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Lots more in his TL but you

artappraiser — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 18:39:11 +0000

Lots more in his TL but you get the point. Flynn has hired NeverTrump Repub who thought Trump was tool of Russia & would bring fascism.
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) March 31, 2017

A stellar collection of

artappraiser — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 15:50:16 +0000

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A stellar collection of quotes on immunity & FBI investigations from the man himself, the Trump circle and assorted GOP @ WaPo today.

This is my particular favorite

“When you are given immunity, that means that you have probably committed a crime,” Flynn said in September on NBC's “Meet the Press.”

but it was hard to chose!

Senate to White House: sorry,

artappraiser — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 00:42:33 +0000

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Senate Intel Panel to White House: sorry, we are not Nunes, you send when we call.

Flynn offers to testify on

artappraiser — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 23:03:47 +0000

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Flynn offers to testify on Russia ties in exchange for immunity: report

By Brooke Seipel @ The Hill, 03/30/17 06:42 PM EDT

President Trump's former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has reportedly told the FBI that he is willing to testify in the investigation of the Trump campaign's potential ties to Russia, in exchange for immunity from prosecution, according to a Wall Street Journal report....

WaPo attempts to explain

artappraiser — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 20:22:09 +0000

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WaPo attempts to explain

Who is ‘Source D’? The man said to be behind the Trump-Russia dossier’s most salacious claim.The story of Sergei Millian illustrates the challenge confronting the FBI as it seeks to separate fact from fiction.By Rosalind S. Helderman • Read more »

I believe that Comey knows

CVille Dem — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 17:30:06 +0000

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I believe that Comey knows everything about this. Two things have me very confused. First of all, why is he waiting? Does he really not have enough evidence? Or is it that he actually wants the donald to continue to wreak havoc on the Obama legacy?

Secondly, how can he hold his head up when we all know that breaking protocol to screw Hillary gives him no standing now about being impartial? What he knew about Russian influence was at least as damning (and far more important) than what he blabbed about HRC in July and again in October.

Hillary underestimated the

rmrd0000 — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:16:56 +0000

In reply to Ryan defended Nunes on CBS

Hillary underestimated the percentage of deplorables in the Republican Party. Ryan is no better than Nunes.

Ryan defended Nunes on CBS

moat — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:09:34 +0000

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Ryan defended Nunes on CBS this morning. I hope nobody ever defends me so well:

“He had told me that — like, a whistleblower-type person had given him some information that was new that spoke to the last administration and part of this investigation,” Ryan said. “He briefs me about it, didn’t know the content of it, only knew the nature of it and that he was going to brief others.”

“Did you ask to see the documents yourself?” O’Donnell asked.

“He didn’t have the documents, so I didn’t,” Ryan responded.

“Did you encourage him to then go tell the president about it?”

“No, but I told him to just add it to his investigation,” Ryan said.

“So you at no time said, ‘Whatever you find out, you should probably go tell President Trump about it?’”

“Oh — he was gonna brief everybody. He — I already knew he was going to go and brief. So the — what Chairman Nunes said is he just came into possession of new information that he thought was valuable to this investigation, and that he was going to go and inform people about it,” Ryan said.

“But he hasn’t. I mean, he hasn’t even informed the Republican committee,” O’Donnell said.

“Yeah, I have seen the actual documents. I don’t know that he’s been in possession of them yet. Let me say this: It’s very important that we allow and encourage whistleblowers to talk to Congress,” Ryan said.

So Ryan has seen the "documents" but doesn't know anything about them and just said Nunes hasn't even "seen" them. Is this a parody of Waiting for Godot?

Looks to me like Comey is

artappraiser — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 02:23:33 +0000

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Looks to me like Comey is doing what he can to push Nunes to just quit dammit so some grownups can do this:

CNN: ....House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes and FBI Director James Comey can't seem to agree on whether the former invited the latter to testify before House Russia investigators, in a dispute that has now popped up twice in less than a week....

Schumer calls for Nunes to be

rmrd0000 — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 20:03:53 +0000

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Schumer calls for Nunes to be replaced

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/325968-schumer-nunes-needs-...