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From the first paragraphs of an article published by the NY Post:
Sen. Ron Johnson accused the FBI and Secret Service of stonewalling a Senate probe of last month’s assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.
Johnson (R-Wis.), who is part of a bipartisan Senate investigation into the attempt on Trump’s life, argued that the bureau and Secret Service have complicated the probe by giving them redacted documents, often on the day of key interviews.
“All I can really tell you is the Secret Service, FBI are basically dragging their feet. They’re stonewalling us,” Johnson vented on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.”
“We’re not getting squat, from my standpoint, from the Secret Service or the FBI. We have requested all their 302s, their transcriptions of their interviews with hundreds of individuals. They’re not turning those over to us as well.”
Full article at the link above.
My comment: of course, it is not only the two agencies that Johnson names who are failing to do their jobs. Where are reporters at major newspapers or TV stations who are tasked with asking the important questions?
Had it been Joe Biden or Kamala Harris who were a fraction of an inch from having their heads blown off, things would be different. By now, whoever was in the loop and allowed for there to be no coverage by SS on the rooftop where Crooks took his shot would be named and demoted. (I venture that quite a few more individuals than the woman head of the SS, who has since resigned, were involved in the decision.)
And from one of the few Congressmen I respect, comes this observation.
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Yes this lack of a report 30 days after the event strikes me as unusual. The quick body cremation strikes me as highly unusual. Still I want the report to be as thorough as possible and the investigation should go as deep as possible. There are some things that are important to remember.
First, those in government who seek to obfuscate issues often try to rile things up by slow-walking investigations. This tends to rile up those of us who want answers. Getting riled up leads to making mistakes and making us look like a pack of crazies. Even Senator Johnson understands this as he said “It’s just driving suspicion and conspiracy theories.” As we demand answers, let's all be respectful but direct.
Another thought is that there is foreign influence going on here. Reports about the shooter having access to a supremely sophisticated web security software is intriguing. There are foreign actors out there who would benefit from President Trump's death. If the FBI investigation is finding foreign links then a slow and thorough process is needed and any indications might damage fact finding.
On the other hand the FBI investigation might be finding more internal involvement and they need time to keep unraveling the spaghetti. The FBI would still be wise to have a closed door meeting with the committee to communicate same.
Then again we should never assume a massive conspiracy when incompetence is the answer. That might be the case here just simple incompetence.
Of course I also don't want to forget that it actually might be a massive conspiracy.
In the end the Congressional investigators need to keep up the pressure. My personal thanks to these Congress members for their diligence. The rest of us are wise to respectfully keep asking questions because there are a lot of open issues with the assassination attempt. A full and complete report is needed.
It's a bunch of meaningless drivel. As long as Congress funds the administrative state Congress has no power.
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Please, give them some time. It's not easy to get your stories straight when they're fabricated . . .
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This isn't how it works. This is an example of how it's already out of control. People need jailtime for refusing to comply with constitutional and statutory duties. That may be the only way it stops.
It stops when funding stops.
Congressmen are cowards. They don't do their one big job.
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