41. Regressives are missing the point

And changing the discussion again. Pivot. Deflect. Etc.

The leakers. Not the crimes.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

42. Oh lord, this pointed headed fucknut Trey Gowdy.

I wonder if he'll bring Benghazi into it.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

45. Oh boy, Tres Gaudy

Haven't seen him in a while.

[dchill]

50. Still, it's too soon.

[Greybnk48]

47. Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot is up.

Be ready for a barrage of threats and stupidity.

[LP2K12]

51. Thank you!

You seriously made me laugh out loud at work. I'm never going to get this image out of my head.

[dchill]

48. It would be SO hilariously apropos...

if all the leakers turned out to be Trump staffers.

[sunonmars]

49. its quite possible, so as they could disrupt the "fair process"

[sunonmars]

52. Comey now calling Trump a liar basically.

[Ninga]

53. Trey Gouda is an pinhead of gigantic proportions. His tone and questions are

directed toward leakers.

[Ninga]

55. Schiff questioning is laying out how Obama nor any president could

order a wire tap.

[wordpix]

188. Gomer Goudy is a joke

send him back to the hills of wherever he came from

[bettyellen]

54. Comey says there was no wiretap and DOJ asked him to confirm that

And that Obama could not just authorize one without a rigorous process to get a warrant

[Satch59]

56. Gowdy and GOP are just going to question about leaks...but...

Didn't Trump surrogates endlessly say they didn't care how the Hillary info got out, it was important WHAT came out??

[DeminPennswoods]

57. GOP reps

are trying to make everything about leaks. They evidently don't care that the US was electronically attacked just as surely as if we had been attacked by conventional weapons.

[Lint Head]

58. Haha! Comey just said that WikiLeaks was nothing more

than a cover.

[bettyellen]

61. Now Schiff is asking Comey about Stone and Manafort, Guccifer....

Comey is saying as little as possible.

[Ilsa]

68. Even saying he cannot comment,

leading me to believe there must be an active investigation.

[dchill]

73. Indeed.

[DeminPennswoods]

62. Dems are doing a great job

asking plain, pointed questions leading to plain yes or no answers.

[lostnfound]

63. Did he just say there was no similar hack of the RNC data?

[erinlough]

66. Yes.

[lostnfound]

95. I had read the RNC had been hacked but not released..blackmail material.

Maybe the question was slightly different than that?

[lostnfound]

281. Update: Comey confirmed Repub. organizations were hacked by Russians but material not released

[sobenji]

67. Yes

[lostnfound]

282. Update: Comey confirmed Repub. organizations were hacked by Russians but material not released

[Ilsa]

69. And Gowdy goes after the leak story again. NT

[Atman]

70. Looks like Trey Gowdy Doody got a new haircut.

Apparently trying to make himself look not as stupid. Maybe next he should ask Rick Perry for the name of his fake optometrist.

[bettyellen]

74. And got his nose polished it seems....

[anneboleyn]

71. So, Gowdy: leakers are dangerous but colluding with a foreign gov to win an election (and RUSSIA

at that!) is not dangerous at all nor does it undermine our national security or our status in the world. But yeehaw let's find them leakers!!!

[msanthrope]

75. Oh...Gowdy is trying to name Democrats. It's gonna backfire. nt

[cilla4progress]

76. Every time Gowdy hears a fact he doesn't like

He gets nasty and makes shit up.

So obvious!!

Comey doing a good job I think not falling into his suck hole.

[SHRED]

77. Gowdy hates a free press

That's obvious.

[DeminPennswoods]

78. Dems are really boxing Trump and company in

All this information, even if it lacks some specifics, is now public. If there's enough clamor for a special prosecutor, I don't think Sessions will be able to avoid it. I don't even see now they can avoid an independent commission.

Despite the Rs best efforts, no one is going to care about who leaked what.

[msanthrope]

79. Man....Gowdy is not pleased. nt

[dchill]

80. Painfully, stupidly partisan.

Trey-Cray.

[coco22]

82. Which criminal is Gowdy trying to protect?

Flynn,McConnell,The entire republiCON party?

[WinkyDink]

83. I don't trust Comey.

[bettyellen]

84. Schiff grilling Comey on Stone and Guccifer - quoting communication between them!!!!!

Guccifer offering to help Stone. Referred to Guccifer as a creature of the GRU!!
They used a cut out to communicate w Wikileaks

[chelsea0011]

85. Comey wouldn't even answer if Roger Stone was part of the Trump campaign?

Did I hear that right? Seems an odd thing to not be able to answer.

[annabanana]

94. ongoing investigation. . . . n/t

[WinkyDink]

101. Didn't stop him last October!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

86. Schiff builds up the public record on Roger Stone as Comey glomars.

Savvy move.

[WinkyDink]

87. Leaks about TREASON are by definition PATRIOTIC!

[bettyellen]

90. Himes preamble to question names all those w links to Russia and DTs attacks on

The IC, press and anyone not Russia.

[WinkyDink]

92. If Comey avoids naming names now, what's the point of this hearing? He named Hillary and Weiner.

[OldHippieChick]

96. I think there are two points:

1. There is an ongoing investigation concerning the Russian interference in the US election; and
2. Obama did not wiretap or order a wiretap or surveil or order any surveillance on Trump.

I don't think there's much more that can be done, despite both sides attempting to chip away at the edges of their respective scenarios.

[WinkyDink]

103. Agreed. I think we've heard the most important answers, but I guess the questions, as Adam Schiff

remarked, must be heard even so.

I like that man!

[OldHippieChick]

116. Some of the questions have been very interesting and hint at what

the committee already knows. Obviously Conaway doesn't know very much! LOL!

[janx]

126. Agreed. Right now all I am hearing

are a bunch of angry, rhetorical questions that Comey cannot answer because of the ongoing investigation.

[msanthrope]

97. Nunes---Will you investigate Bengh.....I mean, Hillary? nt

[bettyellen]

100. At least Comey is not dignifying his questions about Hillary now....

[dchill]

98. Wow. Is Nunes monitoring Trump tweets in real time?

Clinton campaign/Russia? Really?

[nolabear]

102. That man is going to regret this. Now it's all on the table.

I hope they keep hammering his and his cohort's ties to Russia and their meddling in the election. It's an opening they can really use and it makes the whole process look as lousy as it is.

[msanthrope]

104. Man, Conway is bombing on his defense of Trump. nt

[still_one]

105. He seems like a complete idiot

[msanthrope]

107. Comey is trying desperately not to roll his eyes. nt

[bettyellen]

106. Conaway trying to prove that wanting HRC to lose doesn't mean wanting Trump to win.... or that .

Hurting her campaign? Trying to muddy the water.

[still_one]

108. This is why they need an independent investigation because the republicans do not

care to find out what really happened

[msanthrope]

111. Yeah--he totally fucked up the sports analogy. nt

[Sunsky]

113. and he's doing a terrible job nt

[Ilsa]

123. Precisely. Trying to limit putin's unterest only to

Making sure HRC loses, when he wanted trump to win.

[oasis]

109. Rethug Conaway chimes in with a stupid football "ANAL"ogy. He pulled

a dumb comment out of his ass and is beating it to death.

[OldHippieChick]

129. "If I'm rooting for team A, that doesn't mean

I'm rooting against team B does it?" (Comey rolls eyes)

[oasis]

137. I hopefully the dumbasses who elected this guy are watching. nt

[Farmgirl1961]

110. A favor

For those of us who are unable to watch what is going on, can some of you capture any of the salient points that are going on at the hearing? Thanks!!!

[WinkyDink]

114. We ARE. There is a dearth. See #96.

[Catherine Vincent]

112. Rolled my eyes at Nunes

[msanthrope]

115. Rep King is trying, desperately, to blame Obama.....Comey is stone faced. nt

[bettyellen]

117. King again bringing up Clinton campaign and not making sense- denying collusion was proven...

Referring to Clapper's claim. Basically saying there is an investigation currently going on.
King complaining that the accusations hurt us w Russia. LOL

[msanthrope]

118. Holy Shit....Comey and Schiff......Comey just threw Trump UNDER THE BUS. nt

[bettyellen]

121. That was AWESOME!!

[bettyellen]

119. Schiff asking Comey if Russians preferred DT. If they hated NATO, sanctions...

Preferred candidate who likes Putin, loves and wants to see more Brexits, and those who they had business connections that could be exploited. Comey conceded on pretty much all points! Nice.

[Ilsa]

122. This is important. Others tried to limit

Putin's motivation to simply wanting HRC to lose, when they actually highly preferred Trump.

[bettyellen]

120. Terri Sewell is hammering them about Flynn's blatant lies about Russian contacts!! Go lady go!

[redwitch]

125. She's great!

Listening rather spottily as I get in and out of the car.

[mentalsolstice]

134. That's my congresswoman! eom

[Tommy_Carcetti]

124. I love how the Democrats are laying the record for the public.

Comey has to Glomar at this point, and I'm fine with that for now. Meanwhile, the Republicans want to turn this into an inquisition on leaks.

But the Democrats are steaming forward, giving the American people the evidence they need to know.

[msanthrope]

127. Comey schooling Nunes. nt

[msanthrope]

128. Comey isn't playing ball for Nunes. Nor is Rogers. nt

[Jonny Appleseed]

130. Nunes is fucking dumb

Wtf is wrong with him?

[WinkyDink]

132. Mentioning Reagan is a desperate ploy.

[msanthrope]

131. Holy shit......Comey and Rogers kicking Nunes ass. nt

[msanthrope]

133. King is desperate. nt

[msanthrope]

135. Leaks!!!! Comey, says last 6 weeks has been bad. nt

[Jonny Appleseed]

136. The saying is "there's no smoke without fire" Mr.King

[coco22]

141. King is trying to rest of the criminals..

[msanthrope]

138. King is now saying the leaks were from the FBI...nt

[bettyellen]

143. He's trying to narrow it down to one of four people who saw the dossier...

They're ridiculous trying to prosecute the leaks instead of talking about what they say about Trump and Russia.

[msanthrope]

139. King brings up the pee dossier. nt

[Renew Deal]

140. King is saying the dossier was leaked, but it's been out there since at least November of last year

Just not publicly.

[bettyellen]

145. Someone gave it to McCaine didn't they? In Iceland or something?

[msanthrope]

142. King is accusing Comey of leaking.....woah!!! nt

[msanthrope]

144. Comey is not confirming any comversation with Trump. nt

[bettyellen]

147. Because that's still part of investigation going on?

[msanthrope]

150. Classified briefing. nt

[msanthrope]

146. Comey just kicked king's ass.....had the room laugh at him. nt

[coco22]

164. Yes..

Lmao!

[msanthrope]

149. LoBiondo, from NJ...softballing this. nt

[msanthrope]

154. Really being deferential.....

[msanthrope]

152. Rogers brings up Election Infrastructure. nt

[gopiscrap]

153. He should be in the dock

he fucking committed a felony last fall

[msanthrope]

155. Rogers talking about hacking, fake news....wow.LoBiondo wants reelection.nt

[msanthrope]

156. Schiff---FLYNNs SF 86......disclosure of money and travel....Schiff wants it. nt

[wordpix]

206. Flynn is in deep shit

Didn't register as rep of foreign gov., accepted Russn $$$...

[msanthrope]

157. Andre Carson, asking Rogers about taking Crimea. nt

[msanthrope]

158. Little Green Men, Hybrid Warfare......

Rogers describes the use of surrogates to stem blowback against Russia.

[msanthrope]

159. Pointed questioning about Crimea, Ukraine. nt

[msanthrope]

160. Sanctions!!!! Rogers is asking about Trump's Ukraine statements. nt

[msanthrope]

161. Sanctions lifted????/What would it mean?

Carson talking about 135 billion in losses in gas and oil....

[msanthrope]

162. Rogers wont talk geopolitical, but IC wise---

sanction lifting would help russia....

[msanthrope]

163. Now talking about RNC party platform....same month of meetings...

Pee dossier.....

[msanthrope]

165. "Manafort, FIRED! Page, FIRED! Flynn, FIRED!" nt

[hamsterjill]

166. Jackie Speier!!!

Awesome beginning.

Is Russia our adversary?

[msanthrope]

167. Spier--IS RUSSIA OUT ADVERSARY??? "YES!" nt

[janx]

168. When is the classified portion

of this hearing scheduled?

[msanthrope]

169. REX TILLERSON!!! She goes there!!!! nt

[msanthrope]

170. Tillerson--gets "Russian Order of Friendship" nt

[msanthrope]

171. Why did we impose sanctions on Tillerson's best friend? nt

[WinkyDink]

173. Heeheehee. Our bad!

[msanthrope]

172. Ros-Leithen up...."no sacred cows."

Ability to reauthorize programs.....

Bipartisan agreement on getting to the bottom of Russian meddling.....

She's asking about what Russians did.

[msanthrope]

174. Rogers says hacking, and Comey says Rusisans were "loud"

this was different from other elections.

[Kolesar]

176. They left a lot of tracks.

The circumstantial evidence is being reinforced by the official investigaton.

[msanthrope]

175. Comey says they tried to warn states, private actors, and called it out. nt

[msanthrope]

177. Russia wanted to freak us out. --comey and rogers. nt

[msanthrope]

178. Rogers says hacking was increased....nt

[msanthrope]

179. Rogers says hacking was increased....nt

[msanthrope]

180. Comey says "They'll be back!" nt

[msanthrope]

182. Rogers' says this generate a positive outcome for Russian...they will be back....

says we are helping France, Germany.....

[lies]

183. I REALLY hope

That someone asks these guys what exactly the public should believe, because Trump has already reiterated his claims re: wire tappppping.

[OldHippieChick]

203. Not sure why you think anyone needs to ask that. It's

pretty clear. The FBI director and NSA director have already answered that question in opposition to Drumpf's claims.

[lies]

216. because

They haven't publicly testified about this before...

What should the public think when the intelligence agencies are being openly contradicted by the President.

Seems like its worth hearing... especially so that reporters can say that back to Trump when he repeats his BS.

[OldHippieChick]

221. Okay. Perhaps I am not understanding your question.

They (Comey/Rogers) have already given their opinion and they do not agree w/ Drumpf. Do you want someone to explicitly ask who the public should trust - them or Drumpf? If so. I think I can safely say they would refuse to answer that question. They have given their opinion based on facts and he has given his based upon rumors from a nutjob. Not sure what more they can say.

[wordpix]

223. read up--- Comey, intel agencies + Sen. Intel Comm. all say NO WIRETAP of Tower

what more do you want? It's confusing b/c Trump says all these experts are wrong? You don't know yet he's a consistent liar?

Get informed

[lies]

225. You missed the point

This is the first time - under oath - that the FBI and DOJ have said there's no evidence.

Now if Trump says otherwise he'll also be saying that Comey committed perjury.

And of course, getting Comey to say what Americas should do when the President keeps making unfounded claims, which are debunked under oath, is something that's never happened.

[msanthrope]

184. Turner up!!!! Rogers on FISA....

minimization procedures are supposed to protect private citizens.

Is the IC required to cease collection if the result of the collection nets a 'particular person.'

[msanthrope]

185. Are you required to cease??? nt

[randome]

186. Wenstrup trying to harm the NSA and FBI now.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Meredith McIver approves of this post.[/center][/font][hr]

[OliverQ]

189. It's Rep. Michael Turner

The angle of the camera shows Wenstrup's name tag though.

[randome]

192. D'oh!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Meredith McIver approves of this post.[/center][/font][hr]

[wordpix]

191. did not do a good job

[randome]

197. Turner sounded angry, trying to trash the people trusted to protect us.

Not a good strategy, especially not letting your prejudices show so blatantly.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Meredith McIver approves of this post.[/center][/font][hr]

[neohippie]

190. Is anyone keeping up with tweets

From Adam Kahn he's posting some possible reasons that Comey may have thrown Hillary under the bus with his pre-election comments about Hillary's email investigation

Link to tweet

[Kolesar]

208. I follow Khan on twitter, but quickly get lost

I just discovered Khan about three weeks ago and jumped into the middle of his series of revelations. Somebody needs to collect and write a book on his revelations.

I don't get the reason about Hillary...

[neohippie]

224. all of it has to be taken

with a grain of salt. There is so much information being thrown around that much may be meaningless, but hopefully some of it means something to someone who may be able to further connect dots to form a narrative that makes more sense I guess

[bettyellen]

193. Turner trying to use "cloud" that Russia created to forment doubt...

That's exactly what Russia wants and the GOP is carrying their water.

[wordpix]

196. would not doubt Trumprussia is spreading bribes around the R Congress

[wordpix]

194. on Tillerson now re: paying lobbyists

[bettyellen]

195. Speirer is asking about Tillerson lobbying against sanctions

And having a long deep relationship w Putin.

[DeminPennswoods]

198. GOP/Trump are well and truly F****D

They really are. Their lame attempts to divert attention to leaks or Clinto are falling completely flat. Meanwhile Dems are pulling out the facts and tying everything together.

[wordpix]

200. Quigley: "the actor may not know" he's dealing w/an adversarial gov

and what is collusion?

Implicit vs explicit coordination explained

[wordpix]

204. says there's a lot to investigate

[bettyellen]

205. Who did he say perjured themselves?

[wordpix]

264. didn't hear that

[lapfog_1]

201. He sure doesn't know much

and has no opinion on a lot of things I think he probably does have an opinion on.

[wordpix]

207. Turner: is a photo taken at a foreign official event worthy of investigatn?

Comey says it depends

[bettyellen]

210. Turner trying to say the FBI is investigating about "just a picture" and Comey is not having it ...

They're talking about Flynn without naming him.
Now he's st "what if you're paid" .... does he really want to go there w Flynn? Flynn lied about being a foreign agent twice.

[janx]

213. Who is Turner?

?

[bettyellen]

215. Republican getting misidentified ad Wenstrup because the tags are st an angle....

He keeps using the meme "cloud" to make it seem like the Russians LIKE the investigation into their collision w Trumps campaign. He keeps trying to get Comey to say they initiated investigation on thin evidence- photographs about trips that were not clandestine. Comey is refusing to agree that hypothetical is valid.
Turner is trying to get Comey say there is nothing there and he will not.

[wordpix]

219. could be about Flynn (lots of pix w/Russns) but also others

many Dumpsters had photos taken w/suspect Russian oligarchs and gov. agents

[Ilsa]

211. Wow. As an example of being co-opted, Comey mentions ROMANCE

or romantic liaisons between the agent and unwitting target.

Made me wonder if they had looked at Melania once upon a time.

[wordpix]

220. no doubt re: Melania

would you rather have a fling w/a handsome Russian oligarch or stick w/fat disgusting hubby?

Nuff said.

[Ilsa]

222. She may have been co-opted to find info on DT, or she may be the agent,

even though she's not appearing to be sophisticated enough for that. She could have been placed with dt to be used later, such as to cause him emotional problems, or to spy on him in some way.

[karadax]

227. I went to Anna Chapman / Illegals Program.

Remember we booted 10 spies out back in 2010 for failure to announce themselves.

The goal was to build relationships and gather intelligence.

[Blue_Roses]

261. I'm confused here

Romance? Coopted? Melania?

WTF?

[wordpix]

266. Comey was asked how Russns get info; he mentioned using sex

as a way to get it. He did NOT mention Melania. We're just "having fun" conjecturing.

[Blue_Roses]

270. Ahhhh...got it. Thanks!

[Ilsa]

280. Many of us have wondered if Melania could be

Employed by GRU to "work" donald. Or, co-opted to report on him. It's a stretch, but given her eastern European background and language skills, it crossed our minds.

[randome]

212. Turner is doing his 'side' no favors.

All he's doing is reinforcing the idea that there is more evidence against the Trump sycophants than has been revealed. He is a stupid man.
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[janx]

214. He also seems not to know the difference

between fact and opinion.

[bettyellen]

217. Now the real Wenstrup is up, asking dumb questions about foreign contacts.

[cilla4progress]

218. All the Rethigs on the committee

Are clearly on the defense. They are all agitated to one degree or another. Also dry mouth.

Turner seems to me an active alcoholic...

[SummerSnow]

228. Spicey is on right now.This should be good

[bettyellen]

231. Anything interesting?

[SummerSnow]

234. he is talking about everything except the hearing and his future appoinmtments

The press is waiting to question him. They don't want to hear this stuff

[bettyellen]

235. CNN said its no coincidence they're trying to take eyes off the probe into Trump/ Russia

And they switched the feed back to the probe.

[SummerSnow]

236. yep, soon as the hearing came back on they went back to it

[bettyellen]

238. It's about time- the idiot is doing another rally today. Desperate to retake the narrative.

[WinkyDink]

254. On where?

[bettyellen]

237. Swallwell going after DT and family for trips, money laundering and Russians being prosecuted by

nY 's AG who was just fired.

[Ilsa]

239. Swallwell is the committee member with

Freckle face, forty-ish! Light brown, almost red tones hair?

[Glimmer of Hope]

240. I dig his questions.

[msanthrope]

241. Wenstrup puts tail down, between legs, slinks off...nt

[msanthrope]

242. Stewart being all up about leakers...nt

[msanthrope]

243. Stewart.....please throw me a bone!!! nt

[msanthrope]

244. Rogers does not throw the bone. nt

[msanthrope]

245. Stewart is trying to cover for Trump....nt

[msanthrope]

246. Comey "They Hated Her, They Wanted To Harm Her." nt

[msanthrope]

247. Comey and Rogers DENY Stewart his bone. nt

[msanthrope]

248. Schiff......distinguishing Clapper's claims....report and investigation are not same. nt

[msanthrope]

250. Castro----Steele dossier....how many are accurate...describe Mr. Steele....

[msanthrope]

251. Castro has them uncomfortable, already...nt

[hamsterjill]

252. MY representative!!!!

Making me proud!

[msanthrope]

253. HOLY SHIT......CASTRO just nailed the 19% Rosneft. nt

[hamsterjill]

257. He set up the hotel information for the "golden showers", too.

Never been more proud of him! So happy to have voted for him!

[wordpix]

263. Castro was stellar! Superstar along w/Denny Heck, Jim Himes, Adam Schiff

Keep going!

[OliverQ]

267. And Swalwell who laid out Rachel Maddow's work on the record

[wordpix]

276. I missed him, will have to get a vid

[msanthrope]

255. CASTRO NAILING SANDERS SUPPORTER TARGETING BY WIKILEAKS. nt

[msanthrope]

256. Describe "Kompromat!" nt

[msanthrope]

258. Efforts to penetrate REGISTRATION!!!! nt

[uponit7771]

259. BULL FUCKIN SHIT !!! They watered it down !!!

[msanthrope]

260. Nunes....trying to defend platform. nt

[wordpix]

265. acting evermore complicit, desperate to keep info from getting out

What's our Intel Comm. chair up to?

He was on Dump transition team---did he meet w/Russians, let them into Congressional offices to help w/hacking or is he bribed?

Just wonderin'

[WinkyDink]

262. Oh, man. Comey just alluded to Reagan as "a great American." And why thank him for "his service to

the country?" It's not like Comey is in a war-zone or is working gratis.

[wordpix]

268. Goudy going off the rails about "a vacuum exists" bc Comey won't answer q's

Says Comey's "system" is respected but "his system" is not

Now he's ranting about hearsay: "What I've heard here is quadruple hearsay"

[wordpix]

269. "How do you cross-examine hearsay?"---Goudy

[wordpix]

272. Gomer ends w/a veiled threat to Comey

How'd this guy get voted in?

Threat was along the lines of (paraphrased), "You're in charge of Trumprussia and wiretapping, good luck to you and you'd better not fuck up or else."

[msanthrope]

271. Man, Comey is holding in his vomit when Gowdy talks. nt

[wordpix]

274. isn't he? Nunes now: "We don't have any evidence"

[herding cats]

275. He wasn't the only one.

Gowdy has the same effect on me.

[herding cats]

279. That was one heck of an event.

It was devastating for Trump on more than one front.

[nolabear]

273. I'd like to slap the smug off of Gowdy. He grandstands and bullshits

And they're smart enough not to do what I fear I couldn't resist. "Oh please, you smarmy weasel."

[Kolesar]

277. Gloria Borger, CNN: "Today is the worst day, ever, for the Trump administration"

[Kolesar]

278. Dana Bash, CNN: "Spicer has to defend the indefensible"

His job is to walk the thinnest of thin lines while defending his boss.