Coincidence that two Senators for the Comey hearing where getting their “nom nom” on at the White House the night before the hearing – PB/TK
Republicans dine at White House, then use Comey hearing to try to exonerate Trump – By Aaron Rupar / June 8 2017
Less than 48 hours before former FBI Director James Comey’s testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee and detailed a January dinner during which he claims President Trump asked him to pledge personal loyalty, two Republican members of committee dined with Trump at the White House.
Those members — Marco Rubio (FL) and Tom Cotton (AL) — then spent Thursday’s hearing trying to exonerate Trump of wrongdoing.
Rubio concluded his questioning time by suggesting the things Trump asked of his FBI director — including a personal loyalty pledge, a request to quash an investigation into one of his closest associates, and multiple requests to publicly exonerate him— were actually reasonable.
He then turned to a topic the Trump administration has tried to get the public to focus on instead of possible collusion with Russia — leaks.
“You know, this investigation is full of leaks, left and right,” Rubio said. “Do you ever wonder why of all the things in this investigation the only thing that’s never been leaked is the fact that the president was not personally under investigation, despite the fact that both Democrats and Republicans in the leadership of Congress knew that and have known that for weeks?”
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