GOP calls FBI head Comey to testify this week

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill

By Julian Hattem - 07/06/16 09:49 AM EDT

The head of the House Oversight Committee is calling the director of the FBI to testify before the panel this week, on the heels of Republican outrage over his decision not to recommend charges against Hillary Clinton.

Director James Comey will testify Thursday morning, Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said in a statement Wednesday.

“Individuals who intentionally skirt the law must be held accountable. Congress and the American people have a right to understand the depth and breadth of the FBI's investigation,” Chaffetz said in a statement.

“I thank Director Comey for accepting the invitation to publicly answer these important questions."

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Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/286630-gop-calls-fbi-head-to-testify-this-week

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Because politicians should definitely meddle in law enforcement decisions

It will be a Grand Jury Grandstanding probe

Will they spend more than Trey Gowdy?

[still_one]

2. When the GOP get their ass handed to them in November, and lose the Senate, and

hopefully the house based on their insane candidate Trump, perhaps then we can finally not hear about their bullshit for a while

[sarae]

15. God, I really hope this happens...

I'm so fucking sick of their shit.

[OnDoutside]

16. I think it's galvanising Democrats to finally take these SOBs on.

[still_one]

21. I think the GOP have overplayed their hand. They have essentially done nothing

for the past 8 years, and in spite of that the Democrats still accomplished quite a lot.

[sarae]

22. Worse than nothing...

they've successfully blocked progress on many fronts. How can anyone think that Republicans best represent their interests? They're a complete joke of a party.

[Else You Are Mad]

3. And the endless GOP with hunt begins.

Hopefully this won't be the next Benghazi, but who am I kidding, if the Dems don't sweep the down ticket elections it will be.

[larkrake]

14. oh it will be

[SkeleTim1968]

20. Isn't this the same Benghazi?

Isn't the email "scandal" just an extension of the multiple Benghazi hearings?

[Else You Are Mad]

23. Eh, not exactly.

They are only the same in that they are both baseless attacks to discredit and destroy Hillary. This is more a combination of the fact it was discovered she had a private server in combination with the FOIA lawsuit filed by the AP and Judicial Watch.

[SkeleTim1968]

24. Why did the AP and Judicial Watch file the FOIA lawsuit?

Was it due to the discovery of the private server or something else?
I apologize, I have totally lost track of this story and it's roots.

[Else You Are Mad]

26. He is a link to the AP story:

Basically a few news organizations -- including the AP -- made FOIA requests for documents and both Hillary and the state department did not provide the requested docs.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the State Department to force the release of email correspondence and government documents from Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.

The legal action comes after repeated requests filed under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act have gone unfulfilled. They include one request AP made five years ago and others pending since the summer of 2013.

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, comes a day after Clinton broke her silence about her use of a private email account while secretary of state. The FOIA requests and lawsuit seek materials related to her public and private calendars, correspondence involving longtime aides likely to play key roles in her expected campaign for president, and Clinton-related emails about the Osama bin Laden raid and National Security Agency surveillance practices.

"After careful deliberation and exhausting our other options, The Associated Press is taking the necessary legal steps to gain access to these important documents, which will shed light on actions by the State Department and former Secretary Clinton, a presumptive 2016 presidential candidate, during some of the most significant issues of our time," said Karen Kaiser, AP's general counsel.

Snip

Here is the full story:

http://www.ap.org/Content/AP-In-The-News/2015/AP-sues-State-Department-seeking-access-to-Clinton-records

[SkeleTim1968]

28. Thank you

[Akicita]

25. Sort of. In that Hillary's private server was discovered and made public due to the Benghazi probe.

[Else You Are Mad]

27. Indeed.

See also the link I posted from the AP regarding the FOIA law suit.

[DetlefK]

4. Investigationgate!

[mpcamb]

11. Bridge-gate deal and Email investigation dropped... sound like a deal to anybody?

Trump gets to use Christi's big mouth and maybe get a VP while the constant mattering about the emails recedes.
Smacks of a political deal to me, but- hey! I think everything's fixed.

[Monk06]

32. We Dint Got What We Wantigate

[Iliyah]

5. Only if the GOP were so concerned for the well being of the American public and America

itself.

[RoverSuswade]

6. I hope Comey says:

"Dear GOP: Now that you have opened hearings should I proceed with investigations of Colin Powell, Jeb Bush, and other republican officials who have also inadvertently sent supposedly-classified emails? Would you support that?"

[allan01]

7. begins ? keeps on going and going and going , like our continus wars.

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[mountain grammy]

8. An investigation into the investigation..

hang on, Benghazi staffers, no lay offs this week..

[markj757]

9. This is what those repub #$% get for holding gotcha hearings for every damn thing....

Now when you have something serious such as extreme carelessness on the handling of classified material by a Secretary of State, that almost got her indicted, and something that may truly warrant some type of oversight; you have cried wolf so many damn times, nobody gives a shit except your right wing conspiracy nut jobs! As soon as they mention hearings, people start rolling their eyes.

[Laser102]

17. Not serious. Convoluted, contrived. Retro classification of material does not a case make. But you

are right. Nobody cares anymore.

[wiggs]

18. Yes. And our inability to discern reasonable arguments on the issues from

political BS is a leftover remnant of the GOP wet dream to have a 100 year GOP dynasty. Tom Delay and Newt. They saw a way to gain political control of the country and pursued it through gerrymandering, lobbying, media control, and campaign finance laws...married to low tactics of polarization, fear, and hate (also perfected in Texas). The strategy worked to a large degree...real public discourse is wrecked, allowing one party to participate in the democratic process without a sense of responsibility to facts, problem solving, country, moral justice, history, public pressure, or reality.

They should be greeted on talk shows with ridicule and piercing questions...instead, they are offered a platform to provide 'balance' and reality show type horse race drama.

The problem is, we'd be much better off with two functioning, responsible political parties. We do a dis-service to democracy by pretending we have that.

[markj757]

30. I couldn't agree more.....

I have made this point before that we are a much stronger country with at least two functioning responsible major political parties who have a different world view, but based on serious thoughtful disagreement. I'm a Democrat, but I don't want to be governed in a country of all Democrats. And unfortunately, for our great nation, we no longer have two functioning responsible major political parties. But hopefully, Trump is the hitting of rock bottom that Republicans need to realize they have a serious problem. And they brought it on themselves.

[Hawaii Hiker]

10. Did President Reagan go thru half this after the Iran Contra mess

or when GWB outed a CIA agent (Valerie Plame) to settle a score....

How many hearings were there after Iran Contra....I'd bet Reagan never answered questions for 11 f-ing hours before a witch hunting committee...

[yellowcanine]

12. Oh they are going to regret opening this can of worms.

Comey alluded to past cases. Valerie Plame anyone?

[global1]

13. Did Comey Have To Accept This Invitation From The GOP?......

Couldn't he just have said - the matter is closed and off to the DOJ and leave it at that? Is he bound to appear?

[jpak]

19. Give it up morans

yup

[procon]

29. This too will backfire and blow up in the Stupid Party's face.

They want to force Comey to defend his recommendation not to charge Hillary with anything, but to do that, Comey will also be defending Clinton. Think of the optics... the head of the FBI will be doubling down on why there is no reason to charge Clinton with anything.

These Republicans aren't too bright. In their overweening zeal to persecute Hillary for being smarter than they are in playing the game of cutthroat politics, they aren't doing any long term thinking or considering the consequences of what will happen when their so called hearing turns into a Hillary for President ad.

[DCBob]

31. I think they are going to regret this.

Comey is hard core legit and will not take kindly the notion that he is playing politics or was bribed or whatever. He will turn on them.. guaranteed.