Grassley rankles GOP with new Comey investigation
Source: The Hill
Republicans are wary of Sen. Chuck Grassley's (R-Iowa) decision to launch a Senate Judiciary Committee investigation into the firing of former FBI Director James Comey.
Grassley, the panels chairman, took the step this week partly at the urging of Democrats, but said that its his committees job to make sure theres a firewall protecting the FBI from political influence.
There should be no improper interference with FBI investigations to favor any elected official or candidate of either party, Grassley wrote in a Wednesday letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee.
Grassleys announcement took his Republican colleagues by surprise, and several said they are uncomfortable with the addition of yet another investigation that could target the Trump administration.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/338057-grassley-rankles-gop-with-new-comey-investigation
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)apparently not so "uncomfortable" about the obvious fact that their dear leader is corrupt as hell.
Traitors.
JPPaverage
(508 posts)Chuck Grassley wants an investigation into the Comey firing? Grassley, one of the worst ass kissers the Senate? Something's wrong. Maybe he finally figured out that Iowans are poed and want answers. Or maybe he's 80 something years old and no longer cares. Or maybe its just something to make himself look like a "maverick."
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Maybe...he is reacting to public criticism that Congress has done nothing about any of Trump's interference with other branches of government or with the Russia investigation.
Or maybe...it's a sign that they aren't Trumpers, any more, seeing him as damaged goods.
Or maybe he really was shocked at the interference with the FBI investigation. That was a historical firing, after all.
Or maybe he's trying to show his constituents that he's doing SOMETHING about the dog and pony chaos in the White House and possible corruption there.
He's also holding up a vote on a Trump nominee, after not getting a response after months of asking for information on the nominee (logical to want to get those answers, after they've seen the quality of other nominees). So maybe he's gotten to the point that he and some others are ticked off.
One thing for sure is that he spoke w/other Republicans about it before doing this, and there was interest. Or he wouldn't have planned this new investigation.
I personally think that Congress is embarrassed by how ineffective and unresponsive they've been about the corruption in the White House, now that they see investigations are being given outside of Congress, due to a lack of faith and trust in Congress to do its job.
rurallib
(62,423 posts)for about 4 years, making an occasional serious sounding utterance about nothing.
to say he is a top repug lap dog is an understatement. So something is up.
C Moon
(12,213 posts)Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)Turbineguy
(37,343 posts)after he told Nixon the jig was up.
progressoid
(49,991 posts)I think he knows this is going to tarnish him and his party if they continue to turn a blind eye to the Trump dumpster fire.
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,123 posts)She made bold statements today that cannot be denied. They may want to ignore them however.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/16/politics/dianne-feinstein-trump/index.html
Thekaspervote
(32,778 posts)Anyway, in the meantime, one more investigation to rankle the repukes and orange man...yeah!!!
PatrickforO
(14,577 posts)What about me? I'm uncomfortable with all the blatant corruption and likely treason.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)evidence in Feinstien's hands that could wipe out the GOP? Other wise why would Chuckie be concerned.
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)Fixed the headline for you
Scruffy1
(3,256 posts)Grassley couldn't find his ass with both hands, letalone run an investigation. It wasn't that long ago he investigated religious hucksters and found them as pure as driven snow. He's actually dumb enough to think hr can wh9tewash these turds away.
calimary
(81,322 posts)oasis
(49,389 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)for his colleagues in the GOP.
OnDoutside
(19,962 posts)concreteblue
(626 posts)This is not a sudden relapse of conscience. THis is not a dam of disgust breaking. This is nothing more than a defensive move, to write a Republican narrative to counter/cover the asses (asses asses?) of the R's. Nothing to see here.......
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)He'll be Nunez-like in approaching the matter.
This is simply a ploy to allow him to pursue parallel investigations into leaks, Hillary and Obama.
Ever the partisan, Grassley's intentions are not honest here. Mark my words.