Posted on 10/25/2017 7:16:16 AM PDT by mandaladon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Department of Justice needs to immediately give Congress documents related to the funding of a dossier on Donald Trump during the presidential campaign, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Wednesday, saying the department and the FBI were “stonewalling.”
“We’ve had these document requests with the administration, with the FBI in particular, for a long time and they’ve been stonewalling,” Ryan told Reuters in an interview, adding that the department and the FBI needs to comply with Congress’ documents requests “and they need to do it immediately.”
Ryan was responding to a question about a Washington Post report on Tuesday that said the campaign of Trump’s Democratic rival for the White House, Hillary Clinton, and the Democratic National Committee had helped fund research that became a dossier of allegations about Trump’s connections to Russia.
Several congressional panels are investigating alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign to try to tilt the election in Trump’s favor, and potential collusion by Trump aides.
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Ooh. Eddie Munster is important now. Dork.
This is Ru Paul trying to save Cankles from Sessions. Don’t be taken in.
Speaker Paul Ryan said on Wednesday, saying the department and the FBI were “stonewalling.”
Building anticipation leading up to a barrage of scandal revelations to overload the Clinton and DNC deflection grid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NwP3wes4M8
Not to say that Ryan is in any way involved in the take-down.
“Must” really means “politely requests again.”
Without some judicial order enforcing the subpoenas, there is no “must.”
How about a grand jury for once?
Why isn’t Sessions ordering his staff and FBI, under penalty of obstruction, to turn over all of this NOW!
Start punishing the resisters in the FBI. Transfer a few to ATF and the Marshalls Service so they can see how people overcome laziness and really do a good job for America.
Hey Eddie Munster you have been quiet on the Anwan case. What is up with that? Protecting your dimoKKKRAT buddies?
Just The House stirring up the dust to provide cover for their lack of positive action.
The reelection of PRyno should be off the table. He should go Full Flake.
lordy i get so tired of the dc swamp mess. nothing will ever happen and we all know it. a coup d’éta was excuted by the swamp creatures and we are being shown who is boss.
Sessions appears to be a swamp creature more every day.
Does this mean we aren’t going to see Fusion bank records and expose Jebbers, McLame et.
I want these Rino’s exposed. Am I dreaming?
Oh please. Those documents have already been shredded & wiped with a cloth.
Can’t Trump just order the Justice Dept and FBI to do this?
The single most important thing to consider here is that the U.S. Justice Department should not share any information that could compromise a criminal prosecution.
No, YOU aren’t going to see them til the investigators drop their indictments.
Why should you? Why does anyone want witnesses to talk before the indictments? It minimizes the impact, possibly leads to acquittals. NO prosecutors do that.
Paul Ryan acting for the Swamp here, despite the optics.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ So what has changed that they need to do it "immediately"? What has changed that they can be compelled to do it immediately? Nothing. If there are no consequences for non-compliance, then there will be no documents and the stonewalling will continue indefinitely, regardless of how petulantly Ryan stamps his little foot.
I’m sure Ryan will get right on this....
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