Who The Fuck Has Testified

[mouseam (Ashley)]

A place for discussion of who has testified and their testimonies from Congressional Hearings, Mueller investigation interviews, etc.

Date	Who	Type	Committee
8/22	Fusion GPS	Closed - Transcript	Senate Judiciary
10/31	Social Media - Tech Companies	Open	Senate Judiciary
11/1	Social Media - Tech Companies	Open	House & Senate Intelligence
11/2	Carter Page	Closed - Transcript	House Intelligence
11/14	Jeff Sessions	Open	House Judiciary
11/14	Fusion GPS	Closed - Transcript	House Intelligence
11/14	Authority to Order the Use of Nuclear Weapons	Open	Senate Foreign Relations
11/15	Attacks on U.S. Diplomats in Cuba: Response and Oversight	Open	Senate Foreign Relations
11/30	Erik Prince	Closed - Transcript	House Intelligence
12/6	Donald Trump Jr	Closed	House Intelligence
12/13	Oversight Hearing - Rod Rosenstein	Open	House Judiciary
1/16	Steve Bannon	Closed	House Intelligence
1/16	Oversight Hearing - DHS Secretary Nielsen	Open	Senate Judiciary
1/17	Corey Lewandowski	Closed	House Intelligence
2/13	World Wide Threats Hearing	Open	Senate Intelligence

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Resource: CNN has a full interactive list of open and private hearings/interviews related to the Russia investigation(s).

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[MissJava]

Holy shit @mouseam this CP testimony is amazing. The Dunning-Kruger is strong in this one. At first I thought you had gone thru and edited for emphasis on some of the more noteable statements but then I realized that’s how he wrote his own letter.

I’m reading this at work so haven’t gotten very far, but I particularly enjoyed his many references to the “Dodgy Dossier,” and the handy dandy “toolbox”

(or a box made by a tool at least), and the Maya Angelou quote (which is actually just her quoting other philosophers, but OK) to demonstrate the violation of his civil rights omg I #canteven

And I’ve only read the letter he submitted, haven’t even gotten to the testimony! It’s so dramatic I ended up reading it all in Jon Stewart’s Lindsey Graham voice in my head.

[celena]

That is really painful to read. I have a headache after the bit you posted.

[mouseam (Ashley)]

@mouseam

Wed, 11/14: Jeff Sessions to testify to the House Judiciary Committee (open hearing)

Today’s Sessions hearing has been…uh, contentious, to say the least.

Follow along on Twitter with the hashtags #SessionsHearing and #JeffSessions.

[Mxdpoet (Jennifer Lisa Vest)]

Thanks for the annotated tidbits! Keep it coming! Love it!

[mouseam (Ashley)]

@mouseam

Thurs, 11/30 at 2pm EST: Erik Prince testifying in front of the House Intelligence Committee; the hearing is “open in a closed space” (closed hearing, but transcript to be released 3 days after) (Details)

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The Erik Prince/House Intelligence Committee transcript is now posted!

[mouseam (Ashley)]

@mouseam

Wed, 12/6: Donald Trump Jr testifying in front of the House Intelligence Committee in a closed door hearing

The craziest part is that Don Jr is citing attorney-client privilege about his conversations with his father. (Note: he doesn’t.)

Trump Jr. cites attorney-client privilege in not answering panel's questions...

Trump Jr. spends nearly 8 hours with House committee, bickers over comparison...

[mouseam (Ashley)]

What The Fuck is on the Calendar

I’m still patiently awaiting the day this release the Fusion GPS transcript. THAT is going to be pure gold …

Update on the transcript of Fusion GPS’s August interview
Rachel Maddow reported tonight that Fusion GPS’s lawyers have finished reviewing the transcript and sent it back to the committee. Senator Grassley promised back in August that he would put it to a vote in the committee to release it and would vote to release it.

We shall see if we actually get it!

[mouseam (Ashley)]

Fusion GPS is calling on Congress to finally release their transcript.

“Congress should release transcripts of our firm’s testimony, so that the American people can learn the truth about our work and most important, what happened to our democracy.”

Opinion | The Republicans’ Fake Investigations

[MissJava]

@mouseam

Fusion GPS is calling on Congress to finally release their transcript.

“Congress should release transcripts of our firm’s testimony, so that the American people can learn the truth about our work and most important, what happened to our democracy.”

I neeeeeeeeeed to see these…I’m trying to work on book report style of Carter page/Erik prince but I want this 21 hour transcript in front of my face and I will call in sick to work on it (bc it will make me sick, so that’s a valid call to my boss )

[mouseam (Ashley)]

@mouseam

Fusion GPS is calling on Congress to finally release their transcript.

Thanks to Senator Feinstein - we FINALLY have the Fusion GPS transcript! (At least from the 10 hours of the Judiciary committee interviews).

Read the full transcript of Glenn Simpson's Senate testimony

[mouseam (Ashley)]

re: Fusion GPS transcript

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This disastrous NYT story from October 2016, just keeps on making the rounds.

Investigating Donald Trump, F.B.I. Sees No Clear Link to Russia

As I mentioned when I was reading Collusion by Luke Harding, the story was outrageous once you put the timeline together and figure out that Steele met with NYT on the dossier PRIOR to publishing it.

Now, we learn from the Fusion GPS transcripts that the story also led to Steele no longer working with the FBI because he assumed it had been corrupted by Trump partisans.

Just imagine a timeline where NYT didn’t publish this story…
Because it was also published the same day that David Corn from Mother Jones published the first story regarding Steele and the dossier…

[mouseam (Ashley)]

Collection of tweets uncovered gems from the Fusion GPS transcript: here

I will be updating as I come across more.

[matt (Matt Kiser)]

Cross linking this shizz

Excerpts from the Fusion GPS testimony by Glenn Simpson to the Senate Judiciary Committee

Some highlights from the Fusion GPS transcript that Sen. Dianne Feinstein unilaterally dropped today: Seven references to “mafia” links. 20 references to Putin links. Trump repeatedly said he and his buildings were worth less than people and agencies imagined. The intelligence community seems to think Trump’s being blackmailed. The specific reason for the blackmail has to do with “Russians having cameras in all the luxury hotel rooms.” LINK TO FULL TRANSCRIPT: https://www.feinstein.senate.gov…

[mouseam (Ashley)]

I finally started reading this transcript from the beginning (instead what others are pointing out) and…oh. em. gee. The expression you can “cut the tension with a knife” is an understatement here…

[anon95374541]

Excerpts from the Fusion GPS testimony by Glenn Simpson to the Senate Judiciary Committee

Page 158-178 References the timeline that prompted Steele to go to the FBI with the first memo, the memo dated June 20, 2016 Around, July, 26 2016 Steele realizes that there may be potential threat to National Security. Quotes: “Chris said he was very concerned about whether this represented a national security threat and said he wanted to – he said he thought we were obligated to tell someone in government, in our government about this information. He thought from his perspective there was …

[mouseam (Ashley)]

Latest update re: Fusion GPS/Congressional Interview Transcripts

Tomorrow, the House Intelligence Committee at 9am EST will take a vote on whether to release the transcript from their interview with Fusion GPS. Only a simple majority is needed in order for the transcript to be released.

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Update: HPSCI could drop the transcript as early as today!

House Intel Will Release Fusion GPS Interview Transcript

(@MissJava: get ready! )

[MissJava]

Ahhhhh! MY BODY IS READY

[mouseam (Ashley)]

@mouseam

Tues, 1/16: Bannon to testify behind closed doors – House Intelligence Committee

This is getting interesting…

Trump Ordered Bannon to Limit Testimony

[mouseam (Ashley)]

It’s hereeeeee…

HPSCI & Fusion GPS Transcript!

• 1/18/18 Meeting to release Fusion GPS transcript: transcript
• 11/14/17 Fusion GPS & HPSCI interview: transcript

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And we’re off to a lovely start:

Trey Gowdy (p. 9):

“…but you also used the word “facts,” and what did you mean when you used the word “facts”?”

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Oh, boy…this is a train wreck:

Page 19:

MR. SIMPSON: Yes. I mean, I know that they are - the DNC is a client of Perkins Coie. I don’t - I didn’t see it – nobody gave me a document or informed me specifically of that.

MR. GOWDY: Did you think the law firm was just doing it on their own?

MR. SIMPSON: I’m sorry, I don’t understand your question.

MR. GOWDY: Did you think the law firm was just doing it on their own?

MR. SIMPSON: Doing what? Doing –

MR. GOWDY: Opposition research into candidate Trump.

MR. SIMPSON: No.

MR. GOWDY: Paying you to do opposition research into candidate Trump, did you think Perkins Coie was doing that on their own?

MR. SIMPSON: No, sir. What I’m trying to explain is that I have been in Washington for several decades, and I spent a lot of time on Capitol Hill and it was well-known to me that Perkins Coie represented the DNC.