Rhona Graff, longtime Trump assistant, to be interviewed by House Intelligence Committee

[DonViejo]

Source: NBC News




DEC 22 2017, 6:01 AM ET

by MIKE MEMOLI

The House Intelligence Committee will question longtime Donald Trump associate Rhona Graff on Friday, the latest in a string of key interviews as the panel looks to conclude its probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

The committee’s closed-door meeting with Graff, who for over three decades was Trump’s gatekeeper at Trump Tower in Manhattan and ultimately a senior vice president of the Trump Organization, will be the second this week to take place at an undisclosed location in New York — over the objection of Democrats.

Most of the panel’s interviews have occurred at a secure location inside the U.S. Capitol and been led by the elected members of the committee. Though the House finished legislative business for the calendar year on Thursday, only a handful of lawmakers are expected to travel to New York for the closed-door meeting.

Democrats left Washington, D.C,, for the holiday recess Thursday after a new round of urgent warnings about what they portray as Republicans’ stepped-up efforts to undermine the Department of Justice investigation of potential collusion between Trump campaign officials and Russians.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/rhona-graff-longtime-trump-assistant-be-interviewed-house-intelligence-committee-n832056

[Achilleaze]

1. republican TreasonWeaselette*

* in fathful service to Comrade Casino, the ignoble, deceitful & predatory republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief.

[Iliyah]

2. For what? The committee run by GOPs are worthless.

Smoke scene, bullshit. We need actual patriots to do the job these GOPs ass kissers won't do.

[Scarsdale]

3. I would like to see

a list of the gop members on this "probe" Not a one can be trusted. IF they really were interested in TRUTH, the meetings would include both parties. Keeping it secret, and partisan gives the game away. Are they too dumb to understand that, or do they just not care?

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Here are the members

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence -

GOP members

HPSCI Majority Members

Devin Nunes, Chairman
22nd District of California

Mike Conaway
11th District of Texas

Peter King
2nd District of New York

Frank LoBiondo
2nd District of New Jersey

Tom Rooney
17th District of Florida

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
27th District of Florida

Michael Turner
10th District of Ohio

Brad Wenstrup
2nd District of Ohio

Chris Stewart
2nd District of Utah

Rick Crawford
1st District of Arkansas

Trey Gowdy
4th District of South Carolina

Elise Stefanik
21st District of New York

Will Hurd
23rd District of Texas

Democratic members

HPSCI Minority Members

Adam Schiff, Ranking Member
28th District of California

Jim Himes
4th District of Connecticut

Terri Sewell
7th District of Alabama

Andre Carson
7th District of Indiana

Jackie Speier
14th District of California

Mike Quigley
5th District of Illinois

Eric Swalwell
15th District of California

Joaquin Castro
20th District of Texas

Denny Heck
10th District of Washington

[Scarsdale]

5. No democrats are included in these particular meetings in NY.

It is not in DC. What the HELL are they hiding? I suspect Nunes, since he crept in the dark of night, to deliver to the WH the findings from the committee. He slipped away from his security detail. I wonder how much Russian money HE took?

[BumRushDaShow]

6. None of the articles I have found on this explictly say that

Most only parse it with the complaints from the ranking member (Adam Schiff), notably because of the timing of the tax giveaway vote and CR around the time of these interviews... But both of those pieces of legislation were completed early yesterday and I would expect either he and/or his staff are going to be there. When they say "Democrats have left...", well not ALL "Democrats" are on this committee. Republicans "left" too. This is specifically an issue with this committee.

A CNN article from last week had this -

(CNN) The House Intelligence Committee plans to hold two off-site interviews next week with high-profile witnesses who have ties to President Donald Trump, prompting grumbling among Democrats who contend that the GOP is rushing to wrap up the Russia probe, with more left to investigate.

The witnesses -- one is a Russian-American businessman, Felix Sater, and the other Trump's longtime personal assistant, Rhona Graff -- will be interviewed by Republican and Democratic staff next week in New York, two sources said. That could prevent lawmakers from interviewing the witnesses if they have to stay in town to vote on Capitol Hill, leaving the matter to committee staff.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/14/politics/house-intel-new-york-interviews/index.html

[smirkymonkey]

7. K&R