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Acting AG Matt Whitaker Congressional Testimony


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2 hours ago, NameAlreadyInUse said:

Well they claim to be the party of personal responsibility so why would they want accountability?  I already took personal responsibility for my actions therefore no one can hold me accountable. Makes perfect sense. 

Unfortunately, that's not how personal responsibility works. I know the GOP wishes it were, but it's not. These douche nozzles don't care about anything but keeping their dirty secrets from coming to light. This testimony is a farce.

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I continue to find it disturbing how the republican questions work in coordination with the false narratives (Ohr, Strozk, Comey, Page, Rosenstein) being put out by right wing media.  I know it’s nothing new but this is what fascism looks like. 

The state and media working lockstep together to purge the non-loyalists from holding the party friendly criminals accountable.

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Just now, deech said:

I don't understand the point of this hearing.  He's a political hack and this is not have been the Dems first really public committee hearing IMHO.

It’s a good illustration of how fucked up our system is.   Sometimes the pointless of it is the point.  

He might be a political hack but he is the current Attorney General of the United States. It would be negligent not to publicly question him. 

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America is better than this. 

We are better than our current BLOTUS.

We are better than Whitaker. We are better than the GOP fucksticks currently in office. 

I'm naturally a moderate Republican, but my god, these guys (yes, guys) have fuck up both the GOP and Christianity. 

May they burn in hell. Full disclosure: I don't believe there is a hell.

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3 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

It’s a good illustration of how fucked up our system is.   Sometimes the pointless of it is the point.  

He might be a political hack but he is the current Attorney General of the United States. It would be negligent not to publicly question him. 

He hasn't taken any action really that impacted Mueller's investigation publicly.  He's a fucking moron and this administration is littered with them.  It's nothing new.  A new AG gets confirmed soon.  The system has been fucked up and on public display for at least the last ten years.  No need to get up in arms about it now.

I just think the Dems are just wasting everyone's time with this hearing and they need to have a laser like focus on destroying this administration.

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2 minutes ago, deech said:

I just think the Dems are just wasting everyone's time with this hearing and they need to have a laser like focus on destroying this administration.

Don't considerate it a waste.  Think of it as a public inquisition of just what kind of individuals get appointed by the President.  Sure, whatever he does today as a witness probably has little to no bearing on any actual investigation, but rather it is an example of slap-dickery that the public can see for themselves in real time.  Knowing he was involved with a company that made huge cock toilets is one thing.  Seeing him attempt to answer questions and tell the chair his time was up is another.

 

 

 

 

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Question for the legal types.

He's there voluntarily, as opposed to under subpoena.  Nonetheless, absent an agreement beforehand with the committee, I don't believe that excuses him from answering questions not subject to a facially valid privilege objection.

He's still subject to contempt of Congress for refusing to give non-privileged answers, right?

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Just now, TwiceHorn said:

Question for the legal types.

He's there voluntarily, as opposed to under subpoena.  Nonetheless, absent an agreement beforehand with the committee, I don't believe that excuses him from answering questions not subject to a facially valid privilege objection.

He's still subject to contempt of Congress for refusing to give non-privileged answers, right?

"Facially valid". 

Nice gay porn/Lindsey Graham reference. 

 

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Just now, WhatTheBuck said:

Queens.

True story, bro.

When I was a kid, I spent part of a summer in Queens and one hot summer morning a couple of girls said "it's so hot you can hear the crickets choiping".  I was like, wtf, speak English. 

Choiping? 

Don't have a really bad accent. Queens, Georgia, whatever. 

But let's get back to Philly. Yeah, their accent is bad.

 

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2 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Tennessee hillbilly 

I love you bro, but gotta disagree with you here.

While a southern/hick accent isn't all that great, it can be a bit sexy. A Philly accent can never be sexy. 

It's like Bobby Clarke asking your mother out. There is nothing good about that. 

 

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31 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

[hot take from this thread] “oversight and public accountability regarding under oath questions of non-senate confirmed cabinet officials is a waste” [/rabble rabble]

How much oversight and public accountability are we getting today?  

My point was why is this the Dems first public shot under new house leadership?  Aren't their better shots they should be taking like emoluments??   They can still have Whitaker in behind close doors and do an oversight/public accountability review.  People are going to get fatigued with all these committees and hearings especially once Schiff ramps up.  

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Just now, Hugo Stiglitz said:

What hearing would you like the American public to see?   Name the committee and witnesses.

I will make a phone call.

I've said previously that anything covered in the Mueller investigation should be off-limits as Mueller completes his work.

I would like to see hearings on:

1.  Emolument violations

2.  Saudi killing and US Support for the Saudi war in Yemen.

3. Trumps taxes - pre-election.

 

I'd also make a huge show about:

1.  The Recent elimination of regulations against Payday loan lenders.

2.  Environmental regulation changes including Asbestos regulation changes and Methane reporting requirements.

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10 minutes ago, deech said:

I've said previously that anything covered in the Mueller investigation should be off-limits as Mueller completes his work.

I’d like to see public hearings on how Russia interferes in the elections of other countries and what they’re doing to combat that interference. 

I’d bring in experts and government officials for questioning from other countries like Estonia, Germany, Ukraine, Norway, and Finland.  

Also bring in some of the NATO leadership personnel.  

Doing this would be a good way to illustrate how the Mueller investigation isn’t a hoax and it’s a global problem.  Also a huge fuck you to Putin.

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1 minute ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

I’d like to see public hearings on how Russia interferes in the elections of other countries and what they’re doing to combat that interference. 

I’d bring in experts and government officials for questioning from other countries like Estonia, Germany, Ukraine, Norway, and Finland.  

Also bring in some of the NATO leadership personnel.  

Doing this would be a good way to illustrate how the Mueller investigation isn’t a hoax and it’s a global problem.  Also a huge fuck you to Putin.

I agree.  That's a great hearing idea as long as the context is kept out of the Mueller realm.  

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1 hour ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

What hearing would you like the American public to see?   Name the committee and witnesses.

I will make a phone call.

There need to be hearings 7 days a week for 8 hours a day to get to the bottom of everything that's going on with this administration.

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So the internet has been digging on the US Atty that sat in on the briefing, here's what they've found so far:

So digging a bit and found from yesterday a propaganda piece from Daily Signal went out.

https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/02/07/exclusive-record-will-show-the-truth-matt-whitaker-says-of-attacks/

The Daily Signal delivers investigative and feature reporting and the most important political news and commentary. The team is committed to truth and unmatched in knowledge of Washington’s politics and policy debates. We tell these stories in formats that respect your time and intelligence.

From Heritage Foundation.

That’s why the Heritage Foundation team created a digital-first, multimedia news platform called The Daily Signal.

And only one US Attorney contributed to the piece. Praising the leadership of Whitaker.

But Whitaker helped to defuse what could have been an uncertain time for Justice Department prosecutors across the country, recalled McGregor Scott, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of California, based out of Sacramento. 

“When word went out that Wednesday that General Sessions had been fired, there was a sense of shock,” Scott told The Daily Signal. “Within 24 hours, Matt was on a conference call with every single one of the U.S. attorneys in the country, with a sense of calm and a sense of ‘We have a mission that we are going to continue on with that was set by General Sessions.’ … That was a pivotal moment.”

You’re all going to love this. The CA US attorney that sat in the briefing is named Mcgregor Scott.

Prior to assuming his current role, Scott was a partner in the Sacramento office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, where his practice focused on white collar criminal defense and corporate investigations.

This is where it gets juicy. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is an international law firm founded in San Francisco, California. It is focused on serving companies in the technology, energy & infrastructure and financial sectors globally.

A simple google search with this company and Russia turns up this from their website.  It’s an update on anti-sanction measures involving Russia and it’s worded very pro-Russian.

The Russian parliament fast-tracks two bills that give the Russian President a broad authorization to retaliate for foreign sanctions and criminalize compliance with U.S. and other foreign sanctions against Russian parties. While the practical impact of the additional authorization for the President is unclear, criminalization of compliance with the foreign sanctions may have serious negative repercussions for U.S. and European businesses operating in Russia or having other Russian exposure.

So just a few more searches about the company and i found out they have a Russian location and their website states this.

Orrick has acted for clients in Russia, the CIS and other former republics of the USSR for over two decades. Members of our International Russia and CIS practice group are Chambers-recognized in their practice areas.

So this McGregor Scott is involved with a company that’s balls deep in Russia. You tell me if he should be anywhere near the Mueller probe.

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3 hours ago, Captainant said:

Interesting. Whittaker looks very shook with this child separation talk. I didn't think he had a heart.

He’s turning 50 this year.  If he fucks up royally and gets tagged with things like the child separation stuff, which I think it’s a lot worse than we know, then he has to go back to representing regional grocery companies and companies manufacturing trailer hitches and toilets.  

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33 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

He’s turning 50 this year.  If he fucks up royally and gets tagged with things like the child separation stuff, which I think it’s a lot worse than we know, then he has to go back to representing regional grocery companies and companies manufacturing trailer hitches and toilets.  

Given how scared they are of everything, there must be a huge, untapped market of millions of purportedly male GOP supporters who sit when they pee. 

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3 hours ago, Captainant said:

I'm thoroughly enjoying seeing Whittaker be questioned over and over on "how on earth did you get that job"? It's some very good professional shade lol

Dude was drafting wills in rural Iowa in 2017.  No joke.  Jeffries worked for Paul Weiss, one of the ten or fifteen most prestigious law firms in the United States.  Their professional bona fides could not be further apart.

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