ALERT: Rep. Goodlatte is right now threatening to hold an FBI agent in contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions about a pending counterintelligence investigation when the agent has been specifically instructed by the FBI not to answer such questions.
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) July 12, 2018
I know GOP voters have been carefully trained to believe what Fox News tells them over the evidence of their own lyin’ eyes, but I still think today’s hearing was, among other things, a gift to Andrew Janz’s campaign ad writers:
If @RepGoodlatte is upset about people who can't separate their personal opinions from their investigatory role, he is going to be *furious* when he learns about @DevinNunes.
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) July 12, 2018
Nunes leaves in middle of committee hearing after Dems start asking questions on Russia probe: https://t.co/tdgBOtYLEK pic.twitter.com/3WKUfdwdo3
— The Hill (@thehill) July 12, 2018
When California Republican Rep. Devin Nunes sat before a committee Wednesday to testify on a bill, Democrats tried to use the opportunity to question the House Intelligence Committee chairman on his investigation of Russian meddling and the 2016 presidential race.
But the Republican chairman of the House Rules Committee — Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas — allowed Nunes to leave the hearing before Democrats could fire off their questions, prompting criticism from Democrats…
Rep. Norma Torres, a California Democrat, started asking a question about Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and a statement he previously made to the House Intelligence Committee.
Sessions interrupted her and abruptly broke up the committee for a five-minute recess to discuss the questioning with the top Democrat on the committee, Rep. Jim McGovern.
They resumed the hearing 18 minutes later, and Sessions dismissed Nunes from the witness table before Democrats could ask him more questions.
Democrats took issue with Sessions’ dismissal of the House intelligence chairman.
“In all my years on the Rules Committee, I don’t ever recall an instance where any member was prevented from asking questions of a witness,” McGovern said in a statement. “What is Chairman Nunes trying to hide?”…
Running away again @DevinNunes? What do you have to hide? https://t.co/smc8mG9zCQ
— Andrew Janz (@JanzforCongress) July 12, 2018
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