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Graham asking good questions but I feel like Clapper and Yates just helping to cover shit up.

 

[AndyD]

Yates says she can’t answer if she has evidence of collusion between Trump campaign and Russian gov bc it’s classified



No idea everyone freaks about everything here.

Yep. Graham is pushing at the disconnect between CIA and FBI stances on collusion.

Yates standing firm that cannot answer and it means neither yes nor no.

Also Graham on substantiation of the "dossier". CIA says they could not verify it.

 

[Slacker]

Missed it. What was the question and what was said?

Graham: Are you aware of evidence of collusion?

Yates: I can't answer as it would reveal classified information. Doesn't mean the answer is yes.

 

[Kurdel]

Nothing will come of this.

Hilarious considering what she is saying at this very instant

 

[SlipperyFishes]

This has all the trappings of a Tal Shiar grilling

 

[B-Dubs]

She said she can't speak to whether collusion occurred without revealing classified information.

She then clarified that this isn't necessarily a "yes they colluded" response.

 

[Buckle]

Nothing will come of this.

 

[PBY]

Uhh

Why are people freaking out?? I'm watching and I don't get it...

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Yates had two in-person meetings and one phone call about Flynn in JANUARY

 

[oti]

"some guy in England"

Sure, Graham.

 

[Lonewulfeus]

Clapper: "We couldn't corroborate" sourcing on the British dossier

At that time, it's been 4+ months since he's been involved at all and we've seen that parts of that dossier have been corroborated since Clapper left

 

[Chumley]

Uhh

Why are people freaking out?? I'm watching and I don't get it...

Me neither.

It sounded to me like Clapper is saying more things Trump likes to hear about not knowing shit about shit.

 

[Kurdel]

Uhh

Why are people freaking out?? I'm watching and I don't get it...

She declined to say if these was collusion because it would be revealing classified information.

The same as Comey said.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

Uhh

Why are people freaking out?? I'm watching and I don't get it...

Nothing to get excited about yet for sure. If they investigated if there was a pink bunny in my pants, and they were asked...they would have to say classified, even if they already had concluded the answer was no (or yes).

 

[rec0ded1]

She then clarified that this isn't necessarily a "yes they colluded" response.

Exactly. This is wak because she can't answer juicy shit and no one can take it as a yes or no so meh.

 

[Hubbl3]

Welp, I see Lindey Graham is chasing after what truly matters in this investigation.

 

[Extollere]

She declined to say if these was collusion because it would be revealing classified information.

The same as Comey said.

Didn't she also just say that he shouldn't draw the conclusion that the answer would be yes?

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Russia is literally attempting to destroy out country but yes Graham, focus on the unmasking you twat.

 

[Hesemonni]

I'm just being a realist :/

 

[oti]

LEAKS!!!!!1

 

[Boke1879]

If anyone thinks any accusation will be made right here y'all are delusional. Investigations are still going on and a lot of info is classified.

 

[Greigor The Fellhand]

Graham is starting to look and sound physical sick.

Voice startign to crack.


Ya, graham is worried. Yates got em. with that, I cannot comment on that as that would be classified

 

[smokeymicpot]

Sally Yates says she two in-person meetings and a phone call with Trump White House Counsel Don McGahn about Mike Flynn

 

[AndyD]

Graham on "how did it get to press"? Trump's earlier tweet.

Both say "no idea".

 

[Smiles and Cries]

shit they are never going to get a straight answer to these things come on, ask something they can answer

 

[Kurdel]

Didn't she also just say that he shouldn't draw the conclusion that the answer would be yes?

The investigation is ongoing, I am sure she would be more definitive if it was over, or things were discarded from the information.

 

[victreeb3l]

Graham sounds a lot younger and drunker than I imagined him to sound like

 

[B-Dubs]

Welp, I see Lindey Graham is chasing after what truly matters in this investigation.

He's doing Trump's work right now is all.

 

[everyday math]

Are they really going after the leaks?

 

[Metroidvania]

Russia is literally attempting to destroy out country but yes Graham, focus on the unmasking you twat.

Gotta get them leakers, doncha know.

 

[The Salt Life]

Uhh

Why are people freaking out?? I'm watching and I don't get it...

Because there is nothing to get, nothing happened yet, people are reacting the same way they have been reacting for months. When something big happens you'll get a million alerts on your phone from news organizations.

 

[PBY]

Graham is starting to look and sound physical sick.

Voice startign to crack.


Ya, graham is worried. Yates got em. with that, I cannot comment on that as that would be classified

Honestly feel like we're watching two different streams.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

Are they really going after the leaks?

Of course. That's all that matters---who betrayed Trump.

 

[PandaPandaPanda]

Are they really going after the leaks?

party before country

 

[theechrisfox]

Graham is such a piece of shit puppet.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Yates going in.

She knows a lot, I would read her tell all book if she could write one

 

[smokeymicpot]

Yates says she informed the WH counsel's office that Flynn had been interviewed by FBI. WH Counsel asked how he did.

 

[EatinOlives]

Are they really going after the leaks?

Yes of course. Its classic Republican deflection. When there's smoke, blame the smoke alarm.

 

[Ernest]

No idea everyone freaks about everything here.

Nothing will come of this.

This.

 

[everyday math]

Of course. That's all that matters---who betrayed Trump.

party before country

Yes of course. Its classic Republican deflection. When there's smoke, blame the smoke alarm.

Yuck

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

Honestly feel like we're watching two different streams.

People usually go in with pre-conceived ideas and determinations and look for things to help bolster their own beliefs

 

[plagiarize]

"General Flynn's underlying conduct was problematic in itself." Separate to misleading the White House.

Juicy.

 

[Buckle]

I'm just being a realist :/

I get it. I was just being cheeky with you.

I generally try to expect the worst (seems almost a given in anything politic related in the next four years) to protect myself so I can be surprisingly relieved when things turn out alright but just gotta be careful not to fall deep down that hole of expected disappointment so much that you start to become a defeatist.

 

[smokeymicpot]

Yates: "The Russians also knew what Gen. Flynn and done, and the Russians also knew that Gen. Flynn had misled..."
Yates: "And that had created a compromise situation"

Yates: McGahn asked me if Flynn should be fired. I said it wasn't our call. We were giving WH info so they could take action.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Yates states that Flynn could have been blackmailed by the Russians.

E: I just want to punch Graham in the face so fucking bad right now

 

[Maxim726X]

Haha 'Flynn may have been subject to blackmail'.

No big deal.

 

[TheCochese]

People usually go in with pre-conceived ideas and determinations and look for things to help bolster their own beliefs

Pretty much every political thread here.

 

[victreeb3l]

Lmao Graham still talking about unmasking lol

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Wiretapping... lol

 

[AndyD]

Graham on "incidental collection of info on any candidate."

Answers: Nothing from CIA, will not answer by Yates.