Posted on 06/09/2017 11:44:03 AM PDT by Puppage
HARTFORD. Conn. (WTNH)– A top Connecticut lawmaker wants to hear from Attorney General Jeff Sessions under oath on the Russia investigation. U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal made his case for that Friday.
On Thursday, we had that bombshell testimony from former FBI Director Jim Comey. Friday, we have Senator Richard Blumenthal calling for the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General to come testify in front of his committee.
Blumenthal was there in the audience Thursday as Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Blumenthal is not on that committee, so he could not ask questions. He did say that Comey painted a picture of a president abusing his power.
Blumenthal says Comey also pointed out how his bosses in the justice department should have insured the FBI’s independence as it investigates possible ties between the Trump administration and Russian hacking of the election. So Blumenthal wants to have the two top men in the justice department come and testify before the committee he is on, the Senate Judiciary Committee to talk about their actions.
“The failure of the Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Rod Rosenstein, the Deputy, to protect the FBI, to take action to safeguard the FBI,” said Blumenthal.
You may remember Sessions has had to recuse himself from anything to do with the Russia probe because of his ties to Russia, and Rod Rosenstein was the person who wrote the memo President Trump originally cited as the reason he fired Comey, before he said that he intended to fire Comey all along.
No word on when a hearing like that would take place, but Blumenthal says it is crucial to keep investigating the Russia ties, because the same interference could happen again in upcoming elections.
If there were no Comey hearings, you can be damn sure that the media would have been all over the GOP for passing a bill "to benefit rich white Republicans."
I’m so sick of these traitors and haters. Just split the country already. Give them hhillary. Build a huge wall and keep them out. Let the rest of us.... The silent majority....those of us with jobs, sanity, maturity, and who love this country live in peace. Or CW2.
She’s a Democrat so it’s ok for her to break all the rules
Even some libs I know are saying this.
The AG has recused himself from the Russian investigation and his deputy has appointed a special council to address the issue. I suspect that they will tell this clown to pound sand.
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They won’t have to. Chuck Grassley will tell Blumenthal to go phuck himself.
What a clever thing to say! Trump Shell Game Show’s ratings went through the roof and even here on FR I didn’t see a report that Dodd-Frank was repealed. When?
The left has no positive political agenda but they are well-coordinated, as ever, on daily talking points handed down from their angry, vindictive leaders. Communists say they want everyone to share equally. In reality, everyone but the leaders share equally poorly. So, the only agenda in Washington, DC is being set by the WH.
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