Republicans’ big Hunter Biden laptop hearing went immediately off the rails

Discussion in 'Politics' started by gwb-trading, Feb 8, 2023.

  1. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    What a clown Rep. Comer is in this GOP Hunter Laptop hearing -- claiming he can override attorney-client privilege. The Chairman of Oversight thinks he’s a Judge. Can't get more clueless than this.

     
    #11     Feb 9, 2023
  2. elderado

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    #12     Feb 9, 2023
  3. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    #13     Feb 10, 2023
  4. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    The Republican clowns on the hearing committee ranted and threatened the former Twitter executives upfront that they were going to be jailed. Of course, none of the clowns trying to intimidate the Twitter executives are able to define under what law they will be jailed. Even the aftermath to this hearing is a complete circus. Did the hearing even mention Hunter's laptop?

    ‘Sir, Sir, Probable Cause for What?’ Ingraham Baffled by House Republican’s Claim ex-Twitter Employees Will Be Jailed
    https://www.mediaite.com/tv/sir-sir...ns-claim-ex-twitter-employees-will-be-jailed/

    “Sir, sir, probable cause for what?” she interrupted. “What’s the actual crime? I mean, I was a criminal defense lawyer in my day, so I’m always–what’s the what?”

    The question prompted additional rambling, including a comment about Twitter conspiring with the FBI “to suppress the vote”:
     
    #14     Feb 10, 2023
  5. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Freshman Dem at Jim Jordan's "weaponization" hearing exposes Jordan's claim that "dozens of whistleblowers inside the FBI" told him conservatives were being targeted by the agency as being entirely fake -- as a hearing of the the Judiciary Committee goes completely off the rails.

    Goldman Grills Jordan Over Claim He Met with ‘Dozens’ of Whistleblowers Claiming Feds Are Biased: ‘No Notes, No Nothing?’
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...ds-are-biased-no-notes-no-nothing/ar-AA17iXu1
     
    #15     Feb 10, 2023
  6. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Jim Jordan's House Committee is a subsidiary of the Trump 2024 campaign.

     
    #16     Feb 10, 2023
  7. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Every hearing of Jordan's goes off the rails and becomes a complete dud.

    Jim Jordan scrambles amid claims "weaponization" probe is a dud
    https://www.axios.com/2023/03/07/jim-jordan-weaponization-investigation

    Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) — facing criticism that his probe of alleged mistreatment of conservatives by "weaponized" U.S. agencies has moved too slowly and found little — is threatening to subpoena 16 more witnesses from the FBI.

    Why it matters: Jordan is under increasing pressure from disappointed Republicans who want results — and from Democrats who say his investigation is being exposed as a sham.

    Driving the news: Criticism of Jordan escalated over the weekend, after the New York Times reported that three witnesses Jordan had cast as FBI "whistleblowers" provided little information and had touted various conspiracy theories. Two had received financial help from an ally of former President Trump.
    • A 316-page report compiled by Democrats dismissed the testimony, saying that "nearly all of the Republicans involved in this investigation — the witnesses, some of the members, and certainly their outside operators" — are linked by a desire to whitewash the Jan. 6 insurrection.
    • In another sign he is doubling down, Jordan on Monday issued three subpoenas for testimony connected to the Department of Homeland Security's "disinformation board" and the Justice Department's investigation into school board threats.
    The big picture: Critics say Jordan has been hampered by his off-the-cuff style, lack of structure and separation between Judiciary and its "weaponization" subcommittee — and a tendency to make statements first and hope his investigative work will back them up.
    • By choosing to lead both Judiciary and its weaponization panel, Jordan forced his small circle of five close advisers to work on at least a dozen probes simultaneously, according to an Axios analysis of oversight requests sent by Jordan this Congress.
    What they're saying: "Jordan is overextended and short-staffed, biting off much more than he can chew," Mike Davis, former chief counsel for nominations for then-Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), wrote in a tweet thread. "This is doomed to fail."

    • Jeff Carlson, co-host of "Truth Over News" on EpochTV, tweeted, "Is it once again all talk and no action from the ... Weaponization Committee?"
    • On his show, Fox News' Jesse Watters said: "Make me feel better, guys. Tell me this is going somewhere. Can I throw someone in prison? Can someone go to jail? Can someone get fined?"
    The other side: “We’ve sent more subpoenas than any Committee in Congress, we’ve sent more letters than any Committee in Congress, we’ve held more transcribed interviews than any Committee in Congress, we’ve uncovered objectively damning facts about DOJ and FBI abuses," Russell Dye, spokesperson for Jordan, told Axios.
    • "And any inclination that we are moving slowly or not getting results is completely asinine and ignorant. There will always be critics in the stands, but when you are getting results, it’s best to tune out the noise.”
    Zoom in: Jordan has responded by threatening to subpoena an additional 16 current or former unidentified FBI officials, from whom he's seeking testimony.
    • Last week, Jordan also requested more resources for the Judiciary Committee and the weaponization panel — an apparent acknowledgement that his committees are understaffed.
    • The Republican firebrand is asking for an additional $2 million a year and access to a "substantial reserve fund" of $15 million to conduct investigations.
    • "It's going to take resources, staff and people to get to the bottom of all the things that are going on," Jordan told the House Administration Committee at a hearing last week in which he requested more resources.
    What we're watching: Jordan's oversight strategy hinges largely on his ability to produce whistleblowers who bring evidence of bias by federal law enforcement.
    • He opened the weaponization panel's first hearing by saying he would seek testimony from "dozens and dozens" of whistleblowers who had information about “the political nature at the Justice Department.”
    • Everyone — Republicans, Democrats and others — is still waiting.
     
    #17     Mar 7, 2023
  8. easymon1

    easymon1

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    #18     May 1, 2023
  9. UsualName

    UsualName

    I was just asking @TreeFrogTrader whatever happened with this laptop thing and was promised “more to come.” So we all know what that means…
     
    #19     May 1, 2023
  10. Oh gee. You are telling us that the entire Hunter Biden chapter has been closed. I guess I missed that.

    Who told you that, your White House press secretary?

    If you are saying that the Hunter laptop discussion is coming to an end because it has morphed into the Biden Crime Family investigation, well, I could agree to that because I am a flexible kind of guy. Yes, the laptop is just becoming one part of that story.
     
    #20     May 1, 2023