DC: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is pressing House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff for answers about his interactions with Glenn Simpson, the founder of the opposition research firm behind the Democrat-funded Steele dossier.
In a statement released on Friday, McCarthy questioned whether Schiff, a California Democrat, should recuse himself from the Intelligence panel’s Russia investigation because of a meeting he had with Simpson at the Aspen Security Forum in July 2018.
“Given Chairman Schiff’s previous underlying rationale when calling for others to recuse themselves from Russia-related investigations, in order to avoid charges of hypocrisy or perceived bias, should Chairman Schiff recuse himself from his intended investigations after meeting with a witness of an ongoing investigation?” McCarthy asked.
The Schiff-Simpson meeting has come under scrutiny because of Simpson’s role in pushing the unverified Trump-Russia collusion conspiracy theory. Simpson has also been accused by some Republican lawmakers of lying to the House Intelligence Committee about his interactions with government officials while working on the dossier.
During testimony to the House panel on Nov. 14, 2017, Simpson withheld that he met with Justice Department official Bruce Ohr prior to the November 2016 election. Simpson said that he met Ohr only after the election. But Ohr told Congress on Aug. 28, 2018 that he and Simpson met on Aug. 22, 2016 at Simpson’s request. They met again on Dec. 10, 2016.
Ohr’s wife worked as a contractor for Fusion during the 2016 campaign. And after the election, Ohr served as the back channel between the FBI and Christopher Steele, the former British spy who worked for Fusion GPS on the dossier project.
During the same testimony in which Simpson has been accused of lying, Schiff sought investigative leads from the Fusion GPS founder.
McCarthy asserted that it is “virtually unprecedented … that a now Chairman of an investigative committee would seek direction from a fatally biased witness who was actually paid by political opponents to uncover dirt on the President.” more here
“You say that you were just exchanging pleasantries when you met Simpson, well OK, that’s good enough for me”.
It’s called “Conspiracy to Commit Treason.”
Used to be frowned upon.
Nowadays, Treason in the Service of Socialism is a Virtue.
(see: Reid, Pelosi, Gruber, Obola, Schiff, Biden, Ocasio-Cortez, Waters, Wilson, Jackson-Lee, Cummings, Lewis, Booger, Cuomo, Brown, Harris, &c.)
izlamo delenda est …
Just exchanging pleasantries?
Wuz that oral or hand?
Sounds like another democrap double standard. Other wise normal BS.
Just exchanging pleasantries, just like Lynch and Bubba on the tarmac. No problem.
Pressing Schitt! More like it.
McCarthy wouldn’t have been able to do anything if GPS and Schiff colluded and leaked information to the press.
McCarthy is like Ryan, Boehner and every other RINO. Get the media attention and do nothing, isn’t that right trey gowdy?
What, me worry? I’m sure schiffhead has his Teflon underwear on.
Questioned? Recusal. What a bathetic RINO!
Recusal is to avoid the mere appearance of impropriety. Might Schiff having a
tarmacprivate meeting with one of the Clintons’ bagmen look like it might be corrupt? That is the standard for recusal.Was it corrupt is the standard for
prosecutiona matter.(No, chillens, it’s not too early to ask if McCarthy’s “mis-remembering” what “recusal” is for, is — itself — improper or corrupt.)
There is no should recuse HIMSELF. He MUST RECUSE HIMSELF IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS WITNESS TAMPERING AT LEAST AND OR SUBORNING PERJURY AS WELL. There needs to be and Independent counsel to investigate him and all the democrat shenanigans in this whole sordid pile of dung.
SCHIFFLESS!!!
I bet those bug-eyes will be TWICE as bugged, when big ol’ BUBBA snuggles up to you in PRISON that first night! 😆