During present-day Household hearing with FBI Director Wray, Rep. Ted Lieu systematically took apart and destroyed Household Republicans’ statements of ‘malfeasance versus Trump by the FBI’ when he outlined numerous of those people Trump World criminals observed responsible even though a Trump appointee was in cost of the Justice Division.
Trump consistently claimed he only hires only the ideal people. (Giggle if you remember to)
REP TED LIEU: I will talk to you a sequence of primary thoughts to get the details out to the American persons about our procedure of justice. Roger Stone was convicted in a federal court, right?
FBI DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER WRAY: Which is my recollection.
LIEU: Trump donor Elliott Brady was convicted in a federal courtroom, right?
WRAY: Also, my recollection.
LIEU: The attorney basic at the time for all those two convictions was Monthly bill Barr. Which president nominated Invoice Barr for legal professional common?
WRAY: President Trump.
LIEU: Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen was convicted on two independent instances in federal court docket, proper?
WRAY: I believe that’s right.
LIEU: The AG at the time of Cohen’s second conviction was Matthew Whitaker, which president appointed Matthew Whitaker as performing lawyer general?
WRAY: President Trump.
LIEU: Trump’s previous campaign manager Paul Manafort was convicted in a federal courtroom, suitable?
WRAY: Indeed.
LIEU: Trump’s previous deputy marketing campaign manager Mr. Gaetz was convicted in a federal courtroom, right?
WRAY: Which is my recollection.
LIEU: Trump’s marketing campaign international plan adviser, George Papadopoulos, was convicted in a federal courtroom, suitable?
WRAY: Certainly, he plead responsible.
LIEU: The Lawyer Standard at that time in these three instances was Jeff Classes. Which president nominated Jeff Periods for Lawyer Common?
WRAY: President Trump.
LIEU: Which president nominated you for FBI Director?
WRAY: President Trump.
LIEU: What these specifics demonstrate is we really don’t have a two-tiered program of justice. We have 1 Section of Justice that goes soon after criminals, irrespective of social gathering ideology. It is not the fault of the FBI that Donald Trump surrounded himself with criminals. Donald Trump introduced that down on himself. Thank you for exposing the cesspool of corruption of these Trump associates.
Rep. Jim Jordan and the entire caucus of Dwelling Republicans’ sole goal is to operate interference for the criminality of Donald Trump and to intimidate any law enforcement agency that dares to do their task.
Ted Lieu just flattened their arguments.
