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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed May 31, 2017, 08:53 AM May 2017

Trump Claims Democrats No Longer Want Carter Page's Testimony

Source: Roll Call


President tweets former adviser 'blows away' Democrats' case against him

Posted May 31, 2017 8:07 AM
John T. Bennett

President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused Democrats of resisting testimony from Carter Page, his former campaign adviser, because he “blows away” allegations they have made.

Page told the top Republican and Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee last Tuesday that he would testify as part of their probe into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election. But Trump now claims the minority has changed its mind about hearing from Page.

Trump alluded to uncited “reports” in claiming “the Democrats, who have excoriated Carter Page about Russia, don’t want him to testify.”

Rep. Adam B. Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the House Select Intelligence Committee, has not responded to a Roll Call inquiry about whether Page will testify. On Tuesday, Page said that he learned from Schiff’s committee that he “might not be immediately afforded the opportunity” to address the committee.



Read more: http://www.rollcall.com/news/trump-claims-democrats-no-longer-want-carter-pages-testimony/

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Trump Claims Democrats No Longer Want Carter Page's Testimony (Original Post) DonViejo May 2017 OP
takes ball. Goes home. underpants May 2017 #1
He based that conclusion on "unnamed sources"! I wonder if Spicey will skewer him too... George II May 2017 #2
All the big RW media are reporting this story this morning BumRushDaShow May 2017 #5
Well, by Trump's own rules, if it doesn't have cited sources, it's fake news. DetlefK May 2017 #3
Too covfefe true!! Maeve May 2017 #6
Interesting angrychair May 2017 #4
Committees listening to Mueller who wants to get testimony before Committees muddy the water. Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #7
Hey sh*t in pants pathological liar turbinetree May 2017 #8
Carter Page Turbineguy May 2017 #9
If the Dumpster says so, it must be true. DK504 May 2017 #10
i think they should subpoena John Baron samnsara May 2017 #11
here it is: bora13 May 2017 #12

George II

(67,782 posts)
2. He based that conclusion on "unnamed sources"! I wonder if Spicey will skewer him too...
Wed May 31, 2017, 09:06 AM
May 2017

...during this afternoon's briefing (which gets more and more brief every day)?

angrychair

(8,678 posts)
4. Interesting
Wed May 31, 2017, 09:20 AM
May 2017

I remember statements from WH and republican45 that they really didn't know or have anything to do with Page. Now he is defending him by name. Which is it??

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,955 posts)
7. Committees listening to Mueller who wants to get testimony before Committees muddy the water.
Wed May 31, 2017, 09:50 AM
May 2017

There is the precedent of Oliver North who got off charges due to technicalities of Congressional testimony.

turbinetree

(24,683 posts)
8. Hey sh*t in pants pathological liar
Wed May 31, 2017, 09:50 AM
May 2017

why don't you come and speak at a hearing, put this entire matter to rest?

And while your at it, bring your tax returns, just for giggles?

In fact you can bring along the other "confederate dunces" of Treason, Page, Manafort, Flynn, Pence, Kusher, Spicer, Cohen, Ivanka, CONway, Sessions, Price, Mulvaney, Devos, Tillerson, and my all time favorite Wilbur Ross (Cyprus Bank) and others to the hearing to give there information of events.

And just a reminder the FBI is trying to extradite the hacker, now in Spain, and it looks like he is coming here first, remember that.

Because somewhere, somehow, they are all involved, it's a gimme




bora13

(860 posts)
12. here it is:
Wed May 31, 2017, 12:52 PM
May 2017

Sounds like between the "says who" guy and the apparent lack of interest in getting daily briefings by t-rump could be the true methodology, plausible deniability behind everything t-rump has done to this point.

"You talkin' to me?"

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