Republicans storm closed-door hearing to protest impeachment inquiry

[B. Kidd]

The lynching got interrupted today.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

House Republicans stormed a closed-door hearing Wednesday morning to protest Democrats' impeachment inquiry process, breaking up the deposition of a top Defense Department official who was testifying about President Trump's dealings with Ukraine.

Republicans storm closed-door hearing to protest impeachment inquiry

Awww, poor, unruly Republicans. Crying like babies because they don't have access to those hearings -- even though there are Republicans who serve on the investigating committees; and whining that this isn't an official impeachment inquiry because there was no House vote -- even though there's never been a House rule mandating a full House vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry.

Excellent.

Next time, they might bring Louisville Sluggers.

 

[g5000]

And now, a flashback: Will Closed-Door Benghazi Hearings Keep the Circus Away?

Trey Gowdy: "I can get more information in a five-hour deposition than I can in five minutes of listening to a colleague ask questions in committee hearings," Gowdy said. "If it's about getting the information, then you want to use the investigatory tool that is most calculated and gets you the most amount of information and that's not five minutes in a committee hearing."

 

[Faun]

So answer my question lol

I did. You just didn't understand I pointed out they're not hiding anything and that Republicans are included in the hearings and Republicans can talk about what they hear.

 

[g5000]

Okay, parrots. Now that you can see the Republicans held closed door hearings during the Clinton impeachment investigation, and during the Benghazi debacle, let's see if you can stop being idiot brainless echo bots and figure out why some hearings are behind closed doors.

I bet you can't. You've never had an independent thought in your entire lives. You just parrot what you are told to parrot.

 

[bendog]

So answer my question lol

I did. You just didn't understand I pointed out they're not hiding anything and that Republicans are included in the hearings and Republicans can talk about what they hear.

Now don't try reason and facts with Jitts. LOL

 

[Faun]

Rs are stupid to even dignify the libs stupidity with a response. Until the Ds vote for impeachment, it's all kabuki theatre and meaningless.

Investigations come before a vote to impeach.

 

[LoneLaugher]

These morons REALLY believe that the Dems are not allowing any Republicans into the hearings. Fuck they are so gullible!

 

[Faun]

House Republicans stormed a closed-door hearing Wednesday morning to protest Democrats' impeachment inquiry process, breaking up the deposition of a top Defense Department official who was testifying about President Trump's dealings with Ukraine.

Republicans storm closed-door hearing to protest impeachment inquiry

Awww, poor, unruly Republicans. Crying like babies because they don't have access to those hearings -- even though there are Republicans who serve on the investigating committees; and whining that this isn't an official impeachment inquiry because there was no House vote -- even though there's never been a House rule mandating a full House vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry.

Why hide?

Mic drop

Who's hiding? There are Democrats and Republicans participating in these hearings. Next time, try not to drop the mic on your foot.

No transcript? No open hearings? Why can’t republicans talk about he hearings in detail?

Who said Republicans can't talk in detail about what they hear?

Oh... you said that.

So why hide it? You're investigating the President. You don't get to do that behind closed doors. Not a real investigation. Nobody would give a shit except liberals keep leaking shit that makes the president look bad when republicans who are there are saying a whole lot of stuff that makes the president look quite innocent is NOT being leaked.

Selective leaking out of a closed door hearing is illegal.

LOL

Says who? You.

Get over it.

 

[Camp]

Aww silly republicans expecting the democrats to follow the law and be fair. How stupid of them huh

What law are Dem's breaking? Does it have a number so we can look it up?

Sixth amendment to the constitution. Look it up. If you say this doesn't violate the 6th then you admit that it's a sham investigation that holds no legal clout whatsoever. Take your pick.

What happened to transparency that liberals touted so hard before?

Who is having a trial?

 

[g5000]

Comey grilled for six hours in closed-door House hearing

I did not hear you all whining about that!

 

[Jitss617]

So answer my question lol

I did. You just didn't understand I pointed out they're not hiding anything and that Republicans are included in the hearings and Republicans can talk about what they hear.

This is why you dems can’t win elections lol

 

[WEATHER53]

Behngazi was not a witch hunt designed to remove the duly elected President.
Dems apples to oranges is a persistent theme

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

House Republicans stormed a closed-door hearing Wednesday morning to protest Democrats' impeachment inquiry process, breaking up the deposition of a top Defense Department official who was testifying about President Trump's dealings with Ukraine.

Republicans storm closed-door hearing to protest impeachment inquiry

Awww, poor, unruly Republicans. Crying like babies because they don't have access to those hearings -- even though there are Republicans who serve on the investigating committees; and whining that this isn't an official impeachment inquiry because there was no House vote -- even though there's never been a House rule mandating a full House vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry.

The GOP has lost it's shit.

 

[Nosmo King]

House Republicans stormed a closed-door hearing Wednesday morning to protest Democrats' impeachment inquiry process, breaking up the deposition of a top Defense Department official who was testifying about President Trump's dealings with Ukraine.

Republicans storm closed-door hearing to protest impeachment inquiry

Awww, poor, unruly Republicans. Crying like babies because they don't have access to those hearings -- even though there are Republicans who serve on the investigating committees; and whining that this isn't an official impeachment inquiry because there was no House vote -- even though there's never been a House rule mandating a full House vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry.

Why hide?

Mic drop

Because this is an investigation. Like Mueller held investigations in secret. Witnesses cannot co-ordinate testimony.

Has the DOJ followed up the criminal referrals about this Ukraine scandal, the House would not have to do it themselves.

Before the previous impeachments, a Special Prosecutor was named (Cox, Starr, Mueller) held grand jury investigations and produced a report submitted to congress. The William Barr DOJ denied any investigation, a cover up.

Articles of Impeachment will be drafted in public hearings. This is the procedure laid out in the constitution.

Arguing process shows a lack of defense of the allegations. Why aren't Trumpians shouting about the allegations?

Then why not just do it? Quit hiding like a child behind closed doors.

Sunlight is the greatest cleansing agent available.

So witnesses cannot co-ordinate testimony. When are grand jury inquiries public? Why are Special Prosecutor's investigated in public?

As no special prosecutor was named to investigate the Ukraine scandal, the House has to do it themselves.

 

[g5000]

What's the matter? Where you all going?

Dollars to donuts sez these tards will be back to whine on command about closed door hearings in less than 48 hours.

 

[Jitss617]

House Republicans stormed a closed-door hearing Wednesday morning to protest Democrats' impeachment inquiry process, breaking up the deposition of a top Defense Department official who was testifying about President Trump's dealings with Ukraine.

Republicans storm closed-door hearing to protest impeachment inquiry

Awww, poor, unruly Republicans. Crying like babies because they don't have access to those hearings -- even though there are Republicans who serve on the investigating committees; and whining that this isn't an official impeachment inquiry because there was no House vote -- even though there's never been a House rule mandating a full House vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry.

Why hide?

Mic drop

Because this is an investigation. Like Mueller held investigations in secret. Witnesses cannot co-ordinate testimony.

Has the DOJ followed up the criminal referrals about this Ukraine scandal, the House would not have to do it themselves.

Before the previous impeachments, a Special Prosecutor was named (Cox, Starr, Mueller) held grand jury investigations and produced a report submitted to congress. The William Barr DOJ denied any investigation, a cover up.

Articles of Impeachment will be drafted in public hearings. This is the procedure laid out in the constitution.

Arguing process shows a lack of defense of the allegations. Why aren't Trumpians shouting about the allegations?

Then why not just do it? Quit hiding like a child behind closed doors.

Sunlight is the greatest cleansing agent available.

So witnesses cannot co-ordinate testimony. When are grand jury inquiries public? Why are Special Prosecutor's investigated in public?

As no special prosecutor was named to investigate the Ukraine scandal, the House has to do it themselves.

We’re not talking about an FBI agent here we are talking about the person voted on by most Americans to be our leader... stop hiding

 

[Nosmo King]

House Republicans stormed a closed-door hearing Wednesday morning to protest Democrats' impeachment inquiry process, breaking up the deposition of a top Defense Department official who was testifying about President Trump's dealings with Ukraine.

Republicans storm closed-door hearing to protest impeachment inquiry

Awww, poor, unruly Republicans. Crying like babies because they don't have access to those hearings -- even though there are Republicans who serve on the investigating committees; and whining that this isn't an official impeachment inquiry because there was no House vote -- even though there's never been a House rule mandating a full House vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry.

Why hide?

Mic drop

Because this is an investigation. Like Mueller held investigations in secret. Witnesses cannot co-ordinate testimony.

Has the DOJ followed up the criminal referrals about this Ukraine scandal, the House would not have to do it themselves.

Before the previous impeachments, a Special Prosecutor was named (Cox, Starr, Mueller) held grand jury investigations and produced a report submitted to congress. The William Barr DOJ denied any investigation, a cover up.

Articles of Impeachment will be drafted in public hearings. This is the procedure laid out in the constitution.

Arguing process shows a lack of defense of the allegations. Why aren't Trumpians shouting about the allegations?

No it’s not. It’s our reps asking questions in our house. With out us knowing.. why are they hiding?

Read paragraph 1 of my post again.

 

[martybegan]

House Republicans stormed a closed-door hearing Wednesday morning to protest Democrats' impeachment inquiry process, breaking up the deposition of a top Defense Department official who was testifying about President Trump's dealings with Ukraine.

Republicans storm closed-door hearing to protest impeachment inquiry

Awww, poor, unruly Republicans. Crying like babies because they don't have access to those hearings -- even though there are Republicans who serve on the investigating committees; and whining that this isn't an official impeachment inquiry because there was no House vote -- even though there's never been a House rule mandating a full House vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry.

Yes, because Dems have never pulled theatrics like this before.

Except when they do it the milquetoast press calls it "protesting" or "asserting their rights", or "forcefully proclaiming"

And the orwellian twats such as yourself ignore the obvious gaming of the language because you are either to stupid to figure it out, or too partisan hackish to care.

 

[Faun]

Because it isn't.
The left have abandoned their own agreement made in 1998.
Democrats have abandoned bipartisan format of Clinton impeachment
The Democrats are employing a far different procedure than the accord the parties arranged two decades ago when lawmakers weighed the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.

Democrats paid few compliments to the House Majority GOP in December 1998, when the party opened a formal impeachment inquiry into Clinton based largely on his tryst with a White House intern.


But Democrats at the time acknowledged the two parties cooperated significantly when it came to setting the rules for the inquiry, even though most Democratic lawmakers objected to impeachment.

The Clinton impeachment inquiry opened in December 1998 with a bipartisan agreement that the rules would be based on those used in 1974 during the impeachment investigation into President Richard M. Nixon. Those rules provided the minority with some rights, including the power to call witnesses and to seek authority to issue subpoenas.

The cooperative deal for the Clinton inquiry was struck by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde of Illinois, and the top Democrat on the panel, Rep. John Conyers, Jr., of Michigan.

It's legal politics but very underhanded and dirty.
Communist countries use this tactic of no representation.

Circumstances were different then. Back then, those cases were investigated by an Independent Counsel with the results handed to the Congress. That's not the case here. Now the Congress has to do its own investigation.