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Former senior FBI official calls Whitaker hearing ‘disgraceful’
The Hill ^ | 02/08/19 | Tal Axelrod

Posted on 02/08/2019 10:15:06 PM PST by yesthatjallen

Former senior FBI official Chuck Rosenberg ripped Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker on Friday night, calling his testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee “disgraceful.”

"I’ve testified many times in Congress," Rosenberg, who served as chief of staff under former FBI Director James Comey and as a U.S. attorney in the Bush (and Obama) administration(s), explained during an interview on MSBNC.

"Sometimes the questions are good and thoughtful, sometimes they’re compound and incomprehensible, but you have to answer every one with a degree of civility and dignity, and that was sorely lacking.”

Whitaker sparred with various lawmakers during his appearance before the Judiciary panel on Friday, with Democrats peppering him with questions for hours and blasting his responses to certain questions.

At one point, the Trump administration official shocked committee members and spectators alike after he told Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) that his time for questioning had run out.

“Mr. Chairman, I see that your five minutes is up,” Whitaker said, drawing gasps from the panel and a packed crowd.

“I am here voluntarily. We have agreed to five-minute rounds,” he added.

Lawmakers routinely go over their five-minute time limits for questioning, and it is particularly rare for a witness to accuse the chairman of a panel of having gone over his time limit.

“The committee will come to order. I will point out we didn't enforce the five-minute rule on acting Attorney General Whitaker,” Nadler responded.

During the hearing, Whitaker also said he had not interfered in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow in 2016.

Rosenberg has emerged as a staunch critic of the Trump administration, often appearing on cable news to denounce what he says is the president’s mistreatment of the Justice Department.


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To: yesthatjallen
Sometimes the questions are good and thoughtful, sometimes they’re compound and incomprehensible, but you have to answer every one with a degree of civility and dignity,

No, it's long past time for grandstanding congressthings to be exposed for the ignorant, arrogant, dishonest thugs they are.

61 posted on 02/09/2019 5:34:34 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: monkeyshine
Brewster was one of those “all my life serving the public” types,

Like Chuck Schumer, to pick a more recent example. They're, for the most part (99%) completely dishonorable, thieving, ignorant and unaware of their ignorance, and arrogant beyond belief.

62 posted on 02/09/2019 5:39:23 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: yesthatjallen

I suppose this moron approved of the methods used to arrest Roger Stone.


63 posted on 02/09/2019 5:47:39 AM PST by Saltmeat
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To: Saltmeat

chuck rosenberg is a disgraceful parasite who gets his retirement paid by the taxpayer. I think this bum and loser should be exiled and have his pension yanked. He is your typical compromised, no-integrity political operative masquerading as a government “worker”. If he had any integrity, he would self-exile and refuse his pension starting this morning.


64 posted on 02/09/2019 6:05:13 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: House Atreides

When I want Rosenberg’s opinion, I’ll beat it out of him with a nail-studded baseball bat.


65 posted on 02/09/2019 6:05:27 AM PST by an amused spectator (Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer's p*ssboy)
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To: yesthatjallen

Eff the Congress!


66 posted on 02/09/2019 6:06:26 AM PST by onedoug
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To: Fedora

He’d look good in a hemp necktie.


67 posted on 02/09/2019 6:20:15 AM PST by an amused spectator (Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer's p*ssboy)
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To: yesthatjallen
You can tell a lot about someone by who praises them and who criticizes them:

"...“Throughout his distinguished career in law enforcement and public service, Chuck has earned the trust and the praise of his colleagues at every level. He has proven himself as an exceptional leader, a skilled problem-solver, and a consummate public servant of unshakeable integrity. And he has demonstrated, time and again, his deep and unwavering commitment not only to the women and men who secure our nation, but to the fundamental values that animate their service..." Loretta Lynch, Attorney General

On September 26, 2017, it was announced that Rosenberg, dismayed by the Trump administration, was stepping down. Enough said. The guy is scum sucking Leftist, his opinion means squat.

68 posted on 02/09/2019 6:40:37 AM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Just rolled my eyes and quit reading when I heard he worked for comey...a stain that won’t go away


69 posted on 02/09/2019 6:41:48 AM PST by SPRINK
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To: yesthatjallen

I watched a few minutes of Kamala Harris interrogating the Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen. I had to turn it off.

That Kamala is truly a disgusting accumulation of male bovine digested plant matter.

They could not pay me enough “to answer every one with a degree of civility and dignity” when those “questions” are delivered by the likes of many of our elected officials.

“Dear Congress Critter, you an ordinary citizen who has been elected as a representative of the people of your district. You are not royalty nor are you divine. Do not expect, let alone demand, that we of the hoi palloi bow, genuflect or kiss your ring.”


70 posted on 02/09/2019 6:52:44 AM PST by BwanaNdege
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To: yesthatjallen

An Obama-appointed Comey crony, head of DEA for Obama. Quit because Trump.


71 posted on 02/09/2019 7:06:19 AM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: yesthatjallen

I don’t know who to root for here. The FBI and Dem congress are pitiful disgusting and contemptible institutions.

If only they could destroy each other.


72 posted on 02/09/2019 7:29:37 AM PST by grumpygresh (The only check on a rogue DOJ and FBI is jury nullification.)
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To: yesthatjallen
Former senior FBI official Chuck Rosenberg...

Hmmm. I wonder if he's related to the traitors, Julius and Ethel.

73 posted on 02/09/2019 7:39:18 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: yesthatjallen
From an article by Chuck Rosenberg, justifying how Roger Stone was arrested:

In a previous article, I explained that it was entirely lawful and justified for the FBI to arrest Roger Stone. Though there are several reasons, I focused on one—the fact that Stone threatened to kill a witness.

No, he threatened to kill a witness's dog. Big difference

Why the FBI Sent So Many Agents to Roger Stone’s Home

74 posted on 02/09/2019 8:37:31 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: yesthatjallen
Rosenberg, who served as chief of staff under former FBI Director James Comey and as a U.S. attorney in the Bush (and Obama) administration(s), explained during an interview on MSBNC.

I'm guessing he kisses the butts of 'elites' of both parties and doesn't trust the majority of American citizens... Eff him.

75 posted on 02/09/2019 8:49:06 AM PST by GOPJ (We renew our resolve America will NEVER be a socialist country. We are born free we will STAY free!)
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To: yesthatjallen

I AGREE! All of the democrats were “‘disgraceful’”.

Some were unhinged!

Whitaker’s self control was amazing. I’d be in jail for assault.


76 posted on 02/09/2019 8:51:04 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: yesthatjallen

Best response, “I’m not your puppet”


77 posted on 02/09/2019 8:52:22 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: SteveH

Yes, he was under oath. I watched him swear.


78 posted on 02/09/2019 8:54:43 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: SteveH
whitaker was not under oath as i understand so...

I think he was but it doesn't make any difference. Lying to congress is a crime regardless.

Ask Michael Cohen.

79 posted on 02/09/2019 8:56:51 AM PST by semimojo
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To: Wm F Buckley Republican

Very curious. ;-D


80 posted on 02/09/2019 5:42:55 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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