Posted on 07/05/2018 12:18:24 PM PDT by Red Badger
Peter Strzok, the former FBI agent who vowed to "stop" President Trump from winning the 2016 election despite being part of a federal investigation into his campaign, may not show up to testify next week despite being subpoenaed.
"My client will testify soon, somewhere, sometime. We just got this subpoena today, so I don't know whether or not we are going to be testifying next Tuesday in front of these two particular House subcommittees," Aitan Goelman, Strzok's attorney, told CNN's Chris Cuomo.
Goelman said he could not automatically respond "yes" because the two "have come to the conclusion, forced to come to the conclusion, that this is not a search for truth, it is a chance for Republican members of the House to preen and posture before their most radical, conspiracy-minded constituents."
The House Judiciary and Oversight committees sent Strzok the request earlier Tuesday. Goelman initially said his client preferred a public hearing after portions of his first testimony, an 11-hour event held behind closed doors, were leaked by the Republican-controlled committee.
"From our experience with the committee thus far, it is obvious that they don't want the truth. They don't want to hear what Pete has to say, the lawyer added.
The second hearing was called so lawmakers could hear more about Strzoks experience working on the federal probe into Hillary Clintons private email server and relationship Trumps campaign had with Russia during the 2016 campaign.
A June report by the Department of Justice inspector general concluded that Strzoks text messages to his work colleague and mistress, Lisa Page, about preventing Trump winning the election did not affect the agency's ability to investigate Trump properly.
The key is “you”, and me. If we did it we’d be hauled in so fast it would make your head swim.
Why hasn’t this corrupt dirty fed been fired?
Well, nothing is going to happen. The whole swamp is protected. Sessions is compromised by his misstatement on Russia. He's a little whimp.
I don’t know about you but I’m damn sick and tired of the two-tiered justice system in this country. It’s time the untouchables were touched and damn hard. I’m going to write President Trump and express my views on this. Maybe if all of us who are digusted with the legal system in this country started writing our senators, representatives, and the President there might be some reaction. Although, I’m beginnig to lose faith.
Because of the extra special class. Rules are for the little people.
Sleepy the Dwarf would have to wake up and grow a pair to do any of that. But he will defend him, just like he has Rosenstein’s stonewalling. Congress needs to impeach Rosenstein. That might give Trump political cover to fire him and appoint someone honest.
“I know virtually nothing about law-but I always figured that if you ignored a subpoena you would get arrested.
Guess I was wrong.”
Well, that depends who you are, apparently.
The only thing Congress currently does about refusing subpoenas is refer to the DOJ (by a vote of the whole chamber on contempt of Congress). The DOJ has the final say on prosecution for contempt of Congress, which is only a misdemeanor anyway.
Besides, isn’t it accepted on FR that Strzok has turned and Silent Executioner Sessions is planning to take down the Deep State? This is just a chess move like the Awans, right?
His boss is Donald J. Trump.
Maybe Trump can instruct him to testify or be fired.
Do your job.
So I can ignore a subpoena if I make negative assumptions about the people who subpoenaed me?
Ok. Cool. It is a brave new world.
You are correct. If you or I ignored a subpoena, bad things would happen to us. If Strzok ignores one, the likelihood is that everything will be just hunky dory for him
Democrats are LAW-LESS because Republicans are BALL-LESS!!
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