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DHS secretary, FBI director skip Senate Homeland Security hearing for the first time in 15 years
justthenews.com ^ | November 21, 2024 | Charlotte Hazard

Posted on 11/21/2024 2:24:42 PM PST by ransomnote

FBI Director Christopher Wray and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas didn't show up or offer testimony at an annual Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing that took place Thursday.

Their absence marked the first time in 15 years that both heads have not attended the annual hearing, according to the committee's chairman, Rep. Gary Peters, D-Mich.

"Their choice to not provide public testimony about their departments' efforts to address wide-ranging national security threats robs the American people of critical information and the opportunity for public accountability of what the federal government is doing...SNIP



TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 7thfloor; alejandromayorkas; awol; christopherwray; dhs; fbi; fbidirector; garypeters; hss; mayorkas; peters; publictestimony; wray

1 posted on 11/21/2024 2:24:42 PM PST by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

More deep state bs noted. Thank you.


2 posted on 11/21/2024 2:29:21 PM PST by know.your.why
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To: ransomnote

Probably on the advice of their respective criminal defense attorneys.


3 posted on 11/21/2024 2:30:52 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: ransomnote

Must be updating their resumes.


4 posted on 11/21/2024 2:31:40 PM PST by Fledermaus (The election is over! We won big! So why are so many here nick picking, moaning, and whining? )
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To: ransomnote

Testifying to congress now could be a liability legally soon.


5 posted on 11/21/2024 2:32:26 PM PST by Pete Dovgan
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Because they’re digging a hole to crawl into.


6 posted on 11/21/2024 2:35:16 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: ransomnote

Best fix is to abolish both agencies.


7 posted on 11/21/2024 2:35:42 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: ransomnote

They’re out at Site Y working on a plan.


8 posted on 11/21/2024 2:36:36 PM PST by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: ransomnote

“Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing ... committee’s chairman, Rep. Gary Peters, D-Mich.”

Why is a representative the chairman of a Senate committee?


9 posted on 11/21/2024 2:37:35 PM PST by JSM_Liberty
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To: ransomnote

Mayor’s was seen at the southern border trying to get across the Rio Grande, but was detained by the drug cartel for not having the required entrance fee and the other mutt volunteered to be the first human to travel to Mars on a space X previously owned by Mr. Majestic Musk


10 posted on 11/21/2024 2:38:08 PM PST by shadeaud (God gave us the free will and intelligence to choose right from wrong. Use it or lose it!D)
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To: ransomnote

I think they are right. I wouldn’t either. The Congress keeps funding them lavishly, buying them new multibillion dollar HQs, reauthorizing FISA warrantless spying, etc even while the AG and his FBI director flip the finger to Congress. If you were them and Congress was that supine, would you go?

Congress is getting the respect it deserves.


11 posted on 11/21/2024 2:38:20 PM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
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To: ransomnote

A BIG FU to the people.


12 posted on 11/21/2024 2:57:29 PM PST by Faith65 (Isaiah 40:31 )
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Lying to Congress (under oath or not) is a serious crime.

Not hard to figure out why Wray and Mayorkas would want to avoid this, with the Trump administration coming soon.

And telling the truth to Congress about how you have broken your oath to uphold the Constitution is the confession of an even bigger crime.

Here's the oath they have broken:

"I, [Wray and Mayorkas], do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."
They have broken their oath. They're skeerd.
13 posted on 11/21/2024 3:20:35 PM PST by RoosterRedux (Jordan Peterson: If you think evil men are dangerous, wait til you see what weak men are capable of.)
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Because they’re above the law.


14 posted on 11/21/2024 3:21:30 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: ransomnote

They are busy destroying federally protected evidence and looking for a country with no extradition to US.


15 posted on 11/21/2024 3:51:31 PM PST by Missouri gal
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To: ransomnote

They should be treated the same way as Peter Navarro or Steve Bannon!


16 posted on 11/21/2024 4:22:18 PM PST by AZJeep
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To: JSM_Liberty; Liz

You saw that error also, eh?


17 posted on 11/21/2024 4:34:59 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: ransomnote

He wouldn’t answer anyway. And if he did, it would be a lie.


18 posted on 11/21/2024 7:07:25 PM PST by roving (Deplorable MAGA Garbage )
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