Posted on 06/20/2017 10:16:57 AM PDT by drewh
The Senate Judiciary Committee's Russia probe will look into whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice in his firing of former FBI Director James Comey.
CNN reports that committee chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley and ranking Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein have come to an agreement about what the panel's investigation will cover. With the Senate Intelligence Committee keeping its main focus on Russia's meddling into the U.S. election last year, the judiciary panel will cover allegations that Trump acted improperly during his meetings with Comey and when he fired the former top cop.
"I think there's general agreement," Feinstein told CNN. "I think the important thing is to get started. What I found in these investigations is when you do them, you look at things you need to look at in addition.
"I think whether [the investigation] includes [a look at obstruction of justice] or not, people look for it. That will be the result. ... You look at various pieces of information, you see something and say, 'woah.'"
A spokesman for Grassley told CNN that Republicans and Democrats on the Judiciary Committee are in "general agreement" on what they will investigate.
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There are multiple investigations on Capitol Hill looking into Russia's involvement in the election and whether or not Trump and/or members of his team colluded with the Russians.
There also is a Department of Justice investigation spearheaded by Robert Mueller, a former FBI director who was brought on as a special counsel for the probe.
Trump's White House has called the collusion claims false and said the investigations are wasting money and using government resources that could be employed elsewhere.
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Trump for Obstruction, drewh wrote:
this is not a road the rats wants to do down, as another poster stated why not expand the Lynch investigation into everything that was done under O and Clinton regarding emails, Benghazi gunnruning and fast /furious
The GOP and Trump admin have shown no interest in investigating Obama/Hillary.
so what is Grassley horsetrading here for? you know Lynch is gonna stonewall about the Bubba tarmac meeting under ‘national security’ rules...that’s why its a kabuki theatre show triil-they get to batter sessions around and we get Lynch on the stand
Health Care Tax Reform Dodd Frank nothing but every Senator can have a weekly Reality Show and fire up the Nuts so someone else can be shot
“The framers implicitly immunized a sitting president from ordinary criminal prosecution,” Akhil Reed Amar, a law professor at Yale recently commented. “If you’re going to undo a national election, the body that does that should have a national mandate,” he continued. DOJ Website
I thought Feinstein was going to investigate LYNCH ... what the hell is this and why is Grassley agreeing to it?
right, the rats have NO leverage at all...Grassley is gonna retire anyway he’s so old around 90 at the next election
The constitution does not give Congress the power to investigate the President. Trump should refuse to cooperate in any way.
Both sides in congress are worthless sots.
This is starting to piss me off. Why are they wasting our taxdollars “probing” a nothingburger? On what proof or evidence is this probe based? Where’s the beef?
They should know that you can’t charge a standing President
with obstruction, or anything else.
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