Posted on 07/22/2018 12:16:34 PM PDT by markomalley
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said on Sunday that his committee will seek testimony from John Brennan, a CIA director under former President Barack Obama who has become a fierce critic of President Trump.
"We have lots of questions for John Brennan and he will definitely be sought by the committees for an interview," Goodlatte said during a Fox News interview on "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo. "This is an extremely disturbing thing to see both he and [former FBI] James Comey, supposedly impartial government officials carrying out their jobs in very important areas in intelligence gathering and law enforcement, express the kind of extreme bias that they've shown now, which I think reflects quite accurately on what they were doing back in 2016."
Goodlatte was responding to an opinion piece this week by the Wall Street Journal's Kimberley Strassel, which Bartiromo said made the case that Brennan "deserves a bit of belated scrutiny."
The op-ed by Stressel, titled "Brennan and the 2016 Spy Scandal," discussed how Brennan sought to push into the public spotlight the narrative that Russia was interfering in the 2016 election to help Trump get elected — and specifically did so by contacting then-Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
"In a late August briefing, he told the Senate minority leader that Russia was trying to help Mr. Trump win the election, and that Trump advisers might be colluding with Russia. (Two years later, no public evidence has emerged to support such a claim.)," Strassel wrote. "But the truth was irrelevant," she added. "On cue, within a few days of the briefing, Mr. Reid wrote a letter to Mr. Comey, which of course immediately became public" and insisted that the FBI investigate the matter.
Goodlatte added that as part of the Judiciary and Oversight Committees' joint search for answers on the Russia investigation, he will also seek testimony from Comey, who was criticized in last month's Justice Department inspector general report for deviating from department norms with his decision-making during the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server, and Obama-era attorney general Loretta Lynch.
Following Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday, Brennan stepped up his attacks on the president, calling Trump's performance during a joint press conference “nothing short of treasonous.”
I’d settle for just ‘targeted’.
Traitorous commie muslim POS.
The hell with your dumb committees. Get this azzhole in front of a grand jury.
No way will they get anything from brennan. They couldn’t extract too much information from scumbag strzok, what do they expect from the head scumbag?
what you said !!!!
Will they put him under oath this time? Nevermind, I know the answer. Congress is complicit in the whole affair and has supported it since the beginning. It’s our own fault, we elected these cheats. And then had the nerve to elect someone they did not approve of in advance for us.
....No way will they get anything from brennan. They couldn’t extract too much information from scumbag strzok, what do they expect from the head scumbag?...
he will either take the 5th or probably perjure himself give him thne opportunity..
Seems that should have happened some time ago.
That’s what it would take. At a minimum.
He’ll just lie like James Clapper and the liberals will declare it all “investigated and found no wrongdoing”.
Just like anything with Hillary.
Yeah, go after him like Monafort and Cohen was gone after.
He WILL plead the 5th if he is called to testify.
Bank on it.
This deep state scum-bag is the fulcrum of the entire plot to frame Trump.
The entire former intelligence community except for Admiral Rogers was involved in this.
If I were advising Trump I would have him call a presser & have Trump release ALl the documents about this case & inform the public in a simple, straightforward way what the Obama crew did to spy on him.
“Get the a$$hole in front of a grand jury”
You’ve not been paying attention. To do that you would need the approval of the swamp bag man, Sessions. That contemptible stooge will defend his masters to the bitter end.
Excellent point! The DEEP STATE does not fear Congress.
Will he swear on The Koran?
It’d be too bad if he fell out of a helicopter before thats allowed to happen.
Don’t bother putting Brennan under oath.
He’s a known liar.
He has no credibility and his word or oath is worthless.
“John Brennan’s Extremism And Dishonesty Rewarded With CIA Director”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/07/john-brennan-dishonesty-cia-director-nomination
Brennan was confirmed as CIA director in 2013 by a senate vote of 63 to 34.
Here is how republicans voted:
YES
Lamar Alexander R TN
Richard M. Burr R NC
Daniel Coats R IN
Tom Coburn R OK
Susan Collins R ME
Bob Corker R TN
Jeff Flake R AZ
Lindsey Graham R SC
Orrin G. Hatch R UT
Mark Steven Kirk R IL
John McCain R AZ
Lisa Murkowski R AK
Marco Rubio R FL
NO
Kelly Ayotte R NH
John Barrasso R WY
Roy Blunt R MO
John Boozman R AR
Saxby Chambliss R GA
Thad Cochran R MS
John Cornyn R TX
Michael D. Crapo R ID
Ted Cruz R TX
Michael B. Enzi R WY
Deb Fischer R NE
Charles E. Grassley R IA
Dean Heller R NV
John Hoeven R ND
James M. Inhofe R OK
Johnny Isakson R GA
Mike Johanns R NE
Ron Johnson R WI
Mike Lee R UT
Mitch McConnell R KY
Jerry Moran R KS
Rand Paul R KY
Rob Portman R OH
Jim Risch R ID
Pat Roberts R KS
Tim Scott R SC
Jeff Sessions R AL
Richard C. Shelby R AL
John Thune R SD
Patrick J. Toomey R PA
Roger Wicker R MS
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Brennan deserves a bit of belated scrutiny ------- no kidding.
Not going to get anything out of this jerk. Anything close to the truth, and this slug will cop the fifth.
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