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sabra

(30,404 posts)
Mon Dec 18, 2017, 11:01 AM Dec 2017

House Republicans prepare to wrap up contentious Russia investigation

Source: NBC News

WASHINGTON — As House Republicans make the case for special counsel Robert Mueller to end his investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, they appear ready to bring their own intelligence probe to an end.

Senior Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee tell NBC News that they hope and expect to draw their year-long investigation to an end in the coming weeks, saying they have largely completed all interviews relevant to the narrow scope of inquiry Democrats had agreed to last spring.

The committee has conducted interviews with key witnesses almost daily this month, sometimes seeing multiple witnesses on a single day, as they eyed the finish line. Though Democrats say they have requested as many as 30 additional interviews with new witnesses, none have been scheduled beyond the end of this month.

Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, one of the GOP leaders of the committee’s Russia probe, told NBC News that it is in the public’s interest to finish as quickly as possible so that they can issue a final report. He accused Democrats of wanting to prolong their work for political reasons and even downplayed the significance of the committee’s work, saying that it was the Justice Department investigation led by Mueller that would produce the most definitive final product.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-republicans-prepare-wrap-contentious-russia-investigation-n830561

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House Republicans prepare to wrap up contentious Russia investigation (Original Post) sabra Dec 2017 OP
Trey Gowdy - He accused Democrats of wanting to prolong their work for political reasons and even do Motley13 Dec 2017 #1
As usual, this jerk spent a huge amount of our tax money calimary Dec 2017 #3
Isn't Gowdy deposing Schultz concerning the Pee tapes Iliyah Dec 2017 #5
Gowdy duty received black money from Russian proxies. onecaliberal Dec 2017 #2
Republicans on an intelligence panel!!! Scarsdale Dec 2017 #15
So very true. onecaliberal Dec 2017 #20
how many investigations into benghazi and hillary emails? but less than a year for russia/treason? unblock Dec 2017 #4
Howdy Gowdy is a treasonous bastard. gademocrat7 Dec 2017 #6
I hope Schiff comes out there and says Gowdy and Nunes are part of the coverup. Renew Deal Dec 2017 #7
Call it what is .... Treason Botany Dec 2017 #10
Nunes was Scarsdale Dec 2017 #16
Trump keeps saying it will be over before christmas. I think he is trying to make sure of it. notdarkyet Dec 2017 #8
"He accused Democrats of wanting to prolong their work for political reasons ..." Botany Dec 2017 #9
Republican Summary Report: Hillary did it! Baitball Blogger Dec 2017 #11
Partisan flakies, all of them! Party before country is how they'll be remembered ffr Dec 2017 #12
Sweeping it under the rug makes it worse for RepubliCONs when it all comes out. Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2017 #13
IMO this was inevitable. old guy Dec 2017 #14
"contentious" meaning 'inconvenient truth' keithbvadu2 Dec 2017 #17
They are not skilled. Turbineguy Dec 2017 #18
Plan: House Intel Committee issues result: No collusion! No obstruction! So ... Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #19
The Committee's Final Recommendation Will Be: MineralMan Dec 2017 #21
There Needs to be an Investigation as to How Gowdys NW Jumped From $375K to $$4.5 Mil Ccarmona Dec 2017 #22

Motley13

(3,867 posts)
1. Trey Gowdy - He accused Democrats of wanting to prolong their work for political reasons and even do
Mon Dec 18, 2017, 11:05 AM
Dec 2017

He accused Democrats of wanting to prolong their work for political reasons and even downplayed the significance of the committee’s work,


Mr Benghazi himself


calimary

(81,525 posts)
3. As usual, this jerk spent a huge amount of our tax money
Mon Dec 18, 2017, 11:16 AM
Dec 2017

on a witch hunt that produced NOTHING. TRIED to get Hillary and failed. Again. Why? Because there was NOTHING there. She’d done NOTHING wrong. They found NOTHING.

Heaven knows, with their predisposition that she HAD TO have done something wrong, you’d expect they’d come up with something, ‘eh? They were so sure, and so quick to condemn her. And they haven’t. The much-vaunted Benghazi Committee found NOTHING, and ended with a whimper as they snuck away hoping nobody’d notice their tails between their legs.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
5. Isn't Gowdy deposing Schultz concerning the Pee tapes
Mon Dec 18, 2017, 11:19 AM
Dec 2017

So they are probably going to focus on the Clintons again. Nevertheless, Mueller have the goods. Gowdy and Nunes is going down and they know it.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
15. Republicans on an intelligence panel!!!
Mon Dec 18, 2017, 01:18 PM
Dec 2017

Surely you jest. There are not enough intelligent ones to form a trio.

gademocrat7

(10,675 posts)
6. Howdy Gowdy is a treasonous bastard.
Mon Dec 18, 2017, 11:24 AM
Dec 2017

Hopefully he and the rest of the thieving rethugs will be retired or in jail.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
16. Nunes was
Mon Dec 18, 2017, 01:21 PM
Dec 2017

caught delivering some of the findings to the WH late at night. He should have been dropped from this immediately. Traitors. Wave a few dollar bills in front of a gop member, and they cave. The Russian $$$$ bought a lot of "friends" for tRump.

Botany

(70,601 posts)
9. "He accused Democrats of wanting to prolong their work for political reasons ..."
Mon Dec 18, 2017, 11:27 AM
Dec 2017

and how long did his Benghazi, HRC's emails, and email server's investigation go on?

I have always thought that the unending and unneeded hearing into Hillary and stuff
were tied right back into wiki leaks and Russia.

ffr

(22,672 posts)
12. Partisan flakies, all of them! Party before country is how they'll be remembered
Mon Dec 18, 2017, 12:23 PM
Dec 2017

Down with the Russians, I mean Republicans.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,047 posts)
13. Sweeping it under the rug makes it worse for RepubliCONs when it all comes out.
Mon Dec 18, 2017, 12:47 PM
Dec 2017

But they are very desperate. They are trying every tactic to discredit and divert and minimize.

It won't work.

Trump-Russia is too big and has too many conspirators (including RepubliCons who took money) and too many people in too many countries know too much. The Germans, Danes, Dutch, Canadians, New Zealanders, UK, and Australians have intelligence intercepts and information in addition to the CIA, DIA, NSA, and FBI.

old guy

(3,284 posts)
14. IMO this was inevitable.
Mon Dec 18, 2017, 01:02 PM
Dec 2017

The repubs never wanted these probes and have been sabotaging them from day one. Just a waste of time and money.

Turbineguy

(37,372 posts)
18. They are not skilled.
Mon Dec 18, 2017, 01:33 PM
Dec 2017

If they were skilled they would conclude the investigation but find no wrongdoing.

Their lack of skill here goes to their inability to govern.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
19. Plan: House Intel Committee issues result: No collusion! No obstruction! So ...
Mon Dec 18, 2017, 01:38 PM
Dec 2017

So Trump can take that as one more, even stronger, talking point. It's been PROVEN there's no collusion or obstruction. Unlike the witchhunt that is continuing by the Democrats, who refuse to end the witch hunt.

The House committee was a joke from the start. All the Repubs in the House no doubt knew it. From Ryan to Nunes and all in between.

MineralMan

(146,336 posts)
21. The Committee's Final Recommendation Will Be:
Mon Dec 18, 2017, 01:52 PM
Dec 2017

"Lift one corner of the rug of governance, and sweep this mess under it."

 

Ccarmona

(1,180 posts)
22. There Needs to be an Investigation as to How Gowdys NW Jumped From $375K to $$4.5 Mil
Mon Dec 18, 2017, 02:02 PM
Dec 2017

In just three years. That’s some “wise” investments he must have made.

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