Byron York's Daily Memo: Senate sick of FBI stonewalling

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Byron York's Daily Memo: Senate sick of FBI stonewalling
by Byron York, Chief Political Correspondent |
 | March 03, 2021 08:22 AM

SENATE SICK OF FBI STONEWALLING. FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. He gave the media a good headline -- the Washington Post version of it was "FBI director says domestic terrorism 'metastasizing' throughout U.S. as cases soar," and the New York Times version was "Domestic terrorism threat is 'metastasizing' in U.S., FBI director says." But while he took care of the media, Wray didn't give the Senate very much information. That's not unusual. And there are signs the Senate has had enough of the FBI's show-but-don't-tell routine.

Since much of the hearing was devoted to the FBI's investigation of the January 6 Capitol riot, Republican Senator Charles Grassley wanted to know more about the case of the only law enforcement officer to die in the violence, Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick. There have, of course, been conflicting media reports about Sicknick's death. At first, the story was he died as a result of rioters hitting him with a fire extinguisher; a Times story cited "a bloody gash" in Sicknick's head. Then the story was there was no evidence of trauma at all, and officials might or might not have had trouble pinpointing a cause of death.

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Since much of the hearing was devoted to the FBI's investigation of the January 6 Capitol riot, Republican Senator Charles Grassley wanted to know more about the case of the only law enforcement officer to die in the violence, Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick. ...
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Grassley asked Wray two simple questions: "Have you determined the exact cause of death and is there a homicide investigation?" Wray would not answer either one. Here is what he said:

WRAY: So I will take the last part of your question first. There is an ongoing investigation into his death. I have to be careful at this stage because it's ongoing not go get out in front of it, but I certainly understand and respect and appreciate the keen interest in what happened to him. After all, he was protecting all of you, and as soon as our information that we can appropriately share we want to be able to do that, but at the moment the investigation is still ongoing.

GRASSLEY: So does that mean since the investigation is going on you have not determined the exact cause of the death?

WRAY: That means we can't yet disclose the cause of death at this stage.

GRASSLEY: But you have determined the cause of death?

WRAY: I didn't say that. We are not at a point where we can disclose or confirm the cause of death.
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Grassley had more questions. He wanted to know about the percentage of FBI domestic terrorist investigations that are based on racially-motivated extremists versus those based on jihadist ideology. Wray did not answer. Grassley wanted to know why the FBI had not given to Congress the bureau's January 5 memo warning of possible violence at the Capitol on January 6. Wray said it was "law enforcement sensitive," but that he would "get with [his] staff to check on it." Grassley noted that on February 2, he and committee chairman Senator Richard Durbin -- the top Democrat and top Republican on the committee -- had written the FBI seeking documents and information about the Capitol riot. They have gotten nothing. "It's difficult to hold a hearing today without records," Grassley said.

Stonewalls are for concealment and protection, not decoration or transparency.

[Sled Dog]

Funny, that.

They never seemed to be sick of the Deep State stonewalling the Rodent corruption before.

How is it that the RINOs only complain about stonewalling when they're party out of power and can't do anything about it?  Why weren't they there helping Trump during his first term and why were they standing in his way instead?

We've had Congressional investigations into Rodent corruption since Bush Junior polluted the White House...NOTHING has come of Congressional investigations for the last twenty years...five presidential terms, ten congressional terms.   

And they want to pretend they're going to be different now?

How many criminal referrals against Hillary and Bill Clinton were made when the supposedly pro-law-and-order clowns Sessions and Barr were in office?   

I'm pissed at this nonsense.  All real Americans are.