Posted on 08/29/2020 6:25:02 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
Then-Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Chuck Grassley first sought the FBI’s release to interview agent Joe Pientka way back in 2018, but worthless Director Christopher Wray had stonewalled that request for more than two years. This week, likely thanks to the intervention of Attorney General William Barr, the stone wall finally came down:
Pientka, of course, was one of two FBI agents – the other was Peter Strzok – who conducted the agency’s entrapment interview of General Mike Flynn on the orders of then-Director James Comey. Comey in turn was working on direct orders from Barack Hussein Obama His Own Self, and his vice president, Joe Biden.
What current Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham will do with Pientka’s testimony remains to be seen, of course. Graham’s motives are always suspect, especially so since he did literally nothing in this arena for 18 solid months prior to starting his hearing process in May of this year.
Graham’s action also pissed off staff for Senator Grassley, who wasn’t invited to the interview, and whose staffers were surprised by Herridge’s report and angry they were not included. From a report at the Washington Examiner:
“We weren’t aware that it was happening, and we learned about it after the fact,” the GOP aide said. “We weren’t in the room, we don’t know how long it lasted, and we don’t know what topics were covered. At the end of the day, we just want to make sure that the issues that we need clarity on were discussed in that interview. It would’ve been a lot easier if we were in the room.”
The aide added: “We know more about Pientka now than in 2018, and we probably have even more questions now about his role, given the broader understanding of what he was up to.”
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Really bad form, Lindsey.
But then, when you’re trying to give the appearance of conducting a real investigation without really doing so, bad form is one of the most useful tools in your toolbox.
Graham is most likely trying to run out the clock until election day in hopes that Creepy Uncle Quid Pro China Joe Biden will win and make all of this inconvenient stuff go away. We have to remember that the fingerprints of Graham’s hero in life, John McCain, are all over Spygate and Obamagate, an inconvenient truth that Graham would rather not be the one to reveal.
So, he is slow-playing this plodding “investigation” in order to placate the voters back home, since he is up for re-election this year. But no one should expect the Senate Judiciary effort to bear any real fruit until Grassley re-assumes the chairmanship next January.
But hey, at least Graham can claim credit for finally, at long last, getting Joe Pientka on the record. It’s the very least he could do.
That is all.
It wouldn’t shock me if Graham lost in November.
Graham using Schiff tactics, who’s surprised?
Lindsey is trying to cover up his participation, along with his best buddy Mccain, in getting the Steel dossier into the hands of the FBI.
the two years will help him get his story straight.
Trump. Fire Wray.
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Graham's own fingerprints are all over it too. Does anyone think that Graham wasn't communicating with McStain when the dossier was being pushed?
Any public testimony could reveal his own knowledge of the plot to remove Trump. He was an accessory at the very least and is fully aware of the risks of that being exposed.
Graham is a deceitful scumbag.
They all wanted Trump gone...GOP is useless at the federal level..crooks all..well maybe not 10 percent
I disagree about Barr. Its far more likely that Wray had assurances from Graham that Pientka's testimony would be kept under wraps. The deal was with Graham, not Barr IMO.
“””Graham’s own fingerprints are all over it too. Does anyone think that Graham wasn’t communicating with McStain when the dossier was being pushed?””””
Graham has said openly that she and McCain hand carried the dossier to Comey.
The whole Uniparty wanted Trump gone.
Ever see the last scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark???
GOP is useless at the federal level..crooks all..well maybe not 10 percent
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Crooks, liars and deceivers. The only reason anyone votes for them is they’re not Democrats. Otherwise, who would vote for people like them?
We really do need a new party. And I pray Trump starts one. Attempting to reform the GOP is a fool’s errand.
He probably will in the next term. Trump knows exactly what Wray is.
If Graham loses then Chuck Schumer will pick the next Supreme court justice.
After the election. Don’t need the ditraction right now. The media needs no help.
Thank God for the Trump party!! Why do you think the mediapukes are firing on all Lying cylinders that trumps base are white kkk supremacists! Because they wanna put a stake in the heart of that revolution before it gets any bigger! They Are trying to destroy the birth of this party the way they Destroyed the tea party from its conception. McCain leading the firing! Burn in hell you treasonous POS!! But this party for the first time has a tremendous leader and family members that can continue it! If President Trump wins in November expect the Trump family to come under horrendous persecution by the media and the billionaires etc.! They will try to kill the party off by eliminating the Trump family! The Trump kids are the future!
No way he could get anyone better confirmed. He still should fire him though.
If Graham loses then Chuck Schumer will pick the next Supreme court justice.
Hillary Clinton was going to pick the next SCOTUS judge. Did Graham support Trump when Hillary was on the ballot? No. I’ll care about Graham’s election exactly as much as he cared about Trump’s in 2016. Deal?
To be clear, McCain led the firing squad that destroy the tea party! Little midget POS!!
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