Graham delays vote on authorizing subpoenas in Russia investigation

[Judi Lynn]

Source: CBS News

BY GRACE SEGERS

JUNE 4, 2020 / 12:31 PM / CBS NEWS

Washington — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday postponed a vote on authorizing subpoenas for dozens of Obama-era officials regarding the origins of the FBI's Russia investigation, known as Crossfire Hurricane. Chairman Lindsey Graham delayed a vote until next week to allow amendments from Democrats.

"We're going to get the subpoena debate behind us, but I think it's best to carry it over so we can talk. This is an important issue," Graham said during a committee meeting.

The motion as written would authorize subpoenas for testimony and documents to 55 individuals, most of whom are former officials in the Obama administration. The list includes former FBI Director James Comey, former CIA Director John Brennan, former national security adviser Susan Rice and current FBI Director Christopher Wray.

Under the motion, Graham could issued the subpoenas "after consulting" with Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein. Committee rules typically allow for subpoenas to be issued with an agreement with the ranking member or with a majority of the committee.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-judiciary-committee-lindsey-graham-subpoenas-vote-russia-investigation/

[C Moon]

1. Bad timing, eh?: taking on the popular President Obama during Black Lives Matter protests.

[DeminPennswoods]

3. Hammer meet nail

nt

[still_one]

9. +++

[Stuart G]

2. Chairman Lindsey Graham, won't be chairman in January...Chairman Dianne Feinstein -Jan 1921

[lamp_shade]

4. If I was Feinstein I'd tell him right now, today: "You've got my blessing blondie... go for it"

I for one can't wait to see the reaction when he starts handing out subpeonas.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. He has to go touch up the roots of his new hair dye job. . . . nt

[2naSalit]

8. I saw a photo a little while ago

with his new "do" and it kind of looks like he's trying to actually look like the anal one.

[yaesu]

6. I wonder whats on those tapes putin has that graham is so afraid of? nt

[KS Toronado]

7. Looks like the repugs have their new Benghazi

All they got is smoke & mirrors, no leadership traits.

[Demsrule86]

11. They look like idiots with a pandemic, depression level unemployment and civil unrest doing this...

everyone knows. Trump colluded with Russia. This can only help us.

[WhiteTara]

14. Ukrainian justice cleared Hunter Biden today

[Ford_Prefect]

15. Like their leader they only prance for the cameras...

Or to borrow from Macbeth:

Trump is but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. His is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing.

[Vinca]

10. When's the next Benghazi investigation start?

[marble falls]

12. Lindsey's discovered there's no there, there?

[Permanut]

13. It's really very simple..

Not necessary to go through all these hearings and subpoenas, amendments and agreements. All of the details are right there in her emails.

[Divad123]

16. Here's what will happen

Someone will make up a conspiracy theory, Fox and the radio-heads will play bad-mitten with it, the senate re-thugs will take it as fact, and then proceed to viciously attack every official subpoenaed about it. When they say that it didn't happen that way, Fox will start pounding the 'democratic deep state conspiracy' until all their viewers are certain that Obama is Satan.

rinse-repeat

[BlueIdaho]

17. Little Lindsay got caught wrong footed.

These “hearings” will be about as popular as a hot lead enema. America is hanging by a thread, 40% of the workforce is out of work, trump is trying on his coronation robes, Barr is running a private army to dominate the battle space that is your home town, and frankly people have had just about enough of this shit show.

Add to that the fact that people are generally sick and tired of the Mueller Report and poor little Lindsay finds himself hip deep in shit and hoping against hope that there’s a pony in there somewhere.