Were the Republicans who stormed the closed hearings trying to intimidate the witness??

[Peacetrain]

Was Cooper? (can't remember the name.. ) in the room when they Republicans stormed the room.. apparently this was set up a week ago... can they be held accountable for intimidating a witness??

[Mme. Defarge]

1. Good question.

[Peacetrain]

3. We are sitting here thinking (hubby and I) that someone needs to be arrested

Apparently they had planned this action a week ago.. these are people not on these committees.. there are already 40 republicans who sit on the committees in there.. they have no right to be in there.. what else could it be.. intimidation of witnesses... this smells to high heaven and somebody should be cooling their heels in the local jail.. mainly those nimrods who did that..that is against the law

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Makes little difference-- they broke a dozen laws and rules...

just breaking in there.

[Peacetrain]

4. Amen to that

[onenote]

11. Name them.

No one is getting arrested. The immunity provided by the Constitution's Speech and Debate Clause has been interpreted broadly and its in the interest of Democratic members to keep it that way. However, the GOPers who pulled this stunt can and should be censured. (Heck, I'd argue that they should be expelled but that would take a 2/3 vote and that's never going to happen and wouldn't be attempted.

[TreasonousBastard]

13. I can't name them, but that room is a secure area and...

entrance is by invitation only, with no cellphones or recording devices allowed.

Imagine how far these assholes would get mobbing a nuclear site or an aircraft carrier. Or a Joint Chiefs meeting.

Speech and debate is one thing. Security is quite another.

[onenote]

14. Correct. And what they did violated the Intelligence Committee rules

And violations of the Committee's rules aren't criminal offenses and, by the terms of those rules, are handled by referral to the Ethics Committee.

[Leghorn21]

5. They should sure as hell be charged with that, train - I sure feel bad for Laura Cooper, hope these

FELONS didn’t shake her up too badly

[Peacetrain]

7. I have been waiting for these traitorous bastards to be held accountable

and this is something everyone can understand

[StarfishSaver]

6. I don't think so because I don't think they thought that far ahead

I believe they were just trying to make a public spectacle for FOX News, hoping the mainstream media would get distracted, too.

Fail.

[Peacetrain]

8. Makes no difference if they did not think that far ahead..

breaking into a hearing in mass and shouting has to be construed as witness intimidation.. and that sounds like hard time to me

[StarfishSaver]

12. True

I just don't think they were smart enough to think through all of the ramifications of their little stunt.

[Gothmog]

9. These idiots were trying to imitate the 2000 Brooks Brother riot

Link to tweet

[Peacetrain]

10. Time to make an example of these people.. haul the off to jail