Pelosi mulls adding more anti-Trump Republicans to Jan. 6 investigation
By: Heather Caygle, Olivia Beavers and Nicholas Wu (MSN)
And now the motive is clear.................
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is considering adding another anti-Trump House Republican to the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, with Rep. Adam Kinzinger as the leading contender.
© Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks at her weekly news conference at the Capitol building on July 22.
Pelosi suggested Thursday that she would consider appointing more Republicans to the Jan. 6 probe, less than 24 hours after she nixed two vocally pro-Trump GOP lawmakers for the select panel. The current sole GOP member of the panel, Rep. Liz Cheney, separately made clear that she would support two well-known additions to the committee: Kinzinger (R-Ill.), Cheney's partner in conservative opposition to Donald Trump, and former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-Va.), a possible pick as Cheney's outside adviser in the investigation.
"We'll see," Pelosi told reporters when asked if she'd appoint more Republicans to serve alongside Cheney. "It's not even bipartisan; it's nonpartisan. It's about seeking the truth and that's what we owe the American people."
Kinzinger discussed his desire to join the select panel with other lawmakers before Pelosi chose Cheney earlier this month, according to a person familiar with the conversations. He declined to comment Thursday when asked about his potential addition to the select panel, which is set to hold its first hearing next week with law enforcement responders during the siege of the Capitol by supporters of the former president.
But his ally from Wyoming offered an effusive endorsement.
Kinzinger would be a "tremendous addition to the committee. I think ultimately it's up to the speaker, but I would certainly support it," Cheney told POLITICO in a brief interview.
Cheney added that Riggleman, an experienced researcher of online extremism who has already dug into the far-right elements behind the insurrection, "would be tremendous" as an outside aide to the probe.
"Denver is somebody who's got years of experience, especially in all the areas connected to cyber issues," she said. "And I think [he] just would be a tremendous addition to the work of the committee in terms of understanding, recognizing the extent to which social media platforms were used, the communications that went on in the lead up to the 6th."
When pressed whether Cheney put Riggleman's name forward to Pelosi, she demurred and reiterated only that "he'd be an excellent addition to the committee."
At least one Democratic member of the select panel indicated he would support Kinzinger's addition to its ranks, if Pelosi decides to name the Air Force veteran.
"I'm open to anyone of any political viewpoint who does not want to obstruct the work of the committee," Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said. "I'm sure Kinzinger would not want to obstruct the work of the committee."
Beyond Kinzinger, it's unclear whether any Republican lawmakers would consider participating in the panel. Rep. Jaime Herrera Butler (R-Wash.), who joined Cheney and Kinzinger in voting to impeach Trump in February told reporters that she would not participate.
"Unless this is made up of people who are not members of Congress, the American people cannot trust the results," she said.
The effort to potentially beef up Republican representation on the select panel comes after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy pulled all five of his choices on Wednesday following Pelosi's veto of the two most controversial names on his list, Reps. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).
McCarthy vowed that Republicans would undertake their own investigation of the events on Jan. 6 in response.
But Pelosi dismissed McCarthy's protests on Thursday, saying she made the right decision by blocking Banks and Jordan because of their "antics" in the months following the deadly insurrection.
"I'm not talking about him," Pelosi said of McCarthy. "Let's not waste each other's time."
Pelosi said her decision to block those two, while allowing McCarthy's three other selections, to serve on the panel, had nothing to do with their votes to challenge certification of Trump's loss on Jan. 6. In fact, Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) also voted against certification and was not vetoed by Pelosi.
"The other two made statements and took actions that just would have been ridiculous to put them on a committee seeking the truth," Pelosi told reporters.
Sarah Ferris contributed.
And the hits just keep on coming. Does she have a committee death wish? Knowing this, as the other article stated, the committee will hardly be looked upon as bipartisan. And the credibility will further head into the shitter of history.
The R's who were slated for the committee would have been like putting the fox in charge of the hen house. So cry us a river with all the boo hoo hoo that they won't get the chance to undermine any legitimate investigation.
Perhaps you can enlighten the group with what they expect to find in their "legitimate" investigation. And she is shitting in her own mess kit by loading the committee with anti Trumpers. The credibility of the the committee itself, its methods, and its findings will forever be tainted with the label "partisan rigged".
I don't know what this upcoming partisan shit show by the leftist clowns is....
but it won't be a legitimate investigation
Not if The Turd Reich's mob and complicit enablers/supporters are on the committee.
But it being a legitimate "investigation" is pretty much the point. This isn't intended to be an investigation. it's intended to be a prosecution and the prosecutors apparently get to choose who the defense is. Apparently, that's fine with many of you here because you surely realize this as well as I do. That is, you're expecting a prosecution, not an investigation and you already know what the predetermined result of it will be and, somehow, you feel this is a good thing. You consider it justice or something.
Bullshit - no we don't realize this 'as well as you do'
"That is, you're expecting a prosecution, not an investigation and you already know what the predetermined result of it will be and, somehow, you feel this is a good thing. You consider it justice or something."
Again, BULLSHIT.
Well, in your case, I'll make an exception. You may be as unaware as you claim to be.
That shithead with bugeyes who deliberately lied in a Congressional hearing will get the most airtime on CNN.
Far from any investigation. Same bullshit as the Mueller investigation and Impeachment hearings. Democrats are a sick bunch of nutters.
Sorry your bullshit is bullshit. You know EXACTLY what you want the outcome to be as does Ms. Pelosi and the others. It's another in a string of bullshit witch hunts.
Oh, and congratulations for not working in "Turd Reich" somehow. It was refreshing : )
Yes the outcome should be JUSTICE for these traitors.
This one?
What traitors would that be?
I'm not the one who is unaware here.
haha...yes that POS.
See 1.3.3
Evidently you're unaware enough to not know that when you flag a comment and actually want something done to/about it you stop responding to it or it negates your flag.
You're welcome.
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He probably has a thyroid condition.
Nice trumpturdian insults!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jim!!! You're giving me a heart attack from laughing so hard!
KEEP LAUGHING!
I'll take that in the spirit it was intended : )
Same bullshit as ten Benghazi investigations?
6 of which were GOP House committees which Jim Jordan participated in or led. That's hypocrisy in the flesh.
Congress spent more time on Benghazi than it did on 911.
Doesn't make it acceptable for the Democrats either.
Then vote out the people doing it.
Sounds easy, doesn't it?
That shithead with bugeyes
Yeah, it's always useful to point out someone's physical imperfections (Graves disease) when trying to debate their politics. /s
Did you take lessons from trump ? You know, mocking someone's physical deformity ? trump is so proud of you.
Star chamber justice…
Those kind of labelings used to be against the code here regardless of which side directed them at the other. It was supposed to detract from the content of a conversation.
What a pile of gaslighting nonsense.
So in your mind, only Q-anon and "big lie" supporting republicans, would qualify for bipartisanship?
Nope not at all. Your crystal ball is failing you. What does the article say she is mulling? Read it again. "Anti Trump Republican".
Yes there can be no dissent against the Turd Reich.
Seems she's mulling over Riggelman and Kinzinger...2 republicans. I see nothing wrong with that.
But if nothing really happened that day why are McCarthy et al opposed to investigating it?
originally replied to the wrong comment...mea culpa
You forgot what KIND of Republicans she's looking for.......................it's in the article title
So? Moderate republicans are exactly what she needs.
Politico gave it that title - doesn't mean Ms. Pelosi is looking for -anti-Turd Reich republicans.
Anti-Trump makes them moderate?
I did, perhaps you should as well. For it to be considered "bipartisan" you are saying that only republicans that support Q-anon or the "big lie", would be acceptable. All others would qualify as "anti-Trump republicans".
If you have a different definition of "anti-Trump republicans" please provide it.
Makes them less insane at least
Your doing your normal song and dance. I am not saying that at all. I didn't write the story. Someone else did. And Fuck Q-anon. She is picking and choosing who she wants. I realize it's her circus so it's her clowns but she screwed herself. 2 of the proposed members are NOT enough to sway the other 11. Last I checked the outcome didn't have to be unanimous.
Yup, bringing people to task over their unsupported claims.
You seeded it and your comments indicate you support its conclusions.
Hey we agree!!!! That was easy.
So you are now saying that the republicans she would accept are "clowns". We agree again!!!! All current republican politicians are clowns.
How do you know???
It doesn't, but the investigation has to be bipartisan. She needs republican members who would actually put an honest effort into the investigation, instead of devoting all their energy into derailing it.
Why are republicans so terrified of the truth about 1/6?
Seriously? hahaha
Do you really think that these people will be doing the actual investigating?
What truth would that be? What are they hoping to find? Last I heard they wanted to find out why and how it happened so they could "prevent it in the future". THAT is bullshit. You know exactly why they are investigating.
They had warning that something, maybe of a lesser degree of threat, was going to happen. And they weren't ready. This group of fools went on pure adrenaline save for a few of the ones "at the front" heading in. There are some pretty damned good posts in this thread that explain that.
And insurrection and coup?? This rag tag group of fools couldn't take over a day care center.
Why are Democrats such drama queens?
Have no fear, Jordan and Banks will pull the same shit regardless of the outcome of this investigation.
That’s what’s in power now and they definitely are trying to stamp it out.
It shouldn’t be her role to determine for us who we can choose to be our membership of said committee. If we can’t choose the composition of our members on any committee we should not participate in said committee . Period.
Yes, seriously. Can't answer the question?
Yes.
Don't know, that's why their investigating. To find the truth.
The truth...
To learn the truth about why and how it happened. You seem to have problems with the whole concept about "truth".
And yet no one took any actions about those warnings. Why not??? Let's investigate and find out...
The law speaks to intent, not capabilities. And taking over the government to re-establish Trump as POTUS, was their stated intent.
Why are republicans such cowards?
McCarthy's appointees, particularly Jordan and Banks, were selected for the sole purpose of disrupting and undermining the important work of the Select Committee. Non-participation by Trumpist-Fascists is the best possible way forward.
Jim Jordan and Banks were going to try and blame Nancy Pelosi for the whole thing. When they were done they'd be telling us she ransacked her own office and Trump was just an innocent victim.
It is far better to go ahead without them.
Now if only the media would get their head out of their ass and stop with this "both sides" bullshit.
Jordan and Bank's participation would be absolutely detrimental to the work of the committee.
If it doesn't have to be unanimous, 2 against 11 would indicate it won't happen. And you do realize there are 8 Dems on the committee right? You think they aren't lockstep with Pelosi? Again, hahahaha.
They will be reading "reports" from those who are actually doing the leg work NOT doing the actual gathering of those reports.
What "truth" are they hoping to find that we didn't all see unfold? They already have their "eye on the prize" of what they are hoping to find. Republicans and Trump complicit and that is going to be hilarious to watch although, like all the "gotchas" against Trump.
How it happened is easy. All one had to do was open eyes. The why should be evident by the group that committed the "invasion". They were pissed that Trump lost.
Agree on the investigate the inaction. Incompetence and no sense of urgency and I would venture to say arrogance. "They aren't going to do that. There's no way" thinking that no one would DARE.
And you cannot prove intent. We saw that in the Clinton email investigations aka James Comey didn't want to find his own drafted suicide note in his desk drawer. Intent is within.
Republicans aren't cowards. It seems pretty stupid to go on this hunt to find some nefarious underlying reasoning to understand how it happened so that it won't happen again. That alone is bullshit. If someone wants to do it again, it will be done. But after this one, and if serious pursuit of insurrection is the intent, the lessons have been learned of what NOT to do and how to truly prepare. It won't happen and wouldn't have happened this time if preparations were adequate.
Who is in charge of the Capitol police? There's your answer. And the drama queens comment stands.
Have a good day.
What won't happen? You're not making sense.
When was the last time a democrat was censured for having a different opinion? Republicans are required to be in "lock step", anything else is pure projection.
Then you tell me. Why did the crowd feel that invading the Capitol would stop anything? Why did the crowd think that Trump should have won? Why weren't the Capitol police prepared in the same way they were prepared for the peaceful BLM protest? Why were reinforcements delayed for so long while police officers were being assaulted and overwhelmed?
You tell me why.
Are you insane? They freely stated their intent on social media, to reporters, on live streams, hell they wrote their intents on half the signs they carried. You don't have to prove what they freely admitted, their intent was to over-throw the government and forcibly re-establish Trump as POTUS.
Their actions speak otherwise.
So you are wanting to pick a scapegoat and ignore everything else. Who blocked the requested reinforcements? Why did the capitol police chief not prepare?
I mean seriously, finding someone to point your finger at is not the end all of finding the truth.
What won't happen is 2 people influencing all 11 of the others and their conclusions.
Dems all have the same intent for this investigation. Find something they can use against Republicans\
You jumped from "how" to "why" Answering the how. How it happened was easily seen. They rallied and moved on the Capitol.
Show me anywhere a sign said any of that. "their intent was to over-throw the government and forcibly re-establish Trump as POTUS." literally.
Who did block the requested (I think you must have pulled that from your nether regions) reinforcements? **hint again, it wasn't a Republican**
And finally, who is in charge of the Capitol police? Ask them why they didn't better prepare.
You've never been on a jury have you?
That's because you kept changing from how to why. If so easily seen, you tell me how it happened since it could only have happened if Capitol police and nat'l guard and such were not doing their jobs, HOW did it happen ?
That is WHAT happened. HOW were they so successful?
That question is below even you. If you refuse to look at any media about it, I am not going to spoon feed it to you.
If we knew who, why would we need to investigate that? We need to know who blocked it and why they blocked it. Then we can address the causes for the failure.
Ex-Capitol Police Chief Says Requests For National Guard Denied 6 Times In Riots
Former Capitol Police chief describes "frustrating" call with Army official about reinforcements
General: Pentagon hesitated on sending Guard to Capitol riot
Ahhh, there you are, you little partisan buddy. Your entire argument is simply another republican plea of "it's not my fault" .
Where did I even imply that it was a republican blocking reinforcements? My entire support of the investigation revolves around finding the "truth", not finding a republican to blame. In fact, you are the one trying to find someone to point your finger at and say, "it's all his/her fault".
What is this "we" shit? What you just hurled at me makes no goddamn sense at all.
The Board and various Congressional Committees.
The Sargent s at Arms also report, respectively, the the Senate Majority leader McConnell & Speaker Pelosi.
Oooooooh and a conspiracy theory............do do, do do, do do, S PLAT GOES THE NOTHING BURGER
Take a bite of this nothingberder
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When a mob of President Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol building on Wednesday, they forced an emergency recess in the Congressional proceedings to officially certify the results of the 2020 presidential election. The disruption came shortly after some Republican lawmakers made the first of a planned series of highly unusual objections, based on spurious allegations of widespread voter fraud, to states’ election results. The chambers were separately debating an objection to Arizona’s results when proceedings were halted and the Capitol was locked down.
When the Senate reconvened at 8 p.m., and the House of Representatives an hour later, the proceedings — including the objection debates — continued, although some lawmakers who had previously planned to vote with the objectors stood down following the occupation of the Capitol. Plans to challenge a number of states after Arizona were scrapped, as well — but one other objection, to Pennsylvania’s results, also advanced to a vote. Here are the eight senators and 139 representatives who voted to sustain one or both objections.
A picture with an earlier version of this article was published in error, and misidentified the man shown as a United States Representative from Pennsylvania. The image showed Craig Keller, a congressional candidate in 2020, not Representative Fred Keller. The photo has been replaced.
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Future speaker McCarthy should strip any one joined by that committee of all their committee and caucus positions on the spot.
Comment 1.4 is the ultimate advocacy for cancel culture, repression and censorship. Either show fealty and obey the Trumpist dictates or get cancelled and repressed.
Exactly...
Please.. as if Nancy Pelosi is just so generous with dissent in her crappy party caucus. This is now a Partisan committee whose biased findings will automatically be rejected out of hand by half the country before the ink is dry on the paper copy of it.
Why would Ms. Pelosi add those complicit Turd Reich enablers/supporters to the Committee?
I can't wait until they're in the 'shitter of history'!
Apparently, the few honest Republicans left are despised by Trumpists.
Trumptards avoid them like a pack of rinos.
Is it any wonder that the once Grand Old Party of Abraham Lincoln is now known merely as the gop?
If there are any left, they are all cowering in the corner, terrified to speak out.
No one must speak out against The Turd Reich.
Lord Biden has spoken…
They are admitting they want to turn it into something else. They want to use it as a springboard to their own grievances instead of what it is suppose to be about.
It sounds like they're squealing "Look! A squirrel!"
The violence of last summer had nothing to do with what happened on Jan 6. And the motorist who killed the Capitol Cop should be prosecuted and given a lengthy prison sentence
Agree. Now they want to use it as a platform just to attack Pelosi.
Believe it or not, I agree. While I think Pelosi has no intention of anything like an honest investigation, that doesn't mean I think the Repubs do, either. My opinion is that our Congress is nothing more than a clown car intended to distract us from real issues or real action.
I do not have a dog in this fight when it comes to partisanship.. as I am a dreaded both sider ... yet "truth" what truth is that exactly? January 6th is on video, I watched live .... I witnessed barriers being moved for protesters to enter, I saw brutality towards the law enforcement officers present .. I saw people breaking in and doing damage as they hunted down elected officials .. I cringed in disbelieve as these people entered the inner chambers of the capitol - brave officers in the Capitol risking their own safety to protect this nations elected officials .. all on video...!
So again I ask what ''truth' is being sought?
The former president is also on video .. his words are recorded for history just prior to the assault on the Capitol building .. this 'investigation' truly is a witch hunt [and I strongly dislike the use of the term witch hunt] we know what happened, why and who instigated the assault, as it is on video .. if the (D)s want to hang Trump - go for it, but do not disguise it as 'this is owed to the American people ...' yes, some of our fellow Americans see the events of January 6 differently .. but that is kind of what America is all about.. This nation is a melting pot of beliefs, the freedom to believe differently is all part of what makes this nation special .. is it not?
Peace!
Ho Colour! Hope everything is well with you.
I think (and I'm just speculating here) that what Pelosi wants investigated is to see if the insurrection was an inside job. There are rumors of lawmakers like Large Marge, McCarthy, and Hawley taking "visitors" on a "guided tour" of the capitol grounds the day before.
When I say "visitors" I really mean potential criminals and "guided tour" means a reconnaissance mission, ie, casing the joint
Perhaps it was under the guise that they were in DC to see the inauguration and the reps didn't know that there was possibly underlying motives. Why must everything be some nefarious plot FFS. Legislators aren't the sharpest tools in the shed.
The inauguration was two full weeks after the insurrection. No one came to Washington DC on Jan 5th or 6th to see the inauguration. No one.
Have you got anything else?
Good point Mrs G, I see that as a very disturbing possibility .. yet how is that 'truth' to be proven - innuendo and speculation cannot be what drives an investigation, that is how we end up with so many innocents locked up in our prison system ...
Life continues for me .. hope you and yours are healthy .. this Delta variant is disturbing - even the vaccinated are testing positive - stay safe!
Why else were they there you imply? Yep. To protest the certification. While there why not take a tour of the place? I am sure many of them had never been to DC.
wasnt it your belief that the representatives may have thought on jan 5th that the crowds near the capitol were there to see the inauguration?
That is EXTREMELY unlikely.
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The nutcase conspiracy theories will be repeated relentlessly until next year.
Can't disagree. I got my "events" mixed up. Thanks
And I guess who in their right mind would want to spend two weeks in the middle of the winter in DC anyway.
My reaction was
Those boneheads were coming to see the Biden inauguration???
You, too!
If that had been the timing of the event, they could very well have used that for an excuse. Reps had no way of knowing who they were and they could have been there for the inauguration if it had been happening. I am sure they had no clue right, left, or middle.
While I don't know you, personally, I have been on here and NV long enough to know you're far from being an idiot. Because of this, I have a hard time believing your "speculation". I'm asking for your honest opinion here. Do you really think "insurrection" actually applies? To show that I am being honest, I think Trump bears a lot of responsibility for what happened on Jan 6th. Whether or not Trump intended to incite what happened I can't say. I can say that a responsible person should have seen the potential.
If you do honestly believe "insurrection" applies, then you must believe all the riots over the last couple of years must also be insurrection. Do you? And, if so, do you think those participating in those riots should be gone after in the same manner the rioters of Jan 6th are being gone after? If not, why?
Once they entered the building with an intent to occupy the legislative chambers of the national government and to influence that government to certain actions while occupying those legislative chambers, I think insurrection is well within the bounds of description of that day.
I have to go with what John said. I do think that at least a handful of people wanted to stop the election certification. Didn't you hear the crowd chant "Hang Pence?" Did you see the photo of the hangman's scaffold complete with noose? Those guys wanted something to happen.
At least some of the "protesters" knew how to find their way to the Senate and House chambers and they did in fact end up at them . That was not just by chance. Whether they would have tried to be violent with the senators and congresspeople or just scream at them from 10 or 15 feet away is hard to know for sure. But they did try to effect what happened with the electoral vote count and they were more than willing to do so illegally. I dont think insurrection is really a reach.
I'm not sure I agree wholly, but I understand how people see it that way.
I think when you see photos of the guys in tactical getup or carrying zip-tie handcuffs, it's a compelling and alarming picture that definitely supports the "insurrection" story.
But the majority of these folks wandered around the building, took selfies, shouted some nonsense, and then went to happy hour somewhere. The whole thing lasted less time than Monday Night Football. If you're really storming that building to take over the govt, that's not what it looks like, especially when every last one of them owns at least one gun.
I'm sure that some intended to stop the certification. The bell curve pretty much insists that some had that intention. But that isn't the point I was addressing. The point is, if what happened on the 6th should be considered insurrection, why not all other riots over the last couple of years as well?
Which can easily be explained by Brownian motion. Or is it your contention that such cambers would be impossible to find without prior knowledge of their locations?
whether the chambers would have been easy or hard to find, the mob went right toward them
they were not there for sightseeing
Because they weren't trying to storm the US Capitol
That's my final answer
Gosh! How incredible. They went for the main parts of the building rather than the janitor's closet. Concerning where they went, you need to think of the rioters as a fluid, like water. Claiming something nefarious because they went "right toward them" is like claiming water is nefarious because it seeks the lowest point.
Sorry, but "Duh!" What is your point?
They didnt go for "the main parts of the building", they went for the part where the electoral votes were being certified. That was the reason for the whole "protest" believe it or not.
Thanks to Trumpism, we live in a degraded nation. Now we have people trying hard, every day, to play down what happened on Jan 6th. Its a tragedy.
Oh, you seriously don't understand your opposition. I agree, we do live in a degraded nation, but it sure as hell wasn't due to Trump.
Personally, while I think Trump did good things, he was, as an individual, a narcissitic ass hat. But, at the least, he turned the light on on a room full of cockroaches. The nation was already degraded.
Thank you. We all saw it. That is what I don't understand. They say they want to get to the root of the problem leading up to it so they can prevent it from happening again. That is smoke and mirror bullshit.
Nope the smoke and mirrors bullshit is all coming from trumpturd's mob's enablers and inciters including The Turd Reich.
Yeah Jim .. the whole preventing part is confusing to me as well .. the Capitol building was not protected adequately, even with the knowledge of what was on social media ... the Capitol police were left hanging with no back up from the city available .. cops were stuck in traffic and the mayor could not call out the National Guard .....
I guess there is 'truth' to be discovered regarding the former president not taking calls during the attack .. yet all we have to do is wait for another book to be written to get the details .... ugghhh!
Peace my friend ... hope you are well : ) lungs healing up?
Doing better thanks and hope you are too my friend.
Most excellent to hear! you know Hallux, I and loki were quite concerned about you - HA! you are loved - scary I know!
Thanks to you all. And ditto.
: ) take care of you..!
NO, it's not 'truly a witch hunt' NOT AT ALL.
Hello Tessylo .. hope you are well
Can you tell me the truth you see can be found through this 'seemingly' partisan investigation? Why not put those Trump supporters on the panel? Seems as if there is speculation [as Mrs G pointed out] would not that 'truth' come to light by having those Trump supporters on the investigation?
I am sure this fishing expedition will last well into the mid-terms.
Nor is it a fishing expedition.
Anything to deflect from Biden Admin. failures.
The fishing expedition in the Dead Sea was FISA warrants against Carter Page ... : ) or perhaps even Robert Mueller's counterintelligence investigation .. ?
Neither was that
Yes Tessylo, Carter Page was a fishing expedition ... Mueller's counterintelligence investigation turned out to be one - in that Mueller refused to come to a conclusion... yes yes I know seated president blah blah blah - yet had Mueller reached a conclusion, now that Trump is out of office that counterintelligence investigation would be biting him in the ass ..
Pelosi just does not seem to choose her battles wisely when it comes to Trump.. this investigation is shaping up to be Benghazi 2.0
Just my opinion