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Zoe Lofgren: "We're Going To Re-Interview Secret Service Agents Who Lied To Us" (Original Post) SoCalDavidS Oct 2022 OP
Whoa uponit7771 Oct 2022 #1
I know. Igel Oct 2022 #11
Omg this is sickening. Arrest them first let them sit in jail for a while and then ask them if they Fullduplexxx Oct 2022 #2
Sounds Rebl2 Oct 2022 #5
Not a bad strategy. They may not know which texts have been recovered Raven123 Oct 2022 #3
Meanwhile is the SS going to do anything about the traitors in their midst or are there so many RockRaven Oct 2022 #4
Not a do-over. Jirel Oct 2022 #6
Shhhh - don't want pesky facts getting in the way of authoritarian righteousness AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2022 #8
Thank you mcar Oct 2022 #9
Zoe Lofgren has been great on the Committee!!! spanone Oct 2022 #7
Awesome. Were they sworn under oath to tell KPN Oct 2022 #10

Igel

(35,317 posts)
11. I know.
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 08:21 PM
Oct 2022

"You say X. That person said Y. You're lying."

Granted, the House committee has no "presumption of innocence," they're hardly supposed to be unbiased.

But to come out and say, "You're lying"? In other words, "You'e guilty of perjury"? Very prosecutorial. And very Executive.

There's fact finding. Legislative.

There's prosecuting. Executive.

There's being judge and jury. Reserved to the Judicial and the citizenry.

Fullduplexxx

(7,863 posts)
2. Omg this is sickening. Arrest them first let them sit in jail for a while and then ask them if they
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 05:27 PM
Oct 2022

Want to amend their statement

Raven123

(4,844 posts)
3. Not a bad strategy. They may not know which texts have been recovered
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 05:29 PM
Oct 2022

Could get as yet unknown information

RockRaven

(14,972 posts)
4. Meanwhile is the SS going to do anything about the traitors in their midst or are there so many
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 05:29 PM
Oct 2022

that the traitors are in fact the norm, in which case will their response be anything other than rolling their eyes and making a wanking gesture?

Jirel

(2,018 posts)
6. Not a do-over.
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 05:39 PM
Oct 2022

Y’all who are acting like this is some kind of special treatment, STOP. This is a committee catching out perjurers, and trying to get the truth. They can still be charged with, and convicted of, perjury. They can still be held in contempt of congress. If one of the rats breaks and spills all, they can decide to not charge, or do lesser charges. They’re literally hoping that one or more will rush to eat out the others for better treatment, and then they’ll definitely mail the others.

AZSkiffyGeek

(11,026 posts)
8. Shhhh - don't want pesky facts getting in the way of authoritarian righteousness
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 05:57 PM
Oct 2022

We must ignore justice and just get revenge!

KPN

(15,646 posts)
10. Awesome. Were they sworn under oath to tell
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 06:44 PM
Oct 2022

the truth for the first interviews? I’m assuming so from what I’ve gathered via hearings so far. If so, it seems they now have no where to go but the truth or jail and no more job. It would be good to hear the truth or even 5th amendment invoked from those SS who were complicit.

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