Rooney: Entire Republican Staff of House Intelligence Committee Is Under Investigation

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Source: motherjones




Kevin DrumFeb. 8, 2018 1:41 PM



Rep. Tom Rooney says the atmosphere on the House Intelligence Committee is “absolute poison”:

Rooney said one reason for the tension is an erosion of trust, exacerbated by an ongoing ethics investigation into the “entire Republican staff,” including “the woman up front that answers the phone” for alleged leaks. He later added that the matter was being handled by the Office of Congressional Ethics.....................................

Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2018/02/rooney-entire-republican-staff-of-house-intelligence-committee-is-under-investigation/

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[Stuart G]

1. Wow..entire Republican staff on a Congressional Committee? wait a minute, "Intelligence Committee

So.........how intelligent were the staff members of the "Intelligence Committee"?

answer please???

[FakeNoose]

46. "Dear Representative Rooney"

If you're not part of the solution, you're definitely part of the problem.

[Mc Mike]

2. Poor Repuglicans.

It's Tom's party, and he'll cry if he wants to..

[BumRushDaShow]

5. ...

[Mc Mike]

7. Sounds like a great party.

Let's all go over to Leslie's house and watch her cry.

Or Tom's house, I mean.

[Angry Dragon]

56. KICK

[MontanaMama]

3. Whoa Nellie.

This seems like a big deal. Who is in the Office of Congressional Ethics? Can they be trusted? I'm embarrassed that I don't know.

[certainot]

13. that's another committee run by republicans.......

[MontanaMama]

14. Oh.

So none of this will matter either.

[MyOwnPeace]

24. BINGO!!!!

I think I heard this in Blazing Saddles:

"Ethics? We don't need no stinkin' ethics!"

[TheDebbieDee]

44. ALL of the committees are run by the treasonous/traitorous republicans...

[erronis]

4. So is the "Office of Congressional Ethics" as politicized as the House?

Color me conspiratorial, but whenever I hear of a new congressional investigation I think they must be deflecting from something more serious.

I would rather have all the perps being hauled off by the Special Prosecutor than getting some ethics wrist-slap.

[elleng]

6. Good news,

but that Office may take too long to come up with anything timely and useful.

[elleng]

8. The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE)

is an independent, non-partisan entity charged with reviewing allegations of misconduct against Members, officers, and staff of the United States House of Representatives and, when appropriate, referring matters to the House Committee on Ethics. In all but one set of circumstances, the report and findings of the OCE Board must be publicly released.

The OCE has a professional staff consisting primarily of attorneys and other professionals with expertise in ethics law and investigations. The mission of the OCE and its Board is to assist the House in upholding high standards of ethical conduct for its Members, officers, and staff and, in so doing, to serve the American people. Governed by an eight-person Board of Directors, Members of the OCE Board are private citizens and cannot serve as members of Congress or work for the federal government.

https://oce.house.gov/about

[blaze]

9. Thankyou! nt

[MontanaMama]

15. Thank you

for the explanation. Maybe there's a little hope here. A tiny dew drop of hope.

[elleng]

18. You're welcome and yes, I agree, maybe a little hope.

My concern is with timeliness.

[MontanaMama]

20. The wood chipper of justice

moves slower than I'd like.

[elleng]

31. When and how?

[pangaia]

40. " The mission of the OCE and its Board is to assist the House in upholding high standards of ethical

conduct for its Members, officers, and staff....."


good luck with that...

[PoorMonger]

10. Seem to remember

That the Republicans tried to do away with the OCE as their first action when they took control. Insane to think about what would have happened if they had their way.

[Amaryllis]

36. You are right...i remember that now.

[BigmanPigman]

38. I know that Walter Shaub stayed for a little while

and I admired HIS personal ethics so much I wrote to thank him. Then he resigned eventually. It must have been torturous going into work every day with this admin running around stealing the towels and ashtrays.

[BlueJac]

11. What goes around comes around!!

Enjoy what you signed up for, salute the mighty Trump and take a seat, you are next!

[bucolic_frolic]

12. Leaks! Leaks! Leaks!

Plug those leaks! The press is evil for printing those LEAKS!

[Virtual Burlesque]

43. Isn't it marvelous how critical information can leak out and the next time you see it ...

... it's fake news.

[PSPS]

16. Sorry, but "Office of Congressional..." anything is impotent with the GOP/kremlin in charge.

By itself, it can do nothing but issue a report. The GOP/kremlin house will never do anything unless, of course, someone is discovered to have ratted out/spoke poorly of/failed to clap for trump.

[shadowmayor]

17. Another bump in the road

For the Republican Clown Bus. And the road trip continues. Grab your popcorn!

[mpcamb]

19. I'd like to think this means the whole house of cards will come tumbling down.

[pangaia]

42. The house of cards would have to blow itself down. Not going to happen.

[getagrip_already]

22. wonder if it has anything to do with releasing the text messages.......

I'm looking at you, ron johnson.

[zentrum]

23. But in the toxic

…..atmosphere of Trump's DC, I can't believe an investigation of the Dems on the House Intelligence Committee is too far off.

No way that Drump Company can bear to not strike back—you know—for "transparency". (Alt-transparency.)

[RandomAccess]

25. Splendid. But I'm shocked

Republicans investigating Republicans???? I'm shocked.

[guillaumeb]

26. Glad to recommend.

[world wide wally]

27. Another feather in Paul Ryan's cap

Save some for the back of your fuhrers head!

[orangecrush]

28. DAY-YUM!!!

[SWBTATTReg]

29. God almighty! How many crooks are there in this party? Jesus, the GOP is full of it! NT

[Generic Brad]

32. That explains why Nunes wants to build a wall to separate them from Democrats

When Nunes announced his intention to construct a wall earlier in the Intelligence Committee's shared secure room so as to divide Republican staffers from Democratic staffers, I was initially baffled. But if every Republican Intelligence Committee staff member is under investigation for leaking intelligence they must be butt hurt enough to want to be separated.

[Amaryllis]

37. Didnt know about this! For real???

[Generic Brad]

39. Yes. For Real

Devin Nunes wants to build a wall. What is it with Republicans and their desire to actually build physical walls?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-intel-committee-gop-plan-to-wall-themselves-off-from-democrats-devin-nunes-adam-schiff/

[Amaryllis]

45. Can't tell reality from satire any more, unless it has Borowitz on the byline.

[burrowowl]

33. I want to see GOP congress critters, e.g.

Paul Ryan, Turtle, etc.

and of course Pence

under investigation!!!!!!

[Javaman]

34. doesn't surprise me in the very least. have been saying all along the corruption is

systemic among the repukes.

[NewJeffCT]

35. Dworkin isn't a great source

but, Mother Jones should be good.

That said, didn't Republicans basically defang the Ethics Commission when Trump took office?

[Gore1FL]

41. They tried, but were deluged with phone calls and backed off.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/us/politics/trump-house-ethics-office.html

They may have done more later, but I am unaware of it.

Don't get me wrong, I share your skepticism (or at least what I am interpreting as such through ascii).

[SergeStorms]

47. If they......

weren't under investigation that would be the real story! The entire lot is just about more crooked and venal than any other governmental gang. But we all know who comes in first in that race, now don't we?

[dchill]

48. Let's get it ah-own!

[Cha]

49. Lock 'em UP.. the whole damn bunch a

leakers and pissers.

[kwassa]

51. Isn't "congressional ethics" an oxymoron?

[dlk]

52. They're In Bed With the Russians - Thank you GOP

[Nitram]

53. Will there be any Publicans left when the dustt settles?

[lagomorph777]

54. Ethics investigation? A joke. But they are surely under Mueller's microscope.

And that's no effing joke. These criminals are cooked.

[machoneman]

55. I think this is because...

the majority Republiscums could have stopped that idiot Nunes in his tracks once they knew what he was doing with the WH in coordinating a series of what proved to be gaffes. Instead, they let him run wild and are therefore complicit in his treasonous actions. While I believe most of these R-scum representatives did not leak, their complicit silence may still do them all in.

This may also indicate that Ryan has also been under secret FBI surveillance. Why? Ryan and Nunes MUST have talked, perhaps at some length, to keep his ill-fated charade going. Just a hunch.......

[calimary]

57. Whenever I see a GOPer on camera, House OR Senate,

I automatically think “he/she would look great in orange.” (To match their “dear leader’s” face!)