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applegrove

(118,501 posts) Tue Jan 22, 2019, 03:37 PM Jan 2019

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Senator Says House GOP May Have Obstructed Mueller

Senator Says House GOP May Have Obstructed Mueller

January 22, 2019 at 9:27 am EST By Taegan Goddard 39 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/01/22/senator-says-house-gop-may-have-obstructed-mueller-probe/

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) told Yahoo Newsthat Republicans in the House of Representatives may have worked to obstruct justice in the ongoing Russia probe by special counsel Robert Mueller.

Said Whitehouse: “Whether it amounts to criminal conduct, clearly the efforts of the House Republicans were designed to impede and throw sticks into the spokes of the Mueller investigation.”

He added that GOP members of Congress “potentially even tried to communicate to potential witnesses or jurors their alternative narratives and thereby influence the proceedings.”

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Senator Says House GOP May Have Obstructed Mueller (Original Post) applegrove Jan 2019 OP

Devin Nunes was being paid by Putin most likely..... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2019 #1

Any proof of that? metroins Jan 2019 #2

Just my opinion...... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2019 #3

Who knows, maybe it a promise of influence, but what about the as yet unproven winery-Russia OnDoutside Jan 2019 #10

Nunes was the first to come to mind. nt LanternWaste Jan 2019 #8

Yeah. No kidding n/t GoCubsGo Jan 2019 #4

Sounds good Senator Whitehouse.What will be the next steps to bring them to justice? Power 2 the People Jan 2019 #5

A sternly worded letter! maxsolomon Jan 2019 #9

Members of Congress generally have broad immunity for their official acts. tritsofme Jan 2019 #6

I think the appropriate response MurrayDelph Jan 2019 #7

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,730 posts)

1. Devin Nunes was being paid by Putin most likely.....

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 03:39 PM

Jan 2019

That makes him a TRAITOR as well if that can be proven. And I am certain it can be.

metroins

(2,550 posts)

2. Any proof of that?

Reply to ProudMNDemocrat (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 03:42 PM

Jan 2019

Nunes is a horrible person, but I would more assume he was paid by Trump instead of Putin.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,730 posts)

3. Just my opinion......

Reply to metroins (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 03:43 PM

Jan 2019

And who is Trump being paid by? Did not the Trump kids say that much of the Trump money comes from Russia?

OnDoutside

(19,948 posts)

10. Who knows, maybe it a promise of influence, but what about the as yet unproven winery-Russia

Reply to metroins (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 05:32 PM

Jan 2019

connection ?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/devin-nunes-wine-russia/

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)

8. Nunes was the first to come to mind. nt

Reply to ProudMNDemocrat (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 05:21 PM

Jan 2019

GoCubsGo

(32,075 posts)

4. Yeah. No kidding n/t

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 03:50 PM

Jan 2019

Power 2 the People

(2,437 posts)

5. Sounds good Senator Whitehouse.What will be the next steps to bring them to justice?

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 04:34 PM

Jan 2019

maxsolomon

(33,252 posts)

9. A sternly worded letter!

Reply to Power 2 the People (Reply #5)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 05:23 PM

Jan 2019

Mueller won't bother, will Schiff? Probably has bigger (orange, fat, bald) fish to fry.

tritsofme

(17,371 posts)

6. Members of Congress generally have broad immunity for their official acts.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 04:39 PM

Jan 2019

Under the Speech and Debate Clause. Not sure if this was an offhand comment or if there is really something here.

MurrayDelph

(5,292 posts)

7. I think the appropriate response

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 05:20 PM

Jan 2019

involves a Conan Doyle character announcing his constipation.

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