March 26, 2018: Minority (Democrats) Report upon R's termination of Russia Investigation

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https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20180411_-_final_-_hpsci_minority_views_on_majority_report.pdf

80+ pages of detailed data and analysis from the House's Russia Investigation, such as it was, including the obstruction and lies by the Majority Republicans

One year later, the Committee’s Majority has shattered its commitment by rushing to end its
investigation prematurely, even as it continues to investigate President Donald Trump’s political
opponents, our intelligence agencies, law enforcement, and diplomatic corps, and former
members of the Administration of President Barack Obama.

In so doing, the Majority has not only failed to meet the mandate given to the HPSCI by the
Speaker of the House and the Minority Leader, but they have engaged in a systematic effort to
muddy the waters, and to deflect attention away from the President, most recklessly in their
assault on the central pillars of the rule of law. Their report, as with their overall conduct of the
investigation, is unworthy of this Committee, the House of Representatives, and most
importantly, the American people, who are now left to try to discern what is true and what is not.

...

The Majority’s report reflects a lack of seriousness and interest in pursuing the truth. By refusing
to call in key witnesses, by refusing to request pertinent documents, and by refusing to compel
and enforce witness cooperation and answers to key questions, the Majority hobbled the
Committee’s ability to conduct a credible investigation that could inspire public confidence. The
Majority’s conduct has also undermined Congress’ independent investigative authority. Their
repeated deferrals to the White House allowed witnesses to refuse cooperation, and permitted the
Administration to dictate the terms of their interaction with Congress, or evade congressional
oversight altogether, setting a damaging precedent for future non-cooperation by this President
and, possibly, by his successors.

...

As the Committee’s Majority, the Republican Members, led by Chairman Nunes, held the power
to dictate the pace and terms for our investigation, including which witnesses to call in and
when; which documents to request; whether to issue subpoenas; and, when necessary, whether to
enforce Congress’ power to compel testimony and production of documents. Regrettably,
following a brief spell of bipartisanship after the Chairman announced on April 6, 2017 that
other Majority Members would “temporarily take charge of the Committee’s Russia
investigation” due to a House Ethics Committee investigation into his actions, the Majority
wielded their power to stymie the investigation.10

The Majority circumscribed severely, and at times affirmatively blocked, important aspects of
our work. Most distressing, they exhibited a fundamental disinterest in pursuing core lines of
inquiry authorized by the Committee’s Scope of Investigation. Their report reflects this lack of
investigative vigor.

...

On March 13, 2018, the Committee Minority released an update – “Status of the Russian
Investigation” – to inform the American public of the Committee’s outstanding areas of inquiry
(see Appendix A).11 This status update provides a snapshot of the investigative leads and steps
left unaddressed as the Majority moved to shutter the investigation. These include more than 30
key witnesses yet to be interviewed (selected from a more extensive witness list, which is
attached at Appendix C); more than 20 entities from which documents have yet to be requested;
and more than 15 subpoenas that the Majority never issued or enforced. This followed a
November 7, 2017 letter from Ranking Member Schiff to Representative Conaway, attached at
Appendix B, in which the Minority outlined over 60 individuals and entities from which the
Committee should request or compel cooperation. The Committee subsequently interviewed
fewer than half the individuals on the list, many of whom provided incomplete or potentially
misleading testimony, and did not request the specified documents.

Much much more at link.

I wonder who authored this. Sounds like Schiff's voice.

And today Nunes is whining that Schiff won't call his crazy-pants list of witnesses.

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1. Restart the whole investigation in 2021, with Dems controlling the process. nt

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2. Absolutely -- continue them with vigor.

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3. for the sake of history, and protecting our future, all the facts must come out