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 Putin’s 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 Congress’s focus on his actions and text messages “is just another victory notch in Putin’s belt and another milestone in our enemies’ campaign to tear America apart.”
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HardyHarHarHar
2 interruptions!!!
OMG!
Stroke is a SMUG F’IN BASTARD!
Strzok said he hasn’t looked in his files for “about a year.”
WHAT?
I’D TOSS EVERY DAMN DEMONIC-RAT FROM THE HEARING!
Somebody needs to slap that smile off his face!
I thought the exact same thing when I watched mush-mouth Cummings prattle on about vacuously about something. What a worthless sack of crap Cummings is.
Gowdy, "Oh pluh-eese Mr Strzok!" Bwahaha!
Convinced more than ever today we need to split America in to 2. One for the cra cra democRATS and one for the conservatives - normal people.
LOL.
You’re right!
I agree!
That damn Cummings pulls that same crap EVERY hearing!
Now up, Lacy Clay, who could be the most stupid person ever to serve in Congress. Even Strzok is having a hard time answering the bizarre questions.
LOLOLOLOLOL.
Gowdy was great!!
LOLOLOLOLOL.
Gowdy was great!!
Can you imagine? 50,000 texts?
AND during the time he was a full time FBI agent!!!
Good one! I feel like pulling an Elvis and shooting my TV!
Steve King .... he’s always good!
Right to the point.
One of the traits of bias, and one of the reasons it’s detrimental to a fair investigation is that you don’t know the depth of the bias. Mots people are not self-aware. That’s why people with bias are excused from juries, and other legal proceedings.
I'm sure that when we get our hands on the FBI's ‘work files’ we'll find they're more corrupt than the IRS and have been targeting conservative groups for the last 9 years.
The FBI is corrupt, dirty and totally unacceptable in a free society. They function as the secret police/protectors for liberal elites, blacks and gays, women who support abortion at all stages of development and 50 different self-appointed ‘genders’.
The FBI does NOT support or protect all the American people - they support liberals. Period. They consider traditional Americans the enemy but force us to support their corruption.
NO!! Send all Democrats to NORKlandia, Cuba and Venezuela so they can enjoy what they believe in. After they are gone, restore liberty and freedom in this beautiful land for those who believe in the Constitution.
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