DC: Reporters have breathlessly covered the spending habits of Trump administration officials; however, outlets have almost completely ignored the $70,000 the FBI spent on former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s conference table.
Only a few conservative news sites seem to have covered the Justice Department’s attempt to hide McCabe’s expensive conference table from Congress, which Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley revealed in a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein sent Thursday.
Grassley, a Republican, listed the secret conference table as just one example of the DOJ improperly redacting information sent to Congress as part of the investigation into text messages between FBI lovers Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.
“On several occasions, my staff have requested that the Department of Justice provide the Committee with a redaction key, to no avail,” Grassley wrote to Rosenstein. “Thus, the Committee is still in the dark about the justification the Department is relying upon to withhold that information from Congress. ”
“As one example of redacted material, in a text message produced to the Committee, the price of Andrew McCabe’s $70,000 conference table was redacted.” Grassley wrote. “In another, an official’s name was redacted in reference to a text about the Obama White House ‘running’ an investigation, although it is unclear to which investigation they were referring.” more
wonder if it had a button built into it to lock the door, like Matt Lauer’s desk?
How much was the complete dining room set that the secretary of HUD rejected, like $38k?
That’s because the media sucks mightily.
@LCD – it was only $31k, but since Ben Carson is a Trump appointee, it was a huge scandal that threatened to chase him from his position at HUD. Even CNN says so.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/14/politics/ben-carson-dining-room-table/index.html
The media must not have found out about the table McCabe actually purchased yet or I’m sure they would be in a feeding frenzy about it.
sorry, but this bantering over $38k, or $31k, or $70k for a goddamned TABLE is exactly what’s wrong w/ The Swamp … how dare ANY public SERVANT think they are so special that their asses don’t stink like the rest of us footing the bills, that they can purchase such things with OUR money!
Damn! go to the IKEA catalog, pick something out & get maintenance to put it together (even they can figure out the non-verbal picture IKEA instructions … maybe) … you want something better? pay for it!
effin’ crooks, pederasts & thieves
Our press believes government is the new aristocracy. They’re good with that, apparently.
McCabe is an Evil Little fuck !
@ ML – what YOU said.
The desk should have cost about 5k the most made by a fine local carpenter.
They redacted because they were EMBARRASSED.
Sick of it.
what ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ said
Please, Mr. President; declassify a pile of stuff around this business. You can cut through this bullshit.
Then we can arrest these bastards and frog march them through the cameras.
Remember, we need to (figuratively) kill the queen to kill the hive, and that’s Barry. In a perfect he would go to jail, but I’ll take a (dare I say) Black Mark on his record
Fraud Before Integrity (F.B.I.) redacted the price for reasons of NATIONAL SECURITY, stupid.
The contempt they all show for taxpayer money is sickening. They squander confiscated money with abandon.
Remember that asshole with the gold chain and glass of wine in the hot tub at some “conference”.
“Where shall we go next time? Tahiti is getting to be a bore”
On the bright side Trump just signed an EO making it easier to fire some of these sub performing slugs. Time for a massive culling.
If a conservative shows up with an antique piece with family significance from their home….
“Ermagerd, that thing is GHASTLY and BENEATH the station his office represents, he should be ASHAMED….”
“WELL…. look who’s getting soooooooo comfortable he’s just moving on in like he OWNS the place….”
Anything someone does, they’ll pick it apart.
@Ohio Dan May 25, 2018 at 11:33 pm
> Our press believes government is the new aristocracy. They’re good with that, apparently.
What have you got against stable, two income families?
@Poor Lazlo May 26, 2018 at 5:09 am
> Please, Mr. President; declassify a pile of stuff around this business.
Godd thing that Wikileaks terrorist is buttoned up.