No surpise here, the Committee knows where the investigation would lead. If any of this was to their advantage FR would have been subpoened long ago.
Frankly, I care a lot less about what happens in MD and am more concerned about the actions of the Washinton Post. This smelled from the beginning and the WP had to know it.
You'd care if you lived in MD.
Indeed:
Md. GOP Seeks Wider Firing Probe(Post Maryland editor, R.B.) Brenner said, "The Washington Post had no involvement in any way in the chat room postings" between Steffen and MD4BUSH. "The Post did not know about them until after they had already occurred, as we have reported."
Brenner said The Post does not know the identity of MD4BUSH, which the newspaper also has reported.
Post reporter Matthew Mosk received printed copies of the message exchanges last fall, Brenner said. To verify they were authentic, he said, Mosk was given sign-on information needed to view the private chat room by an intermediary acting on behalf of MD4BUSH in late January. Mosk used that information to verify that "the chat room messages were genuine," Brenner said. Mosk presented the printouts to Steffen in February to confirm that they represented his words.
Feel free to contact Mr. Brenner at: brennerr@washpost.com and while you're at it send reporter Matthew Mosk a note at: moskm@washpost.com, I did.