McCain: I Fumbled My Inquiry During Comey Hearing Because Of Graham
Source: Talking Points Memo
By NICOLE LAFOND Published SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 8:33 AM
Calling his line of questioning during former FBI Director James Comeys June 8 testimony in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee a colossal screw-up, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said he got distracted by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) just minutes before it was his turn to question Comey.
During an interview with Esquire last week, McCain said his staff had meticulously prepared for the hearing, but he messed up by asking questions about why the FBI was still pursuing the investigation into Russia meddling in the 2016 election when it had already ended the probe into Hillary Clintons private email server, even though those are two separate investigations that had nothing to do with each other.
McCain told Esquire that a staffer had given him an iPhone with an email from Graham displayed on it, asking McCain to ask Comey some additional questions. McCain didnt have the password for the iPhone and claimed that after the phone went black he couldnt unlock it to keep reading.
I was looking at it and, naturally, the message fades, McCain told Esquire. I think, What the fuck am I going to do here? He said he wanted to make sure he asked the questions Graham had sent him because he values their relationship.
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inwiththenew
(972 posts)turbinetree
(24,632 posts)on the ACA...........................or do you need a fucking password.................
bucolic_frolic
(42,676 posts)McCain about to reverse his position and vote to end Obamacare
"I was for it before I was against it. Socialized medicine is the worst boondoggle outside defense procurement."
Oops.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)You will have a knife clear through your torso.
bucolic_frolic
(42,676 posts)It's important that taxpayers support our economy and make us strong!
dalton99a
(81,068 posts)justhanginon
(3,287 posts)his constituency many, many who rely on the Affordable Care Act for allowing them the chance to get health insurance. His legacy will be one of harm to his neighbors in Arizona and to the people of this country.
Thoughts and prayers for you John McCain but not the kind you would wish for. More like the kind you seem hell bent on wishing for the more vulnerable of our society.
mercuryblues
(14,491 posts)McCain turning on Graham? I guess the bromance is over.
FakeNoose
(32,351 posts)McCain is just making shit up again. There have been plenty of times during the Senate hearings that a particular Senator will ask for a break and they just move on; they come back to him later.
He could have done that so easily. But no, it wasn't about the questions and it wasn't about Graham. McCain just looked like an ass on TV because he is an ass. Well he looked very confused, and people kept saying he looked like something's wrong with him. Only a day or two later, everybody found out that something definitely is wrong.
So why make up shit now McCain? It doesn't matter anyway.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,154 posts)Why was he flummoxed when he lost some last minute additional questions from his buddy?
I always remember his snide lambasting of Michael Moore during the RNC in the run up to Bush's second term as Michael sat in the stands. He called him a "disingenuous" film maker. Well, I cannot think of a better word to describe Mr. McCain, not only in this instance but throughout his career.