GOP Leaders Refusing To Pay For Dana Rohrabacher's Travel Over Russia Fears

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast




The California congressman had to pay his own way to visit Julian Assange this past August.

NICO HINES
SAM STEIN
10.24.17 11:22 AM ET

House Republican leaders have taken the extraordinary step of curtailing Rep. Dana Rohrabacher’s (R-CA) ability to conduct official business out of fear that he is too compromised by his ties to Russia. Rohrabacher has drawn scrutiny for his longstanding links with Moscow, his closeness to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, and his recent willingness to allow his subcommittee to be used for Kremlin propaganda purposes.

In response, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs has placed heightened restrictions on the trips abroad that he can take with committee money as well as the hearings he can hold through the subcommittee on Europe that he chairs.

When the California congressman made a pilgrimage this summer to see Assange, who is holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, he had to do it on his own dime. A congressional source told The Daily Beast that Rohrabacher had requested committee funding for the trip but was denied. The congressman’s staff confirmed that he ended up using his own money.

“His committee travel and hearing requests were curtailed following news accounts of his outside-the-box interest in Russia,” Rohrabacher’s communications director, Ken Grubbs confirmed to The Daily Beast.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-leaders-refusing-to-pay-for-dana-rohrabachers-travel-over-russia-fears

[Cryptoad]

1. GOP has more backdoor $$channels than,,,,

Carter has Liver Pills,,,,, I sure she will be taken care of!!!!!

[get the red out]

2. The guy is so obviously a Russian tool

But they just try to limit him, while he goes on doing the will of Putin. This is one hell of a sick reality we are in!

[Madam45for2923]

3. He also encouraged Russian Calexit!

[SunSeeker]

4. That treason weasel should be sharing a jail cell with the Dotard. nt

[lagomorph777]

5. Yeah, they'll both ending thinking inside the box...

a 6' x 8' box with a steel toilet and bunks.

[LiberalFighter]

6. The funding for his trips should be identified.

And then the group(s) funding it needs to be exposed so everyone knows.

[BigmanPigman]

7. Not only is he pals with Putin but he is also insane.

The fucking moron and he are so close they wouldn't need adjoining cells in prison since they are essentially the same person.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. "out of fear that he is too compromised by his ties to Russia"

You think??????

I'm glad they are figuring this out.

[orangecrush]

9. Kick

[NBachers]

10. What do you want to bet that this is his last term in the House? I can feel it.

[George II]

11. Putin will reimburse him, with interest.