Posted on 07/10/2018 9:21:17 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Former FBI attorney Lisa Page, whose text messages with FBI agent Peter Strzok became a flashpoint amid allegations of anti-Trump bias at the bureau, will not appear for interviews on Wednesday with House lawmakers, her lawyer said.
Page's lawyer said in a statement obtained by Politico that she will not comply with a congressional subpoena to testify before the House Judiciary and the Oversight and Government Reform Committees.
"Instead of responding to our requests to explain the scope of the interview and provide sufficient notice to allow her to prepare, the Committees chose to issue a subpoena," Page's attorney wrote.
"The Committees would be asking Lisa about materials she has not yet been shown," the lawyer continued. "As a result, Lisa is not going to appear for an interview at this time."
Republicans on the committees have honed in on texts between Page and Strzok that were critical of then-candidate Donald Trump as evidence of broader FBI bias against his campaign.
Strzok is slated to appear in a public hearing on Thursday. Page's lawyer pushed back at the committee at the time the subpoena was issued, accusing the committees of providing insufficient notice that would allow her to prepare for the investigation.
“We asked the Committee staff to explain the scope of the investigation and provide sufficient notice that would allow her to prepare, which are normal conditions for congressional committees, but these committees have not followed the normal process,” Amy Jeffress, Page’s lawyer, said in a statement.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) blasted Page's announcement in a statement Tuesday night, accusing the former FBI lawyer of having "something to hide."
"She has known for months that the House Judiciary Committee has sought her testimony as part of our joint investigation with the Oversight Committee into decisions made by the Justice Department in 2016, and she has no excuse for her failure to appear," Goodlatte wrote.
“We will use all tools at our disposal to obtain her testimony. Americans across the country are alarmed at the bias exhibited by top officials at the Justice Department and FBI, and it is imperative Congress conduct vigorous oversight to ensure that never happens again.”
[She was part of a conspiracy and an attempted coup.]
I’m sure Robert Mueller will be looking in on that right away.
Oh wait, she was doing the footwork for him with her buddy.....
Speaking of that, what ever happened to Rosenstein for not complying with his deadline on Friday?
So another law breaker has flipped “the bird” at the law, the rule of law, lawfulness, and justice for all. Who knew ?!? Please ping me when justice for the law abiding Citizens returns to America .... of course justice per hitlery and her supporters is the cattle car ride to the re-education camps. Thank God America is not on that train track yet ....
ARREST HER!!!
The Pubbies BETTER do something to her and all the other CRIMINAL COUP PLOTTERS!
If she doesn’t show up then they should go drag her butt to jail because that would be what would happen to any of us if we ignored a subpoena.
I don’t know why she is not already in some military lock up. It’s obvious she was part of a traitorous coup to take down a sitting President which to me makes them some very dangerous people.
No kidding Manafort is locked up in solitary confinement and he WASN’T INVOLVED IN A TRAITOROUS COUP TO TAKE DOWN A SITTING PRESIDENT!!!! WTH!!
What is a subpoena (under penalty) if there is no penalty?
If our gutless, empty suit AG had any b@ll$ he’d convene a grand jury to get some answers. Let’s hope Sessions days as AG are numbered.
Article says the FBI kept her and her blood-sucking attorney waiting for 3 hours and never gave them the documents they need to review.
But rather than blame the FBI, they blame the committees.
Uh huh, sure.
I am sure she will get a strongly worded letter and a deadline to appear. That seems to work! Doesn’t it?
( Do I need a sarcasm thingly??? )
For refusing to appear when subpoenaed, she needs to be arrested and held until she testifies. If she claims the 5th, then she’s guilty.
I don’t often say that about people claiming the 5th, but the known evidence against her is overwhelming.
Oh, and by the way, the FBI and DOJ officials who are authorizing the withholding of subpoenaed evidence also need to be arrested and brought in for their testimony, then impeached.
They’ve used up all their chits. No more second chances.
Goodlatte:
“We will use all tools at our disposal to obtain her testimony. Americans across the country are alarmed at the bias exhibited by top officials at the Justice Department and FBI, and it is imperative Congress conduct vigorous oversight to ensure that never happens again.”
So Bob, just what “tools” do you have at your disposal, your limp d*ck?
Well, I guess we now know what “Tools Congress has at It’s Disposal”.... Zip!
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