Greg Olear: SCIF-laws

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Greg Olear
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"Gaetz, Scalise, & the other GOP Congressional clowns overwhelming the guards to breach the SCIF on October 23, 2019 foreshadowed the MAGA insurrectionists overwhelming the Capitol Police to besiege the Capitol on January 6, 2021. One act begat the next."

SCIF-laws
Matt Gaetz & his GOP accomplices committed a serious crime, endangering our national security. There were no consequences.
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4:28 AM · Apr 6, 2021

https://gregolear.substack.com/p/SCIF-laws

ON OCTOBER 23, 2019, the macrocephalic Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz and a gaggle of his Republican accomplices breached a SCIF. This was a violation of federal law and, more importantly, a serious danger to national security. The smirking little prick was so pleased with this act of performative outrage that he had a press release at the ready, which he dropped the same day. It read:

Press Release

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) and House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (LA-01) hosted a press conference in the Capitol, demanding more transparency and fairness in Democrats’ impeachment proceedings with more than 50 of their Republican colleagues. Immediately following the press conference, Reps. Gaetz and Scalise led their colleagues into the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), where they attempted to observe the deposition. Upon entering the room, Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (CA-28) left the room with the witness, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, Laura Cooper.

Rep. Gaetz, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, has long been a vocal critic of the Democrats’ secretive, closed-door impeachment inquiry. Last week, Rep. Gaetz attempted to attend a deposition, but Intelligence Committee Chairman Schiff ordered him to be removed from the room.

This happened, I should clarify, during the first impeachment inquiry into the high crimes and misdemeanors of Donald John Trump (for extorting Ukraine) and not the second impeachment inquiry (for inciting insurrection). Chronologically, it was several Big Lies ago.

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1. It's infuriating that no consequences came about after this. Grr. nt