First House Republican signs bill creating committee to investigate Russia, election

[mystery-ak]

First House Republican signs bill creating committee to investigate Russia, election
By Joe Uchill - 02/17/17 10:40 AM EST

Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) has become the first House Republican to co-sponsor a bill calling for an independent investigation of foreign interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Republicans have generally opposed setting up a special committee to look into Russia's hacking Democratic organizations and individuals, which President Trump has repeatedly minimized. At his press conference on Thursday, he called it a "ruse."

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http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/320087-hacking-investigation-bill-gets-first-republican-cosponsor

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

I thought this was the FBI, CIA and DOJ's job.

Oh, wait a minute. Eric Holder. Loretta Lynch.

My bad.

[geronl]

This is dumb. The election was not hacked, there is a lot of Trump-Russia stuff that should be looked into, but any kind of focus on election hacking is a dead end IMO.

[Cripplecreek]

This is dumb. The election was not hacked, there is a lot of Trump-Russia stuff that should be looked into, but any kind of focus on election hacking is a dead end IMO.

That's why they're doing it. Its a desperate attempt to appease but it won't work.

I'm on friendly terms with my congressman and recently had a conversation about republican attempts to behave like democrats. Republicans can't get away with things democrats routinely do because we're not democrat voters and don't accept things just because a republican does them. As he said, Any democrat could have done what Richard Nixon did and ended up serving out his term untouched. Nixon went down because he had a republican base who wanted it to happen and that makes us better.