Burr Notes Sessions’ Testimony Is Intel Committee’s Fifth Open Hearing On Russian Interference

Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., left, confers with Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., chairman of the Intelligence Committee as the panel questions top national security chiefs about the  gathering of intelligence on foreign agents, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., left, confers with Chairman Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., as the panel questions top national security chiefs about the gathering of intelligence on foreig... Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., left, confers with Chairman Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., as the panel questions top national security chiefs about the gathering of intelligence on foreign agents, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS

The chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), emphasized the committee’s commitment to open hearings on Tuesday, in his opening statement before Attorney General Jeff Sessions addressed the committee.

The intelligence community over which the committee had oversight jurisdiction, Burr said, “is a large and diverse place,” and there have been many more hearings held than just those focused on Russia.

“But I also recognize the gravity of the committee’s current investigation and the need for the American people to be presented the facts so that they might make their own judgments,” Burr said. “It is for that reason that this committee has now held its tenth open hearing of 2017, more than double that of the committee in recent years, and the fifth on the topic of Russian interference.”

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  1. rambling

    The huffy act smeared with a thick layer of God and “colleagues” further embarrasses Jeffie.

  2. So, what did Rogers tell you yesterday, Senator?

  3. Personally, I find this cracker jack-ass’ drawl the most grating regional accent in America.

  4. As staged and ineffectual as yesterday’s Cabinet of the Unfit fluffing…

  5. Avatar for timbo timbo says:

    Lawdy me - we had, by the unanimous conclusion of our various intelligence agencies, a massive infiltration into our democratic elections by a hostile adversary, with mounting circumstantial evidence of collusion by Trump associates- and we’ve already had ten whole hearings about it - can ya believe it?!

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