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marmar

(77,056 posts)
Sat Dec 29, 2018, 11:51 AM Dec 2018

REPUBLICAN INVESTIGATION THAT SOUGHT TO UNDERMINE FBI, MUELLER, QUIETLY ENDED


(Newsweek) Congressional Republicans have ended their probe into allegations of political bias within the Federal Bureau of Investigation just days before Democrats take over the House of Representatives.

The investigation focused on whether or not the FBI and the Department of Justice exhibited bias when handling probes into former secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server and President Donald Trump’s relationship with Russia.

The probe was led by retiring Republican lawmakers Robert Goodlatte and Trey Gowdy. Goodlatte served as the chair of the House Judiciary Committee while Gowdy was the chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. .......(more)

https://www.newsweek.com/republican-investigation-alleged-fbi-bias-quietly-ended-1274485?amp=1&__twitter_impression=true



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REPUBLICAN INVESTIGATION THAT SOUGHT TO UNDERMINE FBI, MUELLER, QUIETLY ENDED (Original Post) marmar Dec 2018 OP
GOOD, it was another waste of tax payer money MagickMuffin Dec 2018 #1
Came in like a lion and out like a lamb. JUST SHAMEFUL. Glad it's all there on the record. UniteFightBack Dec 2018 #2
K & R malaise Dec 2018 #3
Schiff should demand a report on their findings. Takket Dec 2018 #4
With a detailed financial section. nt NCjack Dec 2018 #7
When republicans get investigated, they investigate the investigators spanone Dec 2018 #5
To Be Fair, They Did Exhibit A Bias usedtobedemgurl Dec 2018 #6
That's my favorite sentence of the day. Iggo Dec 2018 #8
It was all a distraction anyway. Wish the republicans bring up such nonsense would be investigated ffr Dec 2018 #9
Kick to go with my previous Rec!1 UTUSN Dec 2018 #10

MagickMuffin

(15,933 posts)
1. GOOD, it was another waste of tax payer money
Sat Dec 29, 2018, 11:59 AM
Dec 2018

Just for the sake of appearing to be doing something. Since they obliviously didn't care about anything else that they were there to do.


GOOD riddance to goodlatte and gowdy. They will not be missed!!!



 

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)
2. Came in like a lion and out like a lamb. JUST SHAMEFUL. Glad it's all there on the record.
Sat Dec 29, 2018, 12:17 PM
Dec 2018

History is going to be VERY UNKIND to these people.

spanone

(135,795 posts)
5. When republicans get investigated, they investigate the investigators
Sat Dec 29, 2018, 12:36 PM
Dec 2018

goodlatte and gowdy....fuck 'em both

usedtobedemgurl

(1,129 posts)
6. To Be Fair, They Did Exhibit A Bias
Sat Dec 29, 2018, 12:41 PM
Dec 2018

When Comey talked about Hilary's possible new emails a few days before the election, that was extreme bias. So, the answer is yes, without it even being investigated!

ffr

(22,665 posts)
9. It was all a distraction anyway. Wish the republicans bring up such nonsense would be investigated
Sat Dec 29, 2018, 05:29 PM
Dec 2018

for wasting taxpayer money on partisan distractions rather than focusing on bettering America.

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