McConnell Doesn’t Want A Select Panel Investigating Russian Hacking

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 12, 2016, following a Republican policy luncheon. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is opposed to forming a select committee to investigate reports that Russia meddled in the U.S. election.

In an interview with Kentucky Educational Television that was flagged by the Huffington Post, McConnell said that it was “a matter of genuine concern and it needs to be investigated,” but he argued the investigation would be best handled through the existing committee structure.

McConnell said in the interview he was confident that the Senate Intelligence Committee led by Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) was “fully capable” of handling the investigation.

McConnell’s position runs contrary to the position of Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), Linsey Graham (R-SC), Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Jack Reed (D-RI), who all penned a letter last week requesting the special formation of a select committee to handle the matter.

“This cannot become a partisan issue. The stakes are too high for our country. We are committed to working in this bipartisan manner, and we will seek to unify our colleagues around the goal of investigating and stopping the grave threats that cyberattacks conducted by foreign governments pose to our national security,” the senators wrote in their letter.

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  1. Of course he doesn’t want a select panel. That might mean that there were some competent senators–people like Sheldon Whitehouse–who would ask real questions instead of just making speeches. Why, there might be some real investigating done! Can’t have that.

  2. The Russians accomplished exactly what we asked them to .
    What’s to investigate?
    We’re all comrades now

  3. There is a clear case for Trump’s impeachment using the emoluments clause (see link below). As long as Mitch has that, he’ll get whatever he wants from Donald. Mitch doesn’t want anything to mess up his plan by getting rid of Donald too soon.

    Excerpt:
    But even if that never happens, Trump’s potential impeachability will make for a very strange dynamic. “When this guillotine might fall is a matter of political more than legal calculation, and is thus beyond the scope of our analysis,” write the authors. “Likewise, just how the ongoing prospect of such an ignominious end to a Trump presidency would embolden his political adversaries at home and abroad, and undermine his legitimacy in the eyes of the American public and global community, is impossible to predict.” If their legal analysis is correct, we appear headed toward an unpresidented situation.

  4. Not to mention, any investigation would jeopardize the “hostage” situation the Russians have in the form of RNC e-mails.

    No investigation, the hacked e-mails will remain undisclosed.

  5. That’s because McConnell is a complete sack of shit who would commit treason and roast a baby if he believed it would gain a single additional Republican vote. He’s an amoral coward of the absolute highest order and doesn’t give one iota about our democracy or this country. Party before everything.

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