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Schumer to GOP: Cancel 'conspiracy hearings' on origins of Russia probe
The Hill ^ | 05 29 2020 | Jordain Carney

Posted on 05/29/2020 9:13:41 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Friday that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) should force members of his caucus to call off hearings and business meetings scheduled next week as part of GOP investigations tied to the Obama administration.

Schumer, in a letter sent to Senate Democrats, said Republicans have become the "conspiracy caucus."

"The Republican-led Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees — two powerful committees with broad jurisdiction over issues related to the coronavirus — have instead used their majority to chase wild conspiracy theories to appease President Trump," Schumer wrote.

"They have failed the American people by turning the institutions of the Senate into an extension of the President’s re-election campaign. ... [The] Republican Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold yet another hearing, not on the pandemic, but on baseless conspiracy theories related to the 2016 election. Leader McConnell should instruct these committees to cancel these conspiracy hearings," Schumer added.

Schumer's letter to Senate Democrats comes as Republicans are ramping up their controversial investigations into Crossfire Hurricane, the name of the FBI's investigation of Russian election interference and the Trump campaign.

Both Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) — the chairmen of the Judiciary and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committees, respectively — are scheduled to hold subpoena votes next week.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 20200529; 20200530; chuckschumer; jordaincarney; obamagate; russia; russiagate; schumer; sheckie; theswill; trump
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To: chiller
..."turning the institutions of the Senate into an extension of the President’s re-election campaign. "

Why does Schumer believe this investigation will get Trump re-elected?

21 posted on 05/29/2020 9:32:42 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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What did Chuck know way back when?

“”Harder to address, though, is the other half of the story—something Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer spoke of in glee, in response to then-president-elect Trump’s criticism of U.S. intelligence agencies. “Let me tell you: You take on the intelligence community — they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you,” Schumer told MSNBC’s host Rachel Maddow.

Schumer wasn’t alone in warning of U.S. intelligence agencies’ penchant for politicized revenge. A little over a week later, Daniel Benjamin, who had served as the principal counterterrorism advisor for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, scripted the scenario for Politico Magazine, writing:

Leakers and whistleblowers won’t hesitate. What [former Deputy CIA Director] Morell and other intelligence veterans are too decorous to mention is that Trump’s treatment of his spies will also come back to bite him in the form of leaking and whistleblowing. The intelligence community doesn’t leak as much as the Pentagon or Congress, but when its reputation is at stake, it can do so to devastating effect.””

https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/27/schumer-intelligence-agencies-have-six-ways-from-sunday-of-getting-back-at-you/


22 posted on 05/29/2020 9:38:15 PM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: yesthatjallen

Is Schumer really that stupid?

He has been part of the biggest conspiracy scam witch hunt in the history of this country.

Or does he think we are that stupid?

Or is he such an egotistical ass, so blinded by his own feelings of superiority that he can’t see the real world as it is?


23 posted on 05/29/2020 9:38:45 PM PDT by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so terrible, so disgraceful, that the federal government can not make worse)
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To: yesthatjallen

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24 posted on 05/29/2020 9:41:41 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (THE DEEP STATE HATES YOU!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Interesting...even with Linda running the show, Chucky seems worried.


25 posted on 05/29/2020 9:42:07 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: old curmudgeon

“Or is he such an egotistical ass, so blinded by his own feelings of superiority that he can’t see the real world as it is?”

Dunning-Kruger syndrome.


26 posted on 05/29/2020 9:43:47 PM PDT by dsc (As for the foundations of the Catholic faith, this pontificate is an outrage to reason.)
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To: yesthatjallen

This IDIOT is kidding, right?


27 posted on 05/29/2020 9:48:29 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: yesthatjallen

But turning America’s entire intelligence and justice operations into an arm of the democratic party is perfectly OK. Is that how it’s supposed go Suckie?


28 posted on 05/29/2020 9:50:11 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: yesthatjallen

Apparently four years of conspiracy investigations is the limit. B


29 posted on 05/29/2020 9:50:21 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?my)
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To: yesthatjallen

Scared, Upchuck?


30 posted on 05/29/2020 9:50:56 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: yesthatjallen

This is rich, coming from the “impeachment caucus”.


31 posted on 05/29/2020 9:51:10 PM PDT by Sir Bangaz Cracka (Slamming dat white cracka'a head into dat sidewalk causin he be scared)
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To: yesthatjallen

They are conspiracy fact. We already know that from the documents released...many times over.


32 posted on 05/29/2020 9:56:33 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: yesthatjallen

Karl Marx allegedly said: “Accuse Your Enemy Of What You Are Doing, As You Are Doing It To Create Confusion”

The Democrats are masters at that.


33 posted on 05/29/2020 9:59:02 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: yesthatjallen


34 posted on 05/29/2020 10:00:12 PM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Me to Schumer: No. Suck it.


35 posted on 05/29/2020 10:03:02 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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and the writer chips in:

“Schumer’s letter to Senate Democrats comes as Republicans are ramping up their controversial investigations into Crossfire Hurricane, the name of the FBI’s investigation of Russian election interference and the Trump campaign”

CONTROVERSIAL?

“Crossfire Hurricane, the name of the FBI’s investigation of Russian election interference and the Trump campaign”

CROSSFIRE HURRICANE, THE NAME OF THE FBI’S FAKE INVESTIGATION OF FAKE RUSSIAN ELECTION INTERFERENCE AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, WHEN THEY KNEW IT WAS BASED ON A HILLARY CLINTON/DNC DOSSIER.


36 posted on 05/29/2020 10:12:42 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: yesthatjallen

Gee, I wonder why Chuck wouldn’t want these hearings to go forward?

This must have gotten quite a laugh out of the GOP Senators when they read it.


37 posted on 05/29/2020 10:31:20 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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To: euram
Schumer, Nadler, Schiff and all their friends deserve to be behind bars.

They deserve to dangle at the end of a rope.

38 posted on 05/29/2020 10:33:16 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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To: Publius

imagine being in the shoes of any democrat......

Joe biden is your presumptive nominee. You have fought hard to insure Biden beat bernie so you can slip your candidate of choice by pointing out his obvious mental condition. The last thing you need, this late in the game, is a real investigation to politically and financially drain your defeat trump fantasy.

imagine everyone you would rather have, instead of joe, being politically destroyed. It’s all but certain, your candidate will be a man who can’t remember where he is, but really loves smelling your hair.

On our side,
I urge continued prayer for Trump’s health because Pence aint Trump.


39 posted on 05/29/2020 10:39:58 PM PDT by jmclemore (Go Trump)
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To: yesthatjallen
Yo, Putz...you aren't against investigations, are you? After all, if there's no misconduct, they have no reason to be uncooperative, right?

Speaking of which, Putz...you'll recall that at the start of PT's administration that he shouldn't criticize the intelligence community. You said they have "six ways from Sunday" at getting back at him. The President.

And it appears they did. We'd like to question you about the conspiracy to deprive the US of its duly elected President. It's a serious matter. It's only fair that you be given the chance to prove your innocence. That is the standard in such matters, isn't it?

After all, you don't mind investigations, right? PT has spent the last three years under investigation, and the Senate voted on impeachment.

We just need to find the truth. You've been insisting just that for the last three years.

40 posted on 05/29/2020 10:43:39 PM PDT by gogeo (It isn't just time to open America up again: It's time to be America again.)
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