Republicans storm SCIF in violation of the rules

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If anything -- ANYTHING -- exculpatory had come out in any of the "secret" hearings to date, you can bet one or more of the many Republicans who sit on these committees and participate in the hearings would have revealed it.

That hasn't happened.

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Anonymous wrote:[i]Outspoken California Rep. Darrell Issa was escorted out of a House deposition on Benghazi on Tuesday after he tried to crash the closed-door panel on Capitol Hill, NBC News reported. Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), the chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, had no qualms about kicking Issa out of the meeting. Issa previously conducted an investigation into the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, but he is not a member of the congressional committee — and after Gowdy confronted him, Issa stormed off. "I'm a prosecutor, we always follow the rules," Gowdy later told NBC News. "[Issa] is not a [Benghazi] committee member and non-committee members are not allowed in the room during the deposition. Those are the rules and we have to follow them, no exceptions made."[i/]

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/Rep-Darrell-Issa-Escorted-Out-of-Benghazi-Panel-307739641.html

Thanks for finding this! Also to remind everyone, the rules they are following now were instituted by that partisan Democrat, Paul Ryan!

Yes! The expectation is that it is all okay for the GOP to implement such rules when the Republicans are in the majority, but when the Dems follow the rules created by the GOP, who are now in the minority, they and all their supporters scream foul. No pun intended, but what is good for the goose is good for the gander.

Do the rules include sending your staff member to a foreign nation to talk to the witnesses prior to them coming forward? How about not disclosing you met with a whistleblower a month prior to them coming forward?

They don't PRECLUDE that. There are no rules! This is, once again, NOT A COURT OF LAW.

I am unclear what about meeting with the whistleblower, who is not coming under investigation, has to do with anything.

Even in the far more rigorously regulated criminal justice system cops meet with witnesses long before charges are filed or even investigations are opened.

Of course you are unclear. Because you have NO clue that Schiff met with these people AND you don’t want to believe anything was schemed up during those meetings. As I said, it was about the Grandkids. I’m sure of it

I have to give credit to the posters here who respond to you wingnuts with infinite patience. But personally, I just can’t anymore. Your stupidity, ignorance, and paranoia are destroying our country.

Don't forget obstinance and willful ignorance.

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Anonymous wrote:If anything -- ANYTHING -- exculpatory had come out in any of the "secret" hearings to date, you can bet one or more of the many Republicans who sit on these committees and participate in the hearings would have revealed it.

That hasn't happened.

This is what I don't understand.. there are Rs sitting in there, yet the other Rs are only blaming Dems for not making the proceedings "transparent". Why aren't they talking to their party members? What do those Rs who are in there saying about all this?

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"How do you defend the indefensible? We can't defend the substance, all we can do is talk about process." - a R member of Congress

And that's what we are seeing. Don't focus on the crime; focus on the process.

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Anonymous wrote:If anything -- ANYTHING -- exculpatory had come out in any of the "secret" hearings to date, you can bet one or more of the many Republicans who sit on these committees and participate in the hearings would have revealed it.

That hasn't happened.

This is what I don't understand.. there are Rs sitting in there, yet the other Rs are only blaming Dems for not making the proceedings "transparent". Why aren't they talking to their party members? What do those Rs who are in there saying about all this?

It’s all a stunt. And the dummies will believe it.

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The president told them to fight back. So this was the best they could come up with.

So many dunces.

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Anonymous wrote:The president told them to fight back. So this was the best they could come up with.

So many dunces.

I wonder how far they will go.

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Anonymous wrote:The president told them to fight back. So this was the best they could come up with.

So many dunces.

I wonder how far they will go.

Today's going to be a doozy.

I'm going to be working from home today.

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Anonymous wrote:The president told them to fight back. So this was the best they could come up with.

So many dunces.

I wonder how far they will go.

Today's going to be a doozy.

I'm going to be working from home today.

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Anonymous wrote:The president told them to fight back. So this was the best they could come up with.

So many dunces.

I wonder how far they will go.

Today's going to be a doozy.

I'm going to be working from home today.

Why? What should I expect or look for?

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Anonymous wrote:The president told them to fight back. So this was the best they could come up with.

So many dunces.

I wonder how far they will go.

Today's going to be a doozy.

I'm going to be working from home today.

Why? What should I expect or look for?

I have no idea what will happen today. But something will. Something big and crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:The president told them to fight back. So this was the best they could come up with.

So many dunces.

Indeed.. they can't defend Trump's actions so they attack the process, which was instituted by Rs a few years ago. I really wish media would highlight this more. The process Trump and Trumpster are attacking was created by Rs.

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Anonymous wrote:The president told them to fight back. So this was the best they could come up with.

So many dunces.

I wonder how far they will go.

Today's going to be a doozy.

I'm going to be working from home today.

Why? What should I expect or look for?

I have no idea what will happen today. But something will. Something big and crazy.

That’s just playing the averages at this point.

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Anonymous wrote:The president told them to fight back. So this was the best they could come up with.

So many dunces.

I wonder how far they will go.

Today's going to be a doozy.

I'm going to be working from home today.

Why? What should I expect or look for?

I have no idea what will happen today. But something will. Something big and crazy.

Probably in the middle of Elijah Cummings' funeral. I think Trump and Barr are the only people in DC not going.

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Anonymous wrote:If anything -- ANYTHING -- exculpatory had come out in any of the "secret" hearings to date, you can bet one or more of the many Republicans who sit on these committees and participate in the hearings would have revealed it.

That hasn't happened.

This is what I don't understand.. there are Rs sitting in there, yet the other Rs are only blaming Dems for not making the proceedings "transparent". Why aren't they talking to their party members? What do those Rs who are in there saying about all this?

They are talking, and they know the Administration is nailed, so they come up with these distractions. Given the length of this thread, the distractions seem to work.