Brief recess for Wray hearing. Let's hope @SenJudiciaryGOP ask more Qs about Whitmer fednapping, the unsolved pipe bomb investigation, and the persecution of Jan 6 defendants under D'Antuono's office.
LOL Wray says he has to leave at 1:30p.m. because he has a flight. Grassley says if it's business he has his own plane. (FBI DIRECTOR HAS HIS OWN PLANE.) Wray says he's really on a tight schedule.
Sen. Tillis confronting Wray about BLM threats against law enforcement.
Sen. Blackburn "ton of money wasted on Russia collusion investigation." Asks if Wray believes it's a hoax--Wray says no.
Won't comment on Hunter Biden laptop "ongoing investigation" and won't confirm FBI has it.
Wray hearing underway. Grassley opening statement, he's criticizing lack of transparency by DOJ/FBI including its rationale for declining to prosecute agents who botched Larry Nasser investigation.
Now discussing crime wave incl bail reform and progressive prosecutors
Grassley talking "threat tags" for parents at school board mtgs and illegal drugs crossing southern border.
"Whistleblowers are patriots." Addressing political investigations btw Trump vs Biden family. Going thru Hunter Biden matter - FBI "shut down" investigation in August 2020
Grassley blasting August 2020 "unnecessary" FBI briefing that warned material related to Hunter Biden was foreign disinformation then leaked to Wash Po.
Says credibility of institutions are "on the line."
Who authorized the use of numerous informants working out of multiple FBI field offices? How much did it cost for drones, airplanes, and other surveillance devices?
Status hearing in Oath Keepers case up next. Defense has again asked for change of venue based on biased DC jury pool and impact of J6 committee hearings.
Here is just a sample of how DOJ is arguing to keep trials in DC. Totally delusional
I literally LOLed here. Sure there is no evidence DC is heavily biased against Trump aside from results of the last 2 presidential elections.
Also important to note DOJ is undefeated before DC juries in J6 trials. All guilty verdicts on every count returned in record time.
Case is before Judge Amit Mehta, Obama judge. I only scratch the surface here as to how Mehta has handled J6 cases. First Oath Keepers trial set for Sept. 26. amgreatness.com/2022/05/10/jud…
A thread on Michael Fanone, now nominated for an Emmy for one of his many interviews with CNNs Don Lemon. He was so almost dead on January 6 that he somehow miraculously found the strength to call CNNs news desk to complain about its coverage:
Fanone speaks with a hillbilly accent but he grew up in DC, attended private schools, and is the son of a prominent DC attorney tied to Democrats
It's the same firm now representing more than a dozen major news corps filing motions in court to unseal...
videos, docs protected by court orders--same firm that sought sealed material in Brandon Straka case--court "inadvertently" sent docs to firm, which sent to reporters before court-ordered redaction process.
No government poses a bigger threat to the American people than our own—this includes Saudi Arabia. And reminder that PGA not only adhered to Faucism during COVID but honored George Floyd