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Home Front: Politix
Pelosi Holds Emergency Call With Democratic Caucus Over Mueller Report. Here's What Transpired
[Townhall] Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Saturday held an emergency phone call with Democratic members of Congress.

She sent her colleagues the following letter, letting them know about the call and what the dicussion would entail (emphasis mine):
Dear Democratic Colleague,

Today, we are having an emergency Caucus conference call at 3:00 p.m. E.T. to discuss the transmittal of the Mueller report to the Department of Justice (DOJ). While we do not know the substance of the report, we will have the relevant Committees of jurisdiction on the call today to update Members on where we go from here.

Leader Schumer and I yesterday issued a joint statement reiterating Democrats’ call for transparency, stating that, "Now that Special Counsel Mueller has submitted his report to the Attorney General, it is imperative for Mr. Barr to make the full report public and provide its underlying documentation and findings to Congress." Our six distinguished Committee chairs of jurisdiction also stated their call for transparency in a joint statement available here.

This transparency is even more urgent because of Attorney General Barr’s letter to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees yesterday in which he writes, "I am reviewing the report and anticipate that I may be in a position to advise [the Judiciary Committee Chairs and Ranking Members] of the Special Counsel’s principal conclusions as soon as this weekend." We are insisting that any briefings to any Committees be unclassified so that Members can speak freely about every aspect of the report and not be confined to what DOJ chooses to release publicly.

Even if DOJ chooses not to prosecute additional individuals, the underlying findings must be provided to Congress and the American people. The Attorney General’s offer to provide the Committees with a summary of the report’s conclusions is insufficient. Congress requires the full report and the underlying documents so that the Committees can proceed with their independent work, including oversight and legislating to address any issues the Mueller report may raise.

The American people deserve the truth. I have great confidence in our Committee Chairs and Members to honor our Congressional responsibility For the People.

Thank you for your leadership.

According to POLITICO, Pelosi told those on the call she believed Barr would be rather tight-lipped about what was in the report:

Posted by: Besoeker || 03/24/2019 05:44 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Be careful what you ask for, Nancy.
Posted by: Clem || 03/24/2019 7:46 Comments || Top||

#2  She knows there will be some things in the report that legally must be redacted, so by demanding full release she knows she will be able to claim a victimhood victory.
Posted by: Glenmore || 03/24/2019 7:50 Comments || Top||

#3  Today, we are having an emergency Caucus conference call at 3:00 p.m. E.T.

Sorry I couldn't make it - Wofford almost beat Kentucky during that stretch, and that would've been a bigger upset than... Trump beating Clinton!
Posted by: Raj || 03/24/2019 9:19 Comments || Top||

#4  The American people deserve the truth.

Well Fancy Pantsy Nancy, when did you ever consider the American people? And when did you ever care about transparency in government when the Demonrats were in power?

Yes, let's do have transparency. Let's take a look at it all--something that was never done during the Obama admin. Let's start with the previous 8-year admin.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/24/2019 9:29 Comments || Top||

#5  Even the mainstream media will have a tough time salvaging Democrat credibility after this hoax has been revealed for what it is. Nancy knows that and she's freaking out, grasping for straws like transparency to keep her party afloat.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/24/2019 14:05 Comments || Top||

#6  And, yes, there may be certain people mentioned in the report whose names will be withheld because, even though they are mentioned, Mueller couldn't find enough evidence to indict them let alone get a conviction. Nancy has no right to smear those people just because Mueller squandered so much time and money looking into their affairs.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/24/2019 14:17 Comments || Top||

#7  Can't help wondering what they'd find if they spent two years and $30 million investigating Madam Pelosi.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/24/2019 14:22 Comments || Top||

#8  Barr's summary - no collusion, does not prosecute or exonerate Trump wrt obstruction.

Suck it up, Nancy.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/24/2019 16:08 Comments || Top||

#9  Trump Jr has been awesome fearlessly going after the dims on Twitter during the two year investigation. Murdoch should sell Fox to him.
Posted by: Ebbavirt Clunk4147 || 03/24/2019 18:42 Comments || Top||

#10  "Son?"
"Yes, Father?"
"Keep throwing those bull turds at the barn wall and let's see what sticks!"
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 03/24/2019 22:11 Comments || Top||

#11  Obama gutted the Democrats and they loved him for it because they didn't see what was happening. Nancy continued to cover things up as best she could but that has now been exposed. Interesting times.

Unfortunately most Democrat voters seem immune to facts so the Democrats will likely survive.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 03/24/2019 23:50 Comments || Top||


Battle over Mueller report to be pressed by Democrats
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Within minutes of receiving notification that special counsel Robert Mueller had turned over his report on the Russia investigation, congressional Democrats were calling for the report to be fully released, including the underlying evidence. They have threatened subpoenas if it is not.

The demands are setting up a potential tug of war between congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
’s administration that federal judges might eventually have to referee.
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Posted by: Fred || 03/24/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The dems really really need to watch this fun video of Trump pre-politics.

Posted by: 3dc || 03/24/2019 1:59 Comments || Top||

#2  What would be really funny would be if the Mueller report had all kinds of "poison pills" in the report making recommendations for further investigations of the Dems ...and their demands for transparency would be their own undoing.

Forgive the flights of fantasy this Sunday morning.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/24/2019 9:50 Comments || Top||

#3  My prediction is the American people are sick of this crap, especially now that it's a nothing burger. Attempts to drag it on will go very badly with the center very quickly.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 03/24/2019 23:47 Comments || Top||


MSNBC's Chris Matthews livid over Mueller report: ‘How could they let Trump off the hook?'
[FOX] MSNBC host Chris Matthews expressed outrage on Friday upon hearing reports that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had completed his Russia investigation and submitted it to the attorney general -- with further indictments not expected.

Matthews began his show by summarizing the breaking news, but stressed that Mueller handed his report to the Department of Justice "without ever directly interviewing the president of the United States."

"That means no charges against the president, his children or his associates after all those meetings with the Russians," a visibly upset Matthews told his viewers.

The liberal cable news host opened the discussion to the panel, telling them his "biggest question" was "How can the president be pointed to as leading collusion with Russia, aiding a Russian conspiracy to interfere with our elections if none of his henchmen, none of his children, none of his associates have been indicted?"

NBC News national security reporter Ken Dilanian responded by telling Matthews that Trump couldn’t be indicted "in a criminal sense" since Mueller’s office "didn’t have it," adding that the president "couldn’t conspire with himself."
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/24/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  We don't walk around this Country trying to lock people up you fascist pig.
Posted by: newc || 03/24/2019 2:15 Comments || Top||

#2  Pass The Popcorn :)
Posted by: Ebbavirt Clunk4147 || 03/24/2019 2:33 Comments || Top||

#3  It's pretty bad when you spout so many lies that you, yourself believe yhem.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 03/24/2019 2:41 Comments || Top||

#4  I can’t stand to listen to him. However I watched enough to hear him basically convict Trump, his kids and associates of baseless crimes. This chap needs to be put down.
Posted by: Tyranysaurus Clavith3514 || 03/24/2019 4:47 Comments || Top||

#5  Roll the clips of Matthews talking about how fair and full of integrity Mueller is, when he was appointed special counsel
Posted by: Airandee || 03/24/2019 8:10 Comments || Top||

#6  Of course they're agitated. They found out they sold their souls for nothing.
Posted by: Lionel McCoy1282 || 03/24/2019 8:18 Comments || Top||

#7  -- oops that was me.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/24/2019 8:19 Comments || Top||

#8  They found out they sold their souls for nothing

and they were adequately ccompensated
Posted by: Frank G || 03/24/2019 8:54 Comments || Top||

#9  Well their souls weren't worth anything....
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/24/2019 9:17 Comments || Top||

#10  Check your leg Chris. No tingling anymore? Maybe it's "tinkling" that you are feeling. Time for a change of underwear.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/24/2019 9:23 Comments || Top||

#11  This is the main reason I watched CNN and MSNBC during Election Night 2016, to see every single one of them flip out and get depressed / half suicidal right on camera as the reports of a Trump victory became clear. Highly recommended for 2020!
Posted by: Raj || 03/24/2019 9:35 Comments || Top||

#12  Heh. I did the same thing.
Posted by: gorb || 03/24/2019 12:58 Comments || Top||

#13  "How could they let Trump off the hook?"

Maybe because he didn't commit any crimes?
Posted by: Tom || 03/24/2019 13:29 Comments || Top||

#14  Couldn't Mueller have drug it out a little longer so we could have "Fitzmas in July?"
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/24/2019 14:29 Comments || Top||

#15  This behavior is so typical of the left. Psychotic and close minded. So many especially women angry and hate filled. So prone to violence as well. I keep my distance. You cannot reason with them. For myself I refer to them as zombies. The time of crossing over the isle is long gone. like Venezuela they will have to stew in their own pot of brew.
Posted by: Dale || 03/24/2019 14:44 Comments || Top||

#16  If only Trump could've got mueller to carry on a bit longer.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 03/24/2019 17:29 Comments || Top||

#17  They have no souls to sell.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 03/24/2019 19:11 Comments || Top||

#18  Mathews hoped they could drag out the lies until after the next election.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 03/24/2019 23:45 Comments || Top||



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