US Politics November 2017

Ted Bilbo was a Senator

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Trump campaign foreign policy advisor Carter Page has spent more than five hours behind closed doors w/ House Intel Cmte, w/o a lawyer.

— Ben Siegel (@benyc) November 2, 2017

xpost I thought Bilbo was a hobbit thank you drive through.

did someone say
https://i.imgur.com/u0nX81d.jpg

believe me, I tried to think of a more appropriate term

lol

Jeb Hensarling being dragged from his lair

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.sequart.org%2Fimages%2FStarship-Troopers-Brain-Bug-660x371.jpg&f=1

Fighting Baseball for Super Famicom: A League of Fake Americans POLL

Good god.

Now going on 6.5 hours and Page still there

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) November 2, 2017

All the committee members stumble out, having been driven insane Lovecraft-style.

Page seems like an idiot who just enjoys attention, I kinda doubt anything significant will come out of his babbling

That Page guy is nuts. 6.5 hours? No lawyer? Does he know that he's essentially under oath, and anything wrong can be used against him? So better theory is that he is ... cooperating.

Possible that one of them suggested a quick game of Catan before diving in to the questions

definitely think the best film that gets made about this administration is gonna be the one focusing on Carter Page

the day the indictments broke he appeared on Chris Hayes' show. meanwhile, on FOX, Tucker Carlson was interviewing the Dilbert guy. somehow that felt heavy with significance to me.

Does he know that he's essentially under oath, and anything wrong can be used against him?

He has a childlike but unwavering belief in his own innocence

dude has three passports

a couple of visas

Page is so slimy I wouldn't be shocked if his trip to Russia in July or whenever was at the behest of the FBI. Considering that George Papasfritas had been tied up with the law for almost a year before anyone really knew, and Page is more high profile than that.

By the way, every time I hear "George Papadopoulos" I think of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFqov8a9iL4

dude has three passports

and a partridge in a pear tree

"but i signed the immunity agreement!"
"mr page, that was a lunch order..."

dude has three passports

a couple of visas
and a partridge in a pear tree

The correct answer was: "You don't even know my real name."

also the Senate can't bring criminal charges against Page, and aren't connected to Mueller, so odds of him getting in some trouble over this are low imo

That Page guy is nuts. 6.5 hours? No lawyer? Does he know that he's essentially under oath, and anything wrong can be used against him? So better theory is that he is ... cooperating.

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, November 2, 2017 8:53 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

page is pretty useless as a cooperator - only way they'd give him a deal is if he has irrefutable goods on someone that they can apply without him ever having to testify in court. can you imagine this fucking moron testifying and not getting lit on fire by a good lawyer?

well yeah but I cannot imagine the House Intel Committee spending a single minute more than they have to with this guy. lord knows what they're talking about in there.

"I DID IT I DID IT AND I'M GLAD I TELL YOU."

"...we only asked your name?"

http://i.imgur.com/vB7YUZw.gif

Yam just called the tax bill "a big beautiful Christmas present"

If that George guy is seriously in the mix, then it would be a mistake to underrate Page as somehow too stupid and useless to have played a role in this mess.

I saw Page on Chris Hayes' show a few months ago. I've heard tamarind ducks talk that made more sense.

That Clovis guy, he's talking, too! If we dismissed anyone in this thing as too stupid we wouldn't be left with anyone.

idk the stupid and useless guys are often invaluable to investigations like these

Like these, aka, like Watergate.

They have to be privvy to valuable info, is the thing

Valuable is a vague term. If they have proof that Trump, or Sessions, or anyone lied, that seems valuable enough. And that's not much, all things considered.

GAH

Seven hours into Carter Page interview, Rep. Speier steps out and says “it’s gonna be awhile.”

The transcript of this hearing will be wild.

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) November 2, 2017

xpost Like, the George dude, he's a low level schlub by any account, and he got busted for lying about emailing Russians. That's a lower standard than Sessions's and Flynn's and Kush's infractions.

They have to be privvy to valuable info, is the thing

just remember, the guy at the top spilled highly classified information to the Russian ambassador in the Oval Office for literally no reason other than to brag. it would not surprise me if Page was just incidentally sitting on some sort of bombshell without really knowing it.

Everyone already knows Sessions lied. Trump lies on a daily basis. This is not prosecutable newd.

News

Lol

I'm sorry, in ILX lore this will go down as "nude"

send newds

First images from Page meeting leaked:

Josh Marshall had some thoughts about Papadopoulos that could easily apply to Page and Clovis as well.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/wrestling-with-the-fact-that-papadopoulos-is-a-moron

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/f5/37/f7/f537f71d486f840f8fc1448e73a1a014--you-smile-simpsons.jpg

ha, xpost

The thing about this rogue's gallery of useful idiots is that they're exactly the kind of low-hanging fruit the Russians would try to exploit.

Hmm

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/politics/jared-kushner-robert-mueller-documents-russia-investigation/index.html

Jared Kushner has turned over documents in recent weeks to special counsel Robert Mueller as investigators have begun asking in witness interviews about Kushner's role in the firing of FBI Director James Comey, CNN has learned....

Two separate sources told CNN that investigators have asked other witnesses about Kushner's role in firing Comey. Investigators have also asked about how a statement was issued in the name of Donald Trump Jr. regarding a Trump Tower meeting and about the circumstances surrounding the departures of other White House aides, according to one source.

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GOOD GOD

Carter Page has invoked the 5th, on his own without a lawyer, regarding document production, says House Intel member Speier. Which documents? "Any documents," she tells me.

— Billy House (@HouseInSession) November 2, 2017

what is even happening here

Lol ulysses