Burr says Intel panel will investigate possible Russia-Trump links

[.99center]

Source: Politico

Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr says the committee would use “subpoenas if necessary” to secure testimony from Obama administration officials.

Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said late Friday that his committee would investigate possible contacts between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia, reversing himself one day after telling reporters that the issue would be outside of his panel’s ongoing probe into Moscow’s election-disruption efforts.

In a statement issued jointly with the committee’s top Democrat, Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, Burr said the committee would use “subpoenas if necessary” to secure testimony from Obama administration officials as well as Trump’s team on Russia’s cyberattacks and on other efforts at election meddling.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/burr-says-intel-panel-will-investigate-possible-russia-trump-links-233621

[tenorly]

1. Oh, sure.

They'll take their sweet time, move like molasses in winter, and then, after a year or so, determine there was "no material impact on the 2016 election by Russian state actors or any other parties."

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. All fine and good, but because of 3rd party voters acting like spoiled little children

and voter suppression and the FBI and the Russians and non voters and 3rd party voters acting like snot nosed little jackasses (oops, did I mention them already?), it is too god damn LATE.

This wont result in anything unless impeachment in which case we get Pence, who is basically as bad or WORSE than Trump on all issues other than blowing us all up.

We had our chance, YOU had your chance (collective 3rd party voting and non voting you) and you fucking BLEW IT.


(not talking to OP or anybody in particular)

[Rustyeye77]

3. This should PISS off trump.

[Glimmer of Hope]

15. Childish tweet is forthcoming.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

4. Great! Just a lil late dontcha think?!?!

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Chaffetz will try to shut this down.

watch and see.

[Freethinker65]

6. Chaffetz is a weasel but a member of the House, not the Senate

[Wellstone ruled]

13. well aware of this weasel

being in the House,watch how he squeals to the press over the weekend trying to shut this down. He has already gone on record to protect Trump and his allies from any investigative harm.

Hopefully Burr and Warner shove it up Chaffetz's rear end. The Political life of the Republican Party is at stake and Certain Senators are very aware because they tend to be more POLL sensitive than their friends in the House.



Going to be interesting.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. Burr just got re-elected (barely)

so he is safe for the next 6 years - i.e., making a theater out of this but most likely doing nothing more.

[Wellstone ruled]

18. Hope fully not a dog and pony show.

[BumRushDaShow]

23. I think the Democrats will step up to the plate

The one benefit that Dems do have with this new Congress - at least in the Senate (by gaining 2 seats), is that the split of seats between the parties is closer to being equal on the various committees... I.e., if a committee normally has 15 members, 8 may be GOP and 7 would Democrat.

[Freethinker65]

24. Agree about his weaseliness. (What will he tell his daughter???? Hahaha)

I think if the weasel has any desire to be a Utah Senator he will wait his turn and defer to the bigger boys (and girls) in the Senate.

[Wellstone ruled]

28. Just be sweet.

[Mira]

7. What's your hurry, Richard? n/t

[Baitball Blogger]

8. At this level can they access his IRS records?

[2naSalit]

19. I hope so....nt

[SteamAddict]

9. Prepare for the quickest impeachment in history

Treason.

[ProudLib72]

10. Does this mean

the GOP is getting tired of defending tRump already?

The deal here is that the entire RNC was involved, which means that Pence has to go, too. So they have to make it look like tRump acted alone in order to get their man Pence where they want him.

[TrekLuver]

17. Yes they are but they can't and don't want to come out and say that directly so they gotta

do it the old fashioned way.

[ProudLib72]

29. Ah ha!

If they "allow" tRump to sink, they will be setting themselves up for a domino effect. By next year, we will have Bernie as prez because absolutely no repukes will be left!

[2naSalit]

20. Right?

Because you know that Ryan and Penis knew too and cheered/enabled it.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

11. K&R nt

[moonscape]

12. This is theater with nothing substantive to come from it n/t

[DavidDvorkin]

14. I wonder if they've already written the report exonerating Trump

The hearings will be for show.

[2naSalit]

22. Similarities?

[TeamPooka]

21. It's an excuse to investigate Obama, not Trump. Mark my words. nt

[rockfordfile]

25. Richard Burr is not to be trusted with any "investigation"

This will be just a show of nothing and typical republican bs.

[bucolic_frolic]

26. There is now upside for the Republican Party here

Patriotism - pursuing the truth wherever it may lead - would help them,
so I think this investigation is going forward in a solid way.

Good news after several weeks of 'nothing to see here, move along'

[cstanleytech]

27. Tell us another one Senator Pinocchio.......err I mean Senator Burr. nt