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DainBramaged

(39,191 posts)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 01:05 PM Nov 2012

Will Cantor resign/be forced to resign

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resign
0 (0%)
forced to resign
3 (16%)
these fucks have no moral compass, no
15 (79%)
Dain, you back already (no)?
1 (5%)
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Panasonic

(2,921 posts)
1. With an agreement to concede his winning election to Wayne Powell
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 01:06 PM
Nov 2012

and save the taxpayers $$$$

The Ethics Committee must investigate Cantor and Issa. Both are way overdue for expulsion.

EmeraldCityGrl

(4,310 posts)
3. Dave Reichert WA. 8th was working with him throughout.
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 01:16 PM
Nov 2012
The FBI agent, according to several news reports, was friends with Kelley and she contacted him several weeks earlier seeking help.

The agent contacted Rep. Reichert with concerns that "officials were going to sweep the matter under the rug." Reichert's office reportedly forwarded on the concerns to top congressional officials, who notified FBI headquarters in Washington.

The agent was removed from the case, according to FBI officials, because he had "grown obsessed with the matter" and had "sent shirtless photos to Ms. Kelley well before the email investigation began," according to the Wall Street Journal.

No charges have been filed in the criminal investigation, but the FBI agent's conduct is currently under administrative review by the FBI's Office of Professional Responsibility.

Broadwell is currently under FBI investigation for improperly trying to access his email and possibly gaining access to classified information.


http://bellevue.patch.com/articles/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-contacted-rep-dave-reichert-says-wsj

"top congressional officials" which did not include the proper officials like The Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Dianne
Feinstein.

Horse with no Name

(33,956 posts)
5. The "top congressional officials" consisted of Cantor
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 01:20 PM
Nov 2012

who then, notified the FBI but did not notify the Intelligence Committee...which would have been protocol.

EmeraldCityGrl

(4,310 posts)
11. I understand the importance of Cantor
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 06:30 PM
Nov 2012

being forced to resign for, and I'm not being over dramatic, the risk he put this country in potentially.
This is not politicizing, this is a very true possibility. BUT there is a reason they involved Reichert.

As an unfortunate voter in his recently gerrymandered district and the need to take back the house,
I'm going to do what I can locally to once and for all strip this useless, Norquest signee, rubber stamp,
of his fake hero image he has built a career on.

jollyreaper2112

(1,941 posts)
7. Why?
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 01:28 PM
Nov 2012

I think he's a scumbag but I don't see anything he did here that was bad. He passed the info along to the FBI and left it at that. Or has more info come out?

 

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)
9. This seems as lame as the Faux ranting about Benghazi
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 01:52 PM
Nov 2012

I want to see Cantor go down through the election process.

We came up 65,000 votes short this time. We have to keep working on it. And meanwhile, it serves our purposes to have this asshat as the face of the GOP House caucus. I have no doubt that some of the thinks he will say and do in the next 2 years will help tip 5-10 seats our direction in 2014, even if he wins his deep red district.

Bake

(21,977 posts)
10. Resign? Hell, he's shown he has the qualifications (GOP that is) for a promotion!
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 03:01 PM
Nov 2012

Look out, Boner. Get ready to cry.

Bake

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