Gingrich: Congress has an 'obligation' to call Obama to testify on Russia
Source: Politico
By LOUIS NELSON 06/27/2017 10:20 AM EDT
Congressional committees in both the House and Senate have an obligation to call in former President Barack Obama to testify as to what his administration knew regarding Russias campaign to interfere in last years presidential election and when it became aware of those efforts, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Tuesday morning.
Guess what's about to happen: The Congress is about to have to call Barack Obama in to testify under oath about when he knew about Russia meddling, Gingrich said on Fox Newss Fox & Friends. Who told him? Why did he do nothing? Who was in the meetings when he decided to do nothing? It's going to turn out, yes, there's a big Russian story. It's Barack Obama. Not Donald Trump. And you cannot make this stuff up.
Obamas response to the Russian campaign of cyberattacks has come under increased scrutiny in recent days since the publication of a Washington Post report detailing how and when the former president became aware of the Kremlins efforts as well as what retaliatory steps were taken. Obama was first made aware of the Russian cyberattack campaign in August, according to the Post.
Denis McDonough, Obamas White House chief of staff, defended his former bosss handling of the attacks in an interview with the Post, but another, unnamed administration official said that the Obama administration had choked in dealing with Russias interference efforts.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/27/obama-russia-investigation-newt-gingrich-239997
Freethinker65
(10,034 posts)Do you really want to remind the country what a statesman, and how presidential, Obama is/was?
Of course you don't. You just want some free publicity and some media time to make some $$$ and gin up your base a bit. Pathetic actually.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,209 posts)Then he can let everybody know that the Dems in the secret meeting wanted to release the info and the GOP didn't.
itcfish
(1,828 posts)Do you want the country to hear the truth?
wryter2000
(46,076 posts)And the Repigs might not like what he had to say.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,157 posts)Gingrich and Drumpf are rank amateurs compared to Obama.
nikibatts
(2,198 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)you lazy bums.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)a kennedy
(29,696 posts)Botany
(70,561 posts)Obama knows everything and if he spilled his guts in public it would
be very bad for Trump.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)fools like trump.
Nictuku
(3,617 posts)nini
(16,672 posts)Give them the rope to hang themselves.
C_U_L8R
(45,018 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,816 posts)or maybe it was China (oh, wait, that's climate change). But just now Newt (whose nickname is of a harmless semiaquatic salamander; he really should be nicknamed something like Sea Slug or Naked Mole Rat) has decided the hack was real after all and Obama didn't do anything about it, because... why? Because Obama wanted the Russians to help Trump win? Because Obama has been doing sketchy deals with Russian oligarchs for years and doesn't want anyone to find out he was laundering Russian money by investing it in glitzy hotels?
Yep, that's gotta be it.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)My President is 1,000 time smarter than you dumb asses! Please, please, please call him to testify!
If nothing else, it would be nice to be reminded of what a real, patriotic leader looks and acts like!
itcfish
(1,828 posts)famous "Oh Lordy I hope so"
northoftheborder
(7,572 posts)J_William_Ryan
(1,756 posts)UT_democrat
(143 posts)is on a book tour. that's it. He needs to go the fuck away
DRoseDARs
(6,810 posts)And a president can declassify as they see fit. You sure you want to step on that landmine just to stick it to the uppity negro, Newt? I don't think Obama will be the one getting a leg blown off, that's not how landmines work....
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)I assume that's why he's trying to distract like this. President Obama testifying under oath would probably backfire on them hugely.
Blue Idaho
(5,054 posts)To fuck off. What a failure.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)The Republicans will regret it, though. Just like when they had Hillary testify thinking it'd be a big "gotcha" moment.
And if Obama testifies, then so should Trump.
gademocrat7
(10,665 posts)Newt is past his sell by date.
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)Zorro
(15,748 posts)He's disgraced himself repeatedly over the past 30 years with ethics violations and marital infidelities, so he really doesn't have a reputation to lose.
truthisfreedom
(23,152 posts)Nor does anyone else.