Get out of the way! and let āMueller Timeā do his thing.
Iām very leery of Feinsteinās behavior with respect to all of this. Maybe Iām wrong, but I feel like sheās more concerned with inflating her importance through congressional interference in the investigations than she is in protecting the integrity of what Mueller is doing. Itās making her all too willing to entertain Grassleyās abject nonsense. She should be telling him to go fuck himself and telling the MSM that heās full of shit when it comes to whatever his latest attempt to taint everything is. The mantra should be ālet Mueller do his job and the investigation run its course and stop trying to play apart in it.ā
Apparently, the FBI is not responsible to the American people. Good to know. Under Sessionsā watch, they all now work for T rump and Russia. Iāll remember this when Mueller nails Jefferey Beauregard Sessions IIIās ass to the bench with felony obstruction of justice charges.
Actually, this is a good thing. No legitimacy should be lent to Grassleyās attempts to inject himself into the mix. He wants to interview these people in an attempt to prove that Comey wrote the exoneration of Clinton before the investigation was over as part of his ongoing efforts to kill Comeyās credibility and help Faux News generate conspiracy nonsense about Comey, the Clinton investigation and, by extension, Muellerās investigation. Feinstein will tell you sheās going along with Grassley to keep the peace and will act as a check on his nonsense, but she wonātā¦her going along with him at all just helps him. There is zero immediate need for them to ask their questions now other than Grassleyās āneedā to try to undermine Mueller and Feinsteinās āneedā to be in the limelight.
Donāt they have anything better to do right now? How about looking into the cretinous Trump nominees more closely? Also, itās time for DiFi to retire. Needless to say, Grassley too but too much to wish for. By all means, more 80-year Senators.
I will assume a different motive on Feinsteinās part: if a bipartisan request is denied (as she probably knew it would be) that is definitively the end of the line.
But retire? That would make Grassley the oldest Senator. Grassley should retire. There are some retiring Congressmen and Senators who are nearly as old as Grassley was when he was elected to his first term as senator in 1982.
Au contrere mon frere - this is a good thing, see sniffitās excellent post below.
Grassley is not an honest broker - any D efforts to provide him with bipartisan cover should be viewed with extreme skepticism.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhā¦yes, by all means, do not let Mueller do his job.
The desire to be bipartisan, while worthwhile, should not be the be-all, end-all - particularly if the counter party may not have clean hands.
Well, of course, Grassley should retire as well. I say anyone over 70 should retire (and Iām not young). This is like tenure at a university, where all of the professors in a department are over 70 and donāt retire. The world needs young blood to survive and grow.
Yeah, Iām going to go with this being a good thing. The Congress is not primarily an investigative body, they should be writing laws. Director Mueller and his staff will do just fine, and they donāt go on TV to make themselves look good. There is far too much preening for the cameras and kabuki on C-SPAN in my opinion. As others have pointed out, Grassley is hardly an impartial observer. Let the Special Counsel do his job, then work on legislation, or dare I say it, impeachment.
I think we would all hate what the Senate intelligence committee would look like if Dianne retired. Be careful what you wish for.
Iād be fine with it.