House Oversight Republicans spent the day arguing that the Russia probe is tainted because an investigator privately criticized Trump during the election. Here are just a few of the people who did that publicly:
House Oversight Committee Member Will Hurd: expressnews.com/news/local/art…
House Oversight Committee Member Justin Amash:
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan: washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost…
Senator Ted Cruz: cnn.com/2016/05/03/pol…
Senator Lindsey Graham: politico.com/story/2015/07/…
Senator Marco Rubio:
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell: washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/w…
And that’s just a sampling of the Republicans who criticized or condemned Trump during the campaign; there are dozens more. nbcnews.com/politics/2016-…
Either all these Republicans must recuse themselves from anything to do with Russia, or this entire sham should be dismissed for what it is: another utterly unprincipled attempt to discredit the Mueller investigation and protect Trump.
CORRECTION: Earlier, we misidentified today's hearing as having taken place in the House Oversight Committee rather than the House Judiciary Committee. Here's a member of the Judiciary Committee, Martha Roby, criticizing Trump during the election:
