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Choice quote by Republican familiar with the proceedings involving Jim Jordanâs âwhistleblowersâ:
What Jordan has produced is âvery much amateur hour.â Airing this âstuff on live television would make us look like morons.â
https://t.co/iFjMFgSr59— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) March 3, 2023
Seems like an accurate appraisal:
In early February, Republicans brought an FBI veteran to Capitol Hill whom they hoped would expose a âdeep state conspiracyâ among Democrats and their accomplices in the intelligence community. The GOP witness was part of a network of âwhistleblowersâ â funneled to congressional Republicansâ new Weaponization of Government panel by allies of Donald Trump â to reveal covert attacks on the former president and broad, anti-conservative discrimination.
But before the interview was over, it was the GOP witness who was failing to answer difficult questions â and Democratic committee staff doing the asking…
According to portions of transcripts reviewed by Rolling Stone and sources familiar with the exchange, Hill repeatedly declined to respond to the questions and cited his First Amendment rights. (Heâd later go on a conservative talk show to accuse Democrats of trying to paint him as a âright-wing nut jobâ because they couldnât handle his message.) As the exchange went on, Hillâs attorney, Jason Foster, begged the Democratic counsel to stop asking about his clientâs tweets.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the chair of the new House Judiciaryâs âweaponizationâ subcommittee, opened its first hearing vowing that heâd heard from âdozens and dozensâ of whistleblowers about âthe political nature at the Justice Department.â Indeed, powerful players from Trumpâs orbit have invested in recruiting intelligence community veterans, hoping to produce bombshell revelations and must-see TV to rival the results of the Jan. 6 committee.
But so far, Republicans have brought only three of those whistleblowers to Capitol Hill for questioning, and have not scheduled any additional interviews after completing the most recent in mid-February. In the interviews conducted to date, witnesses have offered contradictory responses, maintained fringe and violent online presences that undermine their credibility, and failed to demonstrate first-hand knowledge of alleged FBI wrongdoing.
The results have left Democrats gleeful and even some Republicans deeply unimpressed. A âdumpster fire,â is how one Democrat with knowledge of the at-times combative interactions terms the proceedings. âClearly there is room to grow and improve before [more] public hearings,â a Republican familiar with the process tells Rolling Stone. But the work so far, the Republican says, has been âvery much amateur hour,â adding that airing this âstuff on live television would make us look like morons.â (Sources spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak candidly about the sensitive matters.)…
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