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spanone

(135,810 posts)
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 12:19 PM Mar 2017

Mission Accomplished: White House evasive as House Intelligence Committee grinds to a halt

this is what trump wanted.....'grinds to a halt'


Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is refusing to provide details Tuesday to who signed House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes into offices on White House grounds, as the House investigation into Russia's interference in the US elections is stalled, the victim of a partisan showdown.

All meetings of the House Russia investigators were canceled this week after the top Democrat, Rep. Adam Schiff, said Nunes must recuse himself in order for the investigation to continue. Nunes, however, told CNN Tuesday morning he was "moving forward" with the investigation and said he won't recuse himself.

"It moves forward just like it was before," Nunes told reporters.

It's a monumental shift from where House investigators planned to be Tuesday, interrogating a trio of former Obama administration officials in a public hearing. But last week's hearing -- the first and so far only public hearing of the House Russia investigation -- sparked a wildfire of partisan fighting after FBI Director James Comey confirmed he is investigating possible coordination between President Donald Trump's campaign aides and Russian officials.


http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/28/politics/house-intelligence-committee-devin-nunes/index.html
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Mission Accomplished: White House evasive as House Intelligence Committee grinds to a halt (Original Post) spanone Mar 2017 OP
Either we FORCE something to happen or it is all over, we are gone. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #1
This may require a huge march on D.C. ElementaryPenguin Mar 2017 #4
I dont expect tparty types to understand how patriotism works Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #10
Maybe Winning A Battle Here..... global1 Mar 2017 #2
Damn skippy! MrScorpio Mar 2017 #7
It's not the House investigation that counts, but the Senate Investigation padfun Mar 2017 #3
Dems on the Senate committee can subpoena witnesses. Kaleva Mar 2017 #12
Just one of many investigations...... MedusaX Mar 2017 #5
It's the same shit that sharp_stick Mar 2017 #6
FOIA KittyWampus Mar 2017 #8
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Special Counsel, Michael Ellis, now works for Trump L. Coyote Mar 2017 #9
Let them keep on evading the subject at hand bdamomma Mar 2017 #11
i think you are correct. a 'normal' president would want to know what the russians did. spanone Mar 2017 #13
again we are up against a well coordinated bdamomma Mar 2017 #14

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
10. I dont expect tparty types to understand how patriotism works
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 01:30 PM
Mar 2017

as they favor it only when it supports their agenda.

Real patriots fight to preserve that which makes us free and a democracy.

If a WH or institution can say no, you will NOT be allowed to know what happened, it is then ALL patriots duty to DEMAND to know, regardless of where the chips fall and which party is harmed.

McCain and Graham know this but so far have chosen to remain relatively quiet.

I gave credit where due when Cheney came out against the Trump/Russia collusion, because as fucked up as that guy is, I truly believe he will be on the right side of this. Bush Sr. as well, W needs to come out NOW and loudly.

global1

(25,237 posts)
2. Maybe Winning A Battle Here.....
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 12:22 PM
Mar 2017

but ultimately - they'll lose the war. Cover-up is just as bad if not worse than the crime.

Due to the nature of this crime - collusion with the Russians - I have to put the crime and the cover-up on equal footing here.

padfun

(1,786 posts)
3. It's not the House investigation that counts, but the Senate Investigation
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 12:26 PM
Mar 2017

There were articles about this a week or two ago, I think at Palmer Report, where the House wouldn't do shit but the Senate will.
It is going as those articles said it would.

I think Dems control the Senate investigation committee and I think McCain is on that as well.

MedusaX

(1,129 posts)
5. Just one of many investigations......
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 01:02 PM
Mar 2017

The House is not the only show in town....

I trust that Yates will be provided ample opportunity to share her testimony with the Senate & FBI.

45 Ryan & Nunes can flex their little muscles to impress the Faux & Friends base &
possibly prevent some random fluke event involving their sudden death due to purely natural causes....


This web of corruption is not limited to the 2016 election....
It has simply evolved and strengthened over time and continues to grow day by day.....

We have found a loose thread (45/election) which will likely lead to a RICO case once the unraveling of the entire web has occurred....

The downside to all of this is that these future RICO defendants are continuing to launder & defraud & exploit & intimidate & conspire thanks to every act of deconstruction that 45 authorizes as well as those which involve govt spending, foreign trade agreements, etc.....

Hopefully, those tasked with unraveling will do so quickly in order to prevent as much "new" web weaving as possible..



sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
6. It's the same shit that
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 01:04 PM
Mar 2017

happened during Watergate although the Democrats had House control.

There were many attempts to stop investigating by the White House and members of Congress.

The drip, drip, drip never stopped and eventually it had to move on.

People in Congress are a lot more worried about their jobs than Trump and his sycophants.

bdamomma

(63,812 posts)
11. Let them keep on evading the subject at hand
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 01:35 PM
Mar 2017

but the Russian connection will not go away. Ryan and his cohorts will be going down. Don the Con will not come out of this clean.

There is just too much information out there, and it will come out.....slowly but it will come out.

spanone

(135,810 posts)
13. i think you are correct. a 'normal' president would want to know what the russians did.
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 01:46 PM
Mar 2017

sadly, i think trump knows...

and doesn't want anyone else to know.

bdamomma

(63,812 posts)
14. again we are up against a well coordinated
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 02:07 PM
Mar 2017

what should we call it, a takeover, a corporate takeover, a huge oil deal to line the pockets of tRump, Putin, Tillerson and the rest of the cabal. These guys need to be thrown out, they are destroying our country and our credibility.

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