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.”
ETC...
He’s having a good time. The fix is in.
It's all for show, anyway. Nothing ever comes out of these little chat sessions.
Standoff???
What the hell? The Fake News Media is already providing covering fire for a treasonous sack of crap to help him get away with obstruction of justice.If ever this country needed elected representatives to grow a pair, it's now.
Grow a pair, Republicans! Throw this guy's ass in jail.
In other words he is adrift in a boat, his opinions are meaningless, alas, he is an investigator assigned to investigate a new President he despises and yet we are to believe he is non-biased, alas, his emails surfaced we now know he is a snowflake braindead leftist that should spend the rest of his life saying to bubba, is it ok if I call you Lisa? ;) Oh how they should fall, but I dream. Whatever, I love we elected Trump and God Bless all that voted for him!
They’ve already had him behind closed doors. What do they expect to learn from today’s show that they haven’t already heard? It’s all theater.
Text messaging is one thing. I’d like to see his emails or even is comments on blog sites. They should ask him if he has any.
Live coverage or Lie coverage?
Just more congressional grandstanding...
That what is stated in the listing. He apparently submitted a statement to the press. Don’t know how reliable it is.
I wouldn't bet on that. Special Counsel Danforth was placed to whitewash ATF and FBI conduct at Waco. The usual pattern of SC digging until someone is indicted can be reversed.
As for Strzok, what do people expect his to be but indignant and defiant? See too, Hillary Clinton, who to this day acts as though she truly believes Russia stole the election for Trump.
I can’t watch this. Can someone inform us if he takes the Fifth? I actually hope he does, as that will impact on Mueller’s witch hunt.
Dog and Pony Show. I want to see some people behind bars. So tired of this stupid political theater.
What the heck was that about the MOU? Who agreed to what?
Bias?! BIAS?! This is freaking SEDITION.
Wow... based on that pic, Strzok is having a grand old time in there.
And the media will report how he “handled himself so well,” and “they didn’t lay a hand on him.”
Sorry, I’ve heard it all before.
The wheels of Justice grind slowly, but, in the end, he WILL get his.
Memorandum of Understanding?
Altering 302s and 702s as part of a plot to unseat a legally elected president is SEDITION.
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