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Goodheart

(5,264 posts)
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 08:34 PM Jul 2018

Seriously, what did they hope to discover with this SHIT SHOW?

Did they really expect that Peter Strzok would just say "hey, I admit it... this Russia investigation is a witch hunt and I started it for no other reason but that Donald Trump is a Republican!" ???


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Seriously, what did they hope to discover with this SHIT SHOW? (Original Post) Goodheart Jul 2018 OP
A few soundbytes to show on Trump TV cally Jul 2018 #1
Precisely Sherman A1 Jul 2018 #9
Kabuki theater, pure and simple... Wounded Bear Jul 2018 #2
They are taking a sledgehammer to every institution C_U_L8R Jul 2018 #3
But even with that, almost every one of them professed their respect for the FBI. Goodheart Jul 2018 #7
The hoped to be seen catapulting the propaganda. maxsolomon Jul 2018 #4
No, of course not RandomAccess Jul 2018 #5
None of the GOP questions were about Russia BumRushDaShow Jul 2018 #6
And it went like this: Goodheart Jul 2018 #11
I watched the whole thing. Gavel to gavel (it ended at 8pm ET) BumRushDaShow Jul 2018 #13
discovery has nothing to do with it 0rganism Jul 2018 #8
Keeping hate alive. Red meat for base. Hate to tell them, their base doesn't watch this shit. Hamlette Jul 2018 #10
They didn't have to make him say that. They only had to LuvLoogie Jul 2018 #12
It's about discrediting the investigation ... GeorgeGist Jul 2018 #14

cally

(21,589 posts)
1. A few soundbytes to show on Trump TV
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 08:36 PM
Jul 2018

And video clips to how their base. Probably worked if edited enough to eliminate all facts

Wounded Bear

(58,440 posts)
2. Kabuki theater, pure and simple...
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 08:37 PM
Jul 2018

It's the kind of thing where everybody knows the outcome, but they still come to see.

C_U_L8R

(44,891 posts)
3. They are taking a sledgehammer to every institution
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 08:38 PM
Jul 2018

until they are so weakened and disgraced that a true one-party dictatorship can seize power. That's their goal.

Goodheart

(5,264 posts)
7. But even with that, almost every one of them professed their respect for the FBI.
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 08:39 PM
Jul 2018

LOL.

All theater for the Fox crowd, IMV.

maxsolomon

(32,984 posts)
4. The hoped to be seen catapulting the propaganda.
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 08:39 PM
Jul 2018

Filling time with words that delegitimize the FBI and Mueller. Fox will show them doing so, the President will get tweet fodder.

Mission Accomplished.

 

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)
5. No, of course not
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 08:39 PM
Jul 2018

They were just using the trappings of the U.S. Govt for purely partisan political purposes. Corruption reigns supreme.

BumRushDaShow

(127,298 posts)
6. None of the GOP questions were about Russia
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 08:39 PM
Jul 2018

It was all about his supposed bias against Drumpf and "her emails".

Goodheart

(5,264 posts)
11. And it went like this:
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 08:42 PM
Jul 2018

GOP: "You were biased."
Strzok: "No, I wasn't."
GOP: "You were fired for being biased."
Strzok: "No, I wasn't."
GOP: "You're lying. I know that you're a liar because you cheated on your wife."
Dems: "Goober needs to go take his meds."

I gotta admit... it was highly entertaining.

BumRushDaShow

(127,298 posts)
13. I watched the whole thing. Gavel to gavel (it ended at 8pm ET)
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 09:00 PM
Jul 2018

This part was even more entertaining!

NADLER: MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE TO ADJOURN.
00:45:39


CICILLINE: SECOND.
00:45:40


GOODLATTE: YOU'RE NOT RECOGNIZED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
00:45:45


NADLER: MR. CHAIRMAN, I THINK YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO RECOGNIZE SUCH A MOTION.
00:45:48


GOODLATTE: I DO NOT HAVE --
00:45:54


CICILLINE: ARE YOU JUST GOING TO MAKE UP RULES AS WE GO ALONG?
00:45:57


GOODLATTE: THE MOTION IS NOT IN ORDER DURING THE TIME CONTROLLED BY THE GENTLEMAN FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
00:46:03


NADLER: I APPEAL THAT RULING OF THE CHAIR.
00:46:08


GOODLATTE: MR. STRZOK, WILL YOU ANSWER --
00:46:10


NADLER: I APPEAL THE RULING OF THE CHAIR THAT MY MOTION TO AJOURP --
00:46:16


GOODLATTE: THE GENTLEMAN IS NOT IN ORDER.

NADLER: THAT MAY BE BUT I APPEAL --
00:46:20


GOODLATTE: KNOWING THIS, WILL YOU ANSWER THE COMMITTEE'S QUESTION AS DIRECTED OR DO YOU REFUSE TO ANSWER THE COMMITTEE'S QUESTION?
00:46:28


STRZOK: MR. CHAIRMAN, AS YOU KNOW, COUNSEL FOR THE FBI HAS DISTRIBUTED MEDIRECTED ME NOT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. COUNSEL FOR THE FBI IS SITTING HERE BEHIND ME. MAY I CONSULT WITH THEM?

00:46:40


GOODLATTE: YOU MAY CONSULT WITH YOUR OWN COUNSEL.
00:46:43


STRZOK: BUT I MAY NOT CONSULT WITH THE FBI'S COUNSEL?
00:46:45


GOODLATTE: ONLY WITH YOUR OWN COUNSEL.
00:46:49


NADLER: MR. CHAIRMAN, THERE'S NO BASIS FOR THAT. HE CAN CONSULT WITH THE FBI COUNSEL. HE'S AN FBI --
00:46:53


GOODLATTE: THE GENTLEMAN IS NOT RECOGNIZED.
00:46:55


NADLER: AND THE CHAIRMAN IS NOT BEING PROPER.
00:46:58


GOODLATTE: THE CHAIRMAN IS BEING PROPER.
00:46:59


CICILLINE: THE WITNESS CAN'T BE DIRECTED NOT TO CONFER WITH HIS ATTORNEY.
00:47:04


GOODLATTE: THE FBI IS NOT HIS ATTORNEY. HIS ATTORNEY IS SEATED BEHIND HIM.
00:47:08


CICILLINE: HE'S AN EMPLOYEE OF THE FBI.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?447953-1/fbi-deputy-assistant-director-peter-strzok-testifies-2016-investigations-part-1&start=2736


0rganism

(23,855 posts)
8. discovery has nothing to do with it
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 08:40 PM
Jul 2018

it's all about imagery, plain and simple.

they accomplished their goal.

LuvLoogie

(6,854 posts)
12. They didn't have to make him say that. They only had to
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 08:43 PM
Jul 2018

make it so their constituents believed it. This was about the GOP giving their base a reason to come out in November. And they will only be judged by how much damage they can inflict upon anything that is the antithesis to their bigoted nihilism.

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