To: gronieel2 who wrote (1007116 ) 3/21/2017 1:59:39 PM From: Wharf Rat Read Replies (1) | Respond to He's doing the best he can. You notice that none of the real lawyers on the committee tried the "absence of evidence' defense? Bill Palmer | March 20, 2017 | CNBC ). This may be key, because four scheduled witnesses still have yet to testify. Among them: former acting Attorney General Sally Yates, who was fired by Trump after she warned him that Michael Flynn was dirty on Russia. Nunes seemed willing to let the Democrats have their way with the hearings, perhaps because public sentiment is increasingly on their side when it comes to Trump-Russia, and he may do so again on the 28th. But the House Intel investigation itself may not lead to anything, as the Republicans hold a 13-9 majority on the committee, and none of them (with the possible exception of the increasingly dissenting Ileana Ros-Lehtinen) seem to have any inclination to seriously expose Trump’s Russian collusion. poring over binders of classified CIA intel at Langley, to formally targeting Trump adviser Roger Stone this week. The members have publicly shared little about the nature of their upcoming hearings, but yesterday they did quietly reveal the date. CNBC ). Committee chair Richard Burr already announced five days ago (source: Newsweek ) that they won’t be wasting any time on Donald Trump’s phony wiretap claim, due to a lack of evidence – and that was before Comey definitely resolved that matter yesterday by confirming that there is in fact no evidence.
