Sen. Lindsey Graham has heard Pres. Trump and is setting the foundation to begin his first Judiciary Committee hearing called Crossfire Hurricane for next Wednesday

His first witness? Former Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein.

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Be careful Lindsey. Rosenstein is a weasely bureaucrat. He’ll double-speak and triple-think his way around any questions. Always assuming there are questions and not just grandstanding speeches by the senators.

Much of this dog and pony show will be, “I cannot discuss classified information in a public setting.” I would be very surprised if Rosenstein pleads the 5th.

[Fox News] Former acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will be the first witness to testify in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s investigation into the origins of the Russia probe.

The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., announced Wednesday that Rosenstein is scheduled to testify before the committee on June 3 at 10:00 a.m.

The hearing, according to the committee, will be titled “Oversight of the Crossfire Hurricane Investigation: Day 1.”

“Crossfire Hurricane” is the FBI’s internal code name for the bureau’s original investigation into whether members of the Trump campaign were colluding with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election. That investigation was launched by the FBI in July 2016. Former special counsel Robert Mueller’s team eventually announced that it found no evidence of coordination.

It’ll make good entertainment, but what’s really coming out of these hearings? Answer – about as much as came out of the Benghazi hearing, the Lois Lerner hearings and all the other hearings chaired by the GOP – absolutely nothing.

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Rosenstein is the first witness called to testify before the panel as part of its investigation, which Graham laid out the parameters for earlier this month. Graham noted that the committee will, among other things, look at “whether Robert Mueller should have ever been appointed as special counsel.”

Rosenstein, in May 2017, appointed Mueller as special counsel.

Rosenstein also penned the “scope memo” for Mueller’s investigation in August 2017, which outlined the authority of Mueller. Earlier this month, the memo was released in full, and revealed for the first time that Mueller’s authority went significantly beyond what was previously known.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2BEbVXkWE8&feature=youtu.be

Congress can’t prosecute so that’s a problem. However, John Durham can, so anyone who comes before Graham’s committee should know they’ll be listened to closely.

Remember, Rod was accused of wearing a wire to get to Trump? Andrew McCabe that accused him so as said I’ll wait and see what happens.

 

 

This piece was written by Wayne Dupree on May 27, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com and is used by permission.

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