4/19/2023 0 Comments Jamie raskin matt gaetz![]() ![]() Leonard Leo’s Lavish New LifestyleĪ network of political non-profits formed by judicial activist Leonard Leo moved at least $43 million to a new firm he is leading, raising questions about how his conservative legal movement is funded. Garland On The Hill TodayĪttorney General Merrick Garland is set to testify in an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. WaPo goes deep on the internal tensions between DOJ prosecutors and the FBI over the raid on Mar-a-Lago. (h/t /ooBaWdMEzt- MeidasTouch FebruBreaking This Morning Jamie Raskin just absolutely schooled Lauren Boebert. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) shows how to confront GOP misinformation on COVID and China: ![]() The intel community remains sharply divided in how it assesses the origins of COVID, with some components pointing toward natural origins for COVID, and others remaining undecided. It reportedly made its assessment with “medium confidence.”Įarlier this week the Wall Street Journal reported that for the first time, based on the new intelligence, the Department of Energy also assessed (with “low confidence”) that COVID came from a lab leak. ![]() intel community in attributing COVID to a lab leak. Previous reporting had already revealed that the FBI was the most aggressive component of the U.S. He also notes this: “Gaetz has promoted his question-and-answer period from the hearing on Twitter, while cutting off the video before the above exchange.” Wray Confirms FBI’s Assessment Of COVID’s OriginsįBI Director Christopher Wray conspicuously chose Fox News as his venue for publicly confirming for the first time the bureau’s classified assessment that COVID originated as a leak from the Chinese lab in Wuhan. The WaPo’s Aaron Blake has a fuller rundown of the whole exchange, the backstory on the Global Times, and the underlying allegation. Gaetz: "Fair enough." /9XQewKdZeA- CSPAN February 28, 2023īy the way, can we take a moment to marvel at CSPAN getting all spicy on its Twitter account? ![]() Kahl: "I don't take Beijing's propaganda at face value." Kahl: "Is this the Global Times from China?" "No, this is well…yeah, it might be. Matt Gaetz asks about Global Times Investigative report. The whole thing starts around the 3:05 mark here: A befuddled Gaetz at first denied it was the Chinese Global Times, a well-known propaganda organ of the Chinese government, but was quickly forced to concede. Kahl, with impeccable almost casual timing, pointed out that he himself tends not to rely on Chinese propaganda. The teeth of Gaetz’s trap thus closed … on his own leg. The committee chair, hearing no objections, ordered it entered into the record. Gaetz pounced, citing a “Global Times investigative report,” which he quickly moved to enter into the record. The witness, under secretary of defense for policy Colin Kahl, was immediately wary and pressed Gaetz for any information he might have to support the question. Laying what looked like a trap for one of the witnesses, Gaetz asked if a far-right group in Ukraine has access to U.S. funding for its ally when he teed up what he clearly thought was going to be a gotcha moment. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) was in the midst of doing his usual anti-Ukraine schtick yesterday in a hearing on U.S. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |