Posted on 07/12/2018 6:49:23 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Hearing begins at 10AM EST:
Live Coverage: Peter Strzok Questioned by Members of Congress
House lawmakers are poised to question Peter Strzok on Thursday in what is sure to be a lengthy, tense standoff between Republicans and the FBI agent who once worked on special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference.
Strzok has been in Republicans' sights for several months after a Justice Department inspector general investigation revealed that he exchanged text messages before the 2016 election that were critical of Donald Trump with Lisa Page, a former FBI lawyer with whom he was having an affair at the time.
Mueller promptly removed Strzok from the Russia investigation when the messages were revealed, but Republicans have zeroed in on him as key to uncovering what they allege was systemic FBI bias against Trump during the election. Democrats, meanwhile, have cast the effort as a politically-driven charade.
Lawmakers questioned Strzok behind closed doors late last month now, those on the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees will have the opportunity to question him publicly.
Strzok is under subpoena to testify before the committees in the public hearing.
Strzok plans to call scrutiny another notch in Putins belt
8:30 a.m.
Strzok reportedly plans to tell lawmakers that the focus on his anti-Trump text messages is aiding Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Associated Press, which reviewed prepared remarks Strzok is expected to deliver, reported that the FBI agent will defend himself against the intense scrutiny from GOP lawmakers by saying his work has been free of political bias.
Let me be clear, unequivocally and under oath: not once in my 26 years of defending my nation did my personal opinions impact any official action I took, Strzok will say, according to the AP.
He is expected to tell lawmakers that Congresss focus on his actions and text messages is just another victory notch in Putins belt and another milestone in our enemies campaign to tear America apart.
ETC...
I have a lot of experience interviewing and interrogating and working with staff and inmates. When I slow forwarded I notice the following on this guys face. Anger, sarcasm, arrogance and selfrightiousness.
Hes as unhinged and off the rails as any of the other idiots with the Derangement Syndrome. Except he looks more bat-$&*/ crazy than most.
“After that little prick got done with his rant about how the FBI could never let that happen because of all their integrety I would have followed up with this...
Mr. Strzok, Was the FBI Director fired? Was the Second in Command at the FBI Fired? Did the FBI lead Lawyer get fired? Were you removed from the Mueller Council? Was Bruce Ohr removed from his duties? Was Lisa Page fired?”
Exactly!!
If the best the FBI can produce are slime like Comey and Strzok, the entire thing needs to be put out of business.
Talking to Cummings, he's in "self-righteousness" mode.
GAG!
He was allowed to not answer certain questions and the Dems are mad and want to bring him back.So Strzok and his girlfriend might be in contempt.Also like it when Strzok gets mad.It’s all theater but he really looks mad and will trip up.Betting on it.
His sentence structure and cadence mirrors that of Comey.
This Strozck creature is one arrogant turd.
The longer his rant went on the crazier he looked.
Could be a great campaign add for the fall, that face.
The job is NOT to nullify the votes or the American people or to meddle in our free elections. AND it's NOT to do that with the confidence and arrogance of people who feel they are superior to 'mere' citizens.
Peter Strzok's an arrogant jerk. He has all the charm of an Inspector Javert obsessing hatred on Jean Valjean... That attitude reeks of 'institutional' - - toxic group-think. It explains why there were no 'mavericks' going after Hillary. The FBI was meddling in our elections. They wanted to overthrow our free elections. That's treason.
Trump Derangement Syndrome infected Strzok and Mueller and God knows who else in the corrupt deep state.
It's time to end the FBI - if Peter Strzok is 'the norm'... split the FBI up and re-purpose the traitors...
..Then we have the execrable Elija Cummings trying to put a sentence together. Elija props up the bozo Strzok as a sterling representative of the FBI. No real questions are asked, just pontificating.
I KNOW IT! Geez if these people could hear themselves and their stupidity.
Then he needs to be asked why they paid Steele to assemble the dossier, and why they used false information to get a FISA application to spy on trump.
Yes, the FBI had a culture, and it was all about stopping Trump.
I did not realize that a government employee could stand up on co-equal terms to a branch of the government.
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That government employee works for the fourth branch of government, which see’s itself as being ABOVE the other three. They are not accountable to anyone.
Smug and defiant, he likes talking to the softball questions from Cummings. I can’t believe the level of arrogance. He still thinks he’s James Bond and was going to “save” America.
Strzok killed with that final statement. You could tell by all the insistence by the Dems to let him have the final word, they prepared him to bellow that prepared load of focus-grouped (”gold star family member Khan”) sound byte ready pablum. That is all you’re going to see on the nightly newscasts, not any of Gowdy’s questioning - just that neatly packaged spiel that hit all the liberal talking points from the “honor and dignity of the FBI” to “the horror I witnessed in Mr. Trump’s behavior” to the “attacks on my personal integrity.” That speech tingled Chris Matthew’s leg and gave Joe Scarborough a dead intern level woodie.
Mr. Strzok, please define your definition of the word...recuse.
Along with every single criminal democrat trying to stymie the line of questioning.
Cummings is a puppet and a John Lewis wannabe. He should have been 86d from the committee and congress for leaking on the Benghazi hearings.
“Anger, sarcasm, arrogance and selfrightiousness.”
Yeah, it might as well be written all over his face in black markers.
The intense Democrat effort to derail the hearings is prima fascia evidence that there is serious, extremely serious fear of the testimony of this witness.
His faailure to respond will result in his contempt citation.
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