Sun Dec 17, 2017, 08:36 PM

lapucelle (15,108 posts)

Why is the House Intelligence Committee interviewing Rorbacher on Monday?

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/04/politics/house-russia-investigators-interview-rohrabacher-wasserman-schultz/index.html

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Why is the House Intelligence Committee interviewing Rorbacher on Monday? (Original post)	lapucelle	Dec 2017	OP
He's Putin's favorite Congressman, is why.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Dec 2017	#1
Yes, I know, but the House committee is Republican-led	lapucelle	Dec 2017	#3
He is an Nother Republican treasonweasel	Achilleaze	Dec 2017	#2
Supposed to happen tomorrow - link to newer article	BumRushDaShow	Dec 2017	#4
Intersting timing...	lapucelle	Dec 2017	#5
Probably back around the time the CNN article was written (early December)? nt	BumRushDaShow	Dec 2017	#6
Reportedly, this committee has to "finish" investigating	Hortensis	Dec 2017	#7
They are repugs - they'll probably give him a medal for hanging out with Putin	SharonClark	Dec 2017	#8

Response to lapucelle (Original post)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 08:38 PM

The Velveteen Ocelot (106,853 posts)

1. He's Putin's favorite Congressman, is why.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-rohrabacher-russia-timeline-20170804-htmlstory.html

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Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 08:49 PM

lapucelle (15,108 posts)

3. Yes, I know, but the House committee is Republican-led

and has been so obstructionist that I don't think that implicating Rorbacher is the Republican motive. Was the scheduling of the interview part of the effort to fast track witnesses so that Democrats might miss a chance to question him?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/15/us/politics/house-intelligence-committee-russia-interference.html

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Sun Dec 17, 2017, 08:40 PM

Achilleaze (15,543 posts)

2. He is an Nother Republican treasonweasel

Caught them up.

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Sun Dec 17, 2017, 08:49 PM

BumRushDaShow (109,776 posts)

4. Supposed to happen tomorrow - link to newer article

http://www.kion546.com/news/politics/house-panel-to-interview-publicist-goldstone-rep-wasserman-schultz-on-monday/674172822

I was going to say - they were running out of "this month" to get this scheduled and done.

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Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 08:53 PM

lapucelle (15,108 posts)

5. Intersting timing...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/interviews-in-russia-probe-are-scheduled-for-new-york-angering-democrat-1513279029

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Response to lapucelle (Reply #5)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 08:55 PM

BumRushDaShow (109,776 posts)

6. Probably back around the time the CNN article was written (early December)? nt

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Response to lapucelle (Original post)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 09:05 PM

Hortensis (55,628 posts)

7. Reportedly, this committee has to "finish" investigating

and report its "findings" before Trump can fire Mueller and halt the investigation. At least this is a step that would increase their chance of succeeding.

So they're rushing the interviews to get them done as soon as possible to put them in position in case they do take the enormous step of stopping the investigation. This and a number of other things.

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Sun Dec 17, 2017, 11:00 PM

SharonClark (9,581 posts)

8. They are repugs - they'll probably give him a medal for hanging out with Putin

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