Grassley Requests Trump Provide Legitimate Reason For Firing Intelligence Watchdog

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and seven other senators on both sides of the aisle sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Wednesday asking him to fully explain to Congress why he fired Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for the intelligence community, last week.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1302604
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Old man shouts at clouds.
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Susan Collins “concern watch”…also too.

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Worlds collide
Twilight Zone theme commence
Chuck Grassley sounds like the voice of reason

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And if he doesn’t then Grassley will… do nothing about it. Hell, drump could announce he did it for corrupt reasons and Grassley would do nothing.

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You know damn well why he fired him Chuck. Its the same reason he should have been removed when you had the chance. He is a vindictive, corrupt cretin that has no business in the oval office.

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Let’s see, the Orange Menace ignores lawfully-issued subpoenas…yet Chuckles, Mittens and Frau Concernbrau thinks he’s going to reply to their “sternly worded letter”?

Oh, hah…har-dee-har! It is to laugh…

(h/t Bugs Bunny)

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So who, if anyone/organization, has standing to file against the WH for violating the law? Please tell me it isn’t just DOJ! Would this be classified as a "high crime and misdemeanor ? Or is this just keeping with the Unitary President/Oligarchy/Monarchy? All will be considered rhetoric under this regime.

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And if trump doesn’t provide Answers that satisfy Grassley, he’ll be forced to consider not voting to acquit, if an impeachment hearing reaches the Senate.

I mean, next time he’ll consider it, super-duper consider it. I’m sure that possibility keeps trump up at night like Big Mac heartburn.

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A letter??? Pffft, it’s already hit the round file. He’s not going to respond, Senator Grassley, because you and others in your party decided he could do whatever the hell he wanted about three months ago. When you decided the impeachment was ‘just a distraction’ and ‘while there was some merit, we don’t feel it’s critical enough’,

How’s that workin’ for ya now, Senator? How’s that workin’ for ya? How many of your colleagues’ constituents won’t be able to vote for you again because your President, the guy you said was perfectly fine to run the country, couldn’t mastermind his way out of a paper bag, let alone run this pandemic to minimize those deaths, is withholding PPE and medical equipment from those governors he doesn’t like? How many deaths are indirectly now on your hands, Senator, for allowing this moron at the top to remain in office.

Don’t come to me with your sick, sorry, stupid letters demanding answers you’ll never get.

This is on you, Senator. And he ain’t gonna answer your stupid letter.

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Susan Collins is joining colleagues to express concern. Shit just got real.

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Grassley proves he is an old fool. Trump fired the intelligence inspector general for doing his job in the face of Trump’s corruption. In short he fired him because he could and he wants to send a message to every other Federal employee. Do what is good for me or suffer the consequences.

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The ONLY Republicans who would sign this were;

Sen. Grassly (R-IA) - Probably Retiring, so he has no more fucks to give.
Sen. Collins (R-ME) - way underwater with her constituents and desperately trying to appear “moderate” despite her long record of voting which ever way Trump tells her to.
Sen. Romney (R-Mormons) - #1 on Trump’s “shit-list” already so, what the hell, eh?

The other 4 were all Democrats, and Trump considers them and their constituents “the enemy” anyway.

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You are a bit late to the dance Chuck…

And you already sold your soul…

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Can you possibly imagine how little I care about Susan Collins’ ‘concern’? She’s goin’ home in November and hopefully she will be replaced by someone with a little more intelligence than this potted plant.

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Russian: “Why you HERE!”

Chevy Chase: “Why am I here?..Why are you here?”

Just as constructive a question, Chukkie, right now.

With Barr, your boy Moscow McConnell and his lackey Roberts in the wings, the Orange Menace (who you set Free) can tell you GFY.

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DRUMPF: I did it because he’s a snitch.

GRASSLEY: Very well, then.

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Actually, I can imagine how little you care about a thing that is of no significance whatsoever, and I look forward to Sen. Gideon assuming the office.

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Hey, you deliberately blind, hypocritical dumbass: he did it because you refused to impeach him for an obvious traitorous and corrupt crime, thereby sending a clear message that he could do whatever he wants without repercussions. No one, for even a millisecond, believes that you care about oversight.

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Go back to sleep.

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