Thread by @emptywheel

Less than 5 minutes into Jim Jordan's Deep State Committee, Jordan has complained that militia members who attacked the Capitol are investigated as domestic terrorists.

He calls a guy who REFUSED to arrest militia members a "whistleblower."

WHY IS JIM JORDAN OPPOSED TO ARRESTING THOSE WHO ATTACKED THE CAPITOL?

Stacey Plaskett quoting Reagan's OLC head (Ted Olson maybe?)

Jordan is sitting by her with a sourpuss face. He keeps looking over at her.

Grassley claims that Crossfire Hurricane was politically motivated investigation. That's false, of course.

Not sure but I think he called Christopher Steele a RU, not UK, spy.

BREAKING: Chuck Grassley says that James Comer was lying yesterday when he said Republicans are just starting investigation into Biden.

Now Chuck complaining that he got warned that Andrii Derkach is a spy.

BREAKING: he says that Derkach **is** a RU spy, which I guess he means Rudy was cuddling up with a RU spy.

I watch this shit show and keep thinking about how NY Dems are responsible for losing the House.

Note, too, that Chuck is whining he got a defensive briefing, after bitching that FBI didn't give Mike Flynn a defensive briefing when he was secretly working for Türkiye.

Reminder that CHuck's long-term staffer wanted to reach out to hostile foreign intelligence agencies to find Hillary emails.

Oh. Maybe Chuck is calling Igor Danchenko a Russian spy, in which case he's asking to be sued.

BREAKING: Chuck says @JamesComer is lying about SARs, too.

Why does Chuck keep laying out all of Comer's lies?

@JamesComer As Chuck would have it, under Bill Barr, FBI was trying to get Joe Biden elected.

He's also furious that the FBI is treating Biden family information with extra security measures.

Basically, the first witness in the Deep State Committee is complaining that the FBI won't charge Hunter Biden.

That's his "proof" that FBI is biased against GOPers.

Count Ron Johnson as someone who is so stupid that he believes #MattyDickPics.

Ron Johnson's first piece of evidence that the FBI is biased against the GOP is that Jim Comey held a press conference to say mean things about the Dem Presidential candidate.

HAHAHAHAHAHA.

HAHAHA.

Ron Johnson is also a Jeff Gerth fan.

BREAKING: Ron Johnson says the biggest dirty trick ever was Trump doing what Mark Meadows called "Collusion," by optimizing the proceeds of a crime committed against his opponent.

And, yes, Ron and Chuck are calling Igor Danchenko a Russian spy.

Shorter GOPers: FBI agents who refuse to arrest militias who attacked their workplace are whistleblowers, but people who catch the President selling out the country are not.

Ron Johnson now claiming former spooks speaking in their private capacity is an information operation, demands they be interviewed bc they wrote a letter.

Ron Johnson now complaining that the Jan6 defendants aren't being treated as badly as the other people at the DC jail.

Ron Johnson now says that Doctors being punished for being cranks and NGOs having influence is proof that govt is weaponized against GOPers.

Ron Johnson quite literally attacking the Ukraine whistleblower in the same rant where he urges so-called whistleblowers to come forward.

Oh look.

Raskin quotes Jordan admitting that this is all an effort to frame up Trump's win.

Now listing all the IGs Trump fired.

Raskin also reminding about Trump paying off sex workers so he could get elected, and then DOJ retaliated against Michael Cohen for writing a book.

Jordan complains about the facts that Raskin presented, and says they'll respect the FBI agents who refused to arrest militia members who attacked his workplace.

Not a fan of Tulsi's hair thing--but wouldn't mind if it were purple.

She's still serving in the reserve.

Shorter Tulsi: All speech is permitted, except for observing that white supremacists are white supremacists or Russian useful idiots are Russian useful idiots.

2 days of 2023 Congress, 2 hearings discussing the "Hunter Biden" "laptop."

Tulsi now suggesting she'd be President right now if she hadn't been cut off Google ads.

Tulsi now getting #MattyDickPics' Hamilton 68 claims wrong, best as I can tell.

Tulsi doesn't want you say that she was groomed by the Russians, okay?

Don't say she was GROOMED by Russia.

I mean, IN THIS HEARING, Ron Johnson and Chuck Grassley accused Igor Danchenko, straight out.

But Tulsi says only Dems do that.

LOLOL.

Johnny Turley got lost in the bathroom. Shows up late.

[taking a break to listen to a different hearing so sadly I'll miss Johnny Turley's undoubted bad faith.