Senate Judiciary sets date for Yates, Clapper testimony on Russia.
Source: Politico
Former acting attorney general Sally Yates, fired from President Donald Trump's Justice Department in January, and former director of national intelligence James Clapper are set to testify on Russian meddling in the 2016 election at a May 8 hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Yates and Clapper will appear before the Senate Judiciary subpanel on crime and terrorism, chaired by Russia hawk and occasional Trump critic Lindsey Graham. Additional witnesses are possible at the May 8 hearing, entitled "Russian Interference in the 2016 United States Election," the committee stated on Tuesday.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/25/sally-yates-james-clapper-russia-testimony-schedule-237568
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)Glad to hear this. Perhaps not all of the filthy Repukes condone treason and want a cover-up.
WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)ATL Ebony
(1,097 posts)WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)republicon.
2naSalit
(86,802 posts)WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)Can you imagine Cruz running the committee?
2naSalit
(86,802 posts)I can't think of anyone on that side of the aisle who would be nonpartisan about this.
WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)and constitution. They are all terrible.
I read a Yeats poem earlier...
they are the legs of "the beast that slouches toward Bethlehem."
2naSalit
(86,802 posts)and I agree, thought the same thing on that phrase.
WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)We are in for a whirlwind of a ride.
2naSalit
(86,802 posts)but I'm too old for this crap... all I've been doing all of my life is "surviving" and now I'm tired.
WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)but it seems to be our lot in life to be Sisyphus and keep pushing that boulder up the mountain! lol
Scruffy1
(3,257 posts)I have been convinced for a long time that Graham is totally owned by unnamed others. He only gives lip service until he gets his orders.
bluestarone
(17,058 posts)My thoughts exactly
BumRushDaShow
(129,543 posts)so let's hope this Senate hearing isn't just a ruse to try to manufacture "conflicting testimony" between the committees in order to quickly dismiss the whole issue.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)Senator Graham (Chairman)
Senator Cornyn
Senator Cruz
Senator Sasse
Senator Kennedy
Democrats:
Senator Whitehouse (Ranking Member)
Senator Durbin
Senator Coons
Senator Klobuchar
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)Graham pushed back hard on a suggestion from an audience member that Republicans in Congress were obstructing the investigation into Russian meddling and Trump's taxes.
"I think that's a bunch of garbage when it comes to me I don't think I've obstructed anything," he said. "I think I've been more than on the case when it comes to Russia. I think I have stood up for the idea that I'm not going to sit on the sidelines and watch the Russians try to undermine our democracy."
Graham said the Russia investigation "goes wherever it goes": "No politician should stand in the way. We should let the FBI do their job and what happens happens."
Ok, Lindsay, we'll see now won't we? Rubber is hitting the fucking road, Senator.
2naSalit
(86,802 posts)...yeah, that right there is the problem, Senator.