I’m increasingly worried Republicans will shut down the House Intelligence Committee investigation at the end of the month. Here’s why:
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Next week, they scheduled critical witness interviews out of state, when we are voting on the tax bill and vital government funding bills and no Members will be able to ask questions, in an effort to squeeze them in before end of year. These witnesses are willing to come to DC.
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Despite our repeated urging, Majority has declined to issue subpoenas in numerous avenues of the investigation, where there's simply no other way to get the information. Some refusals we’ve made public, like witnesses hiding behind nonexistent privileges, many others we haven’t.
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The responsibility to conduct a thorough investigation, or to prevent one, ultimately falls on
@SpeakerRyan. I’m concerned he's heeding the calls of Bannon and@POTUS to “DO SOMETHING” by closing down the Russia investigation & opening up another investigation of Hilary Clinton.Show this thread -
Beyond our investigation, here’s what has me really concerned: The attacks on Mueller, DOJ and FBI this week make it clear they plan to go after Mueller’s investigation. Aggressively and soon.
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By shutting down the congressional investigations when they continue to discover new and important evidence, the White House can exert tremendous pressure to end or curtail Mueller’s investigation or cast doubt on it. We cannot let that happen.
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If there was no collusion the Republicans and Trump would welcome a conclusion to the investigation to prove it. Seems like they want to derail it because the investigation is uncovering things that make them nervous.
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These are straight up wicked people. They really are behaving that way. They lie through their teeth, are corrupt and playing games.
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