The Briefing Room
General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: Right_in_Virginia on June 28, 2017, 10:59:38 am
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Podesta Meets With House Intelligence Panel Behind Closed Doors
Bloomberg, Jun 27, 2017, Billy House
The House Intelligence Committee met behind closed doors Tuesday with John Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign chairman, amid complaints by President Donald Trump that the Obama administration didn’t do enough to counter Russian interference in the U.S. election.
Podesta’s email account was hacked, as was the Democratic National Committee’s. Many of those emails were then leaked, producing a steady, negative and sometimes embarrassing stream of news about Clinton’s campaign. But the Democrats didn’t cooperate fully with U.S. investigators.
“The president and the entire administration were dealing with an unprecedented incidence of the weaponization” of Russian cyberactivity, Podesta told reporters after emerging from the hearing room. He said they were dealing with the attacks as best as they could "on behalf of the American people."
Asked if he’d be coming back before the House or Senate intelligence committees, Podesta said, "Hope not." He wouldn’t answer when asked if the committee pressed him about the Obama administration’s response to the hacking.
But even Democrats said beforehand that they had some tough questions planned for him.
More: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-27/podesta-meets-with-house-intelligence-panel-behind-closed-doors
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Why behind closed doors? MSM would be screaming if Podesta was a Pubbie.