After this morning's "testimony" we can rightfully wonder:

[madamesilverspurs]

Prior to their appearance before the Senate committee, did they (Rogers, McCabe, Coats, Rosenstein) agree among themselves to withhold answers to certain questions?


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[Phoenix61]

1. No wondering to it, yes they did

Just gotta wonder why.

[mainstreetonce]

2. It certainly appears that way

Sad

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. Clearly they did and this is contempt of Congress, but since Congress is controlled by

NON PATRIOTS, we are fucked.

Look, it is over. Putin owns us. FOR REAL

And STILL McCain is silent...jesus fucking christ man

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. Eliot, think about this...

What if.....
Coats and rogers answer all the questions.
High likelihood Trump gets pissed and fires them for disloyalty ( you know how he feels about loyalty)
then Trump can replace them with his own henchmen.

But what if...somehow...their info got leaked into the newspaper, and McCain read the info. into the record.
And everyone heard the info, but not from Coats and Rogers directly.

They now go back to work, and help Mueller, and keep their agencies out of trump's hands, at least for a while longer.

this is gonna make a hell of a book.

[Eliot Rosewater]

21. LOL great book, sadly we are actually seeing all republicans

come right out and support the KGB and treason.

I think we are done, I think the country is gone.

[Kablooie]

4. Will comey do the Same?

[itcfish]

6. Republicans will ask Comey

about Hillary and that's it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. I doubt it. He doesn't work for them any more,

and my impression is that he no longer has a single fuck to give. He will not offer legal conclusions, however; he won't say whether he thought Trump attempted to obstruct justice. He's just a witness in this hearing so he will testify to facts and let the prosecutor (Mueller) decide what those facts mean legally. I do expect him to testify truthfully and not hide anything.

[Kablooie]

13. But we never hear of ex fbi tell all stories.

In fact books written by ex fbi are admittedly very careful about what info is revealed.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. He won't "tell all." There is certainly information that is classified

or confidential and relates to the ongoing investigation, and he won't discuss that. I believe he will truthfully describe his conversations with SCROTUS and events surrounding those meetings.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. They had to walk a tightrope between disclosing information

that the administration didn't want disclosed, and perjury. Hence the stonewalling.

[Thomas Hurt]

7. I was not watching or listening...did they say they would discuss in private session or not?

[wcmagumba]

9. Sorry to say it...

but I think our democracy is done for now and a number of years...I'm 60
and have some health issues so only a few years for me probably but I feel
horrible about what we are leaving for our kids, grand kids, nephews, nieces and
everyone else...

[Txbluedog]

10. NO

It was a requirement of the loyalty oath they have to take every morning

[LanternWaste]

11. It's difficult to believe there was no collusion

It's difficult to believe there was no collusion, as the parallel nature of which questions they avoided and those they did answer were far too consistent between each of them.

[Lint Head]

12. It's obvious. They were in lockstep with their answers

Just like the good Nazis they have become.

[RKP5637]

18. Exactly!!! Well said!!! And millions of Americans STILL don't get WTF is going on!!!

Damn, this is a stupid country. And people will put the little flags on their cars, listen to RW crap, cheer for Trump as the country goes down the drain. Damn, I hate these fake patriots that have no F'en idea what's going on.

[MFM008]

14. Yes

They're trying to take the attention and focus it all on Comeys words tomorrow.
That way it becomes a he said he said .
That way there's more cover for maggot and themselves because today didn't muddle things up.
And I bet they cleared this with Jabba the maggot before this mornings testimony.
See the big discredit against Comey has definitely gone into full gear.

[global1]

16. Ponder This - What I Posted Earlier Today....

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029171568

[OliverQ]

19. Yeah, they definitely talked to get their stories on the same page.

[B2G]

20. The first rule of Fight Club is:

You do not talk about Fight Club.

[babylonsister]

22. Probably. From slate...

To the senators’ mounting frustration, the intelligence officials repeatedly refused to answer their questions. Those refusals, however, tell us a lot. It appears they couldn’t defend Trump without committing perjury. Nor could they tell the truth without dramatically undermining Trump’s administration. So, in a series of increasingly contentious exchanges, they simply defied the lawmakers tasked with overseeing their agencies.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/06/07/if_intel_officials_could_have_testified_to_trump_s_obstruction_innocence.html

[Awsi Dooger]

23. White male Republicans don't need to plan or rehearse

Dishonesty...hatred...bigotry...greed...fear...exclusion...

All part of the package. Wind them up.