Nadler: Comey Testimony ‘Waste Of Time,’ GOP Just Wants To Discredit Mueller

Rep. Jerrold Nadler on CNN Dec. 7, 2018
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Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, called former FBI Director James Comey’s closed-door testimony before Congress on Friday a “waste of time” meant only to give Republicans a chance to discredit special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.

“It’s a waste of time to start with,” he told reporters. “The entire purpose of this investigation is to cast aspersion on the real investigation, which is Mueller. There’s no evidence whatsoever of bias at the FBI or any of this other nonsense they’re talking about.”

Comey agreed to testify on Friday at House Republicans request under the pretense that a full transcript of the testimony be released afterwards. GOPers want to question Comey about his actions during the Hillary Clinton email investigation and the Russia probe.

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  1. Avatar for reggid reggid says:

    But what about Frederick Douglass’ Bowling Green emails??? What is the WITCH-HUNT hiding???

  2. Of course it was a waste of time. Number of people who are surprised at this: ZERO!!!

  3. Well of course the idea is if they’re investigating, there must be something to investigate. Me, if I were one of those GOP pukes, I’d soberly reflect on the possibility that this could come back to bite me.

  4. Think you probably hit the nail on the head.

  5. Avatar for schmed schmed says:

    Comey agreed to testify on Friday at House Republicans request under the pretense that a full transcript of the testimony be released afterwards.

    Wow. So the way to get Comey to comply is to pretend that you’re gonna do what he wants. Good thing he never did anything important like run a major criminal investigation / law enforcement agency…

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