Special Counsel John Durham testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, and there has been no shortage of news coming out of the chamber. Here’s what RedState has already reported on so far:
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But there was another epic moment Wednesday when Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) questioned Durham and used the opportunity to utterly embarrass Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), and Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) over their repeated spewing of misinformation regarding the Mueller Report.
Durham’s investigation focused on the origins of the Crossfire Hurricane probe into the alleged collusion between Russia and former president Donald Trump. Special Counsel Robert Mueller eventually took charge of that case and released the Mueller Report.
No proof was found that there was any truth to the collusion allegations, and Durham’s scathing conclusion was the entire investigation was predicated on inaccurate information and questionable (read: corrupt) decision-making by the FBI.
Kiley wasn’t about to let his fellow representatives forget that they pushed—and continue to push—the debunked conspiracy theory and mislead the American people.
Watch:
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Rep. Kiley: Mr. Durham, several people today, including ranking member Nadler and three representatives from California—Mr. Schiff, Mr. Swalwell, and Mr. Lieu—have attacked you. Ranking Member Nadler called your report a political exercise with ethical ambiguity. Mr. Lieu called you a partisan hack.
However, it seems that they’re taking issue not so much with the conclusions of your report as those of Mr. Mueller’s report, which concluded that the investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.
That conclusion directly contradicted statements made on the record by those representatives. For example, Mr. Schiff in 2017-2018 made statements such as the Russians offered help, the campaign accepted help, the Russians gave help, and the President made full use of that help, and that is pretty damning. He also said there’s clear evidence on the issue of collusion. He said, I think there’s plenty of evidence of collusion or conspiracy in plain sight…
Mr. Durham, are those statements supported by the conclusions of the Mueller Report?
John Durham: I don’t believe so.
Boom. Kiley could have stopped right there because he basically just got the Special Counsel to call out Schiff for, shall we say, not telling the truth. But Kiley wasn’t done fileting the mendacious representatives:
Rep Kiley: Mr. Nadler stated It’s clear that the campaign concluded [I think he meant to say “colluded”], and there’s a lot of evidence of that. The question is, was the President involved? Mr. Nadler also said there was obviously a lot of collusion. Mr. Durham, were those statements supported by the Mueller report?
John Durham: I don’t believe they’re supported by the Mueller Report.
Rep. Kiley: Mr. Lieu stated in a press release in March of 2017, the bombshell revelation that US. Officials have information that suggests Trump associates may have colluded with the Russians means we must pause the entire Trump agenda. We may have an illegitimate President of the United States currently occupying the White House.
Mr. Durham, did the Mueller report establish that we had an illegitimate President occupying the White House?
John Durham: Not to my knowledge.
In other words, Nadler and Lieu are absolutely full of it.
You can’t expose the sheer audacity of congress members pushing the false collusion narrative, however, without making a fool out of one of the worst of the lot, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA):
Rep. Kiley: Mr. Swalwell stated in 2018 that in our investigation we saw strong evidence of collusion. Did the Mueller Report support that there was strong evidence of collusion?
John Durham: Not to my knowledge.
But why stop now? Kiley dunked one more time on the hapless Nadler:
Rep. Kiley: Ranking Member Nadler also suggested that we’re only here today because of the recent indictments of President Trump. However, you received your assignment as Special Counsel in 2019, is that correct?
John Durham: That’s correct.
Kiley has been a rare gift from California voters to Congress. Normally the Golden State sends left-wing, intellectually challenged hacks like Schiff, Lieu, and Swalwell to Washington, but in Kiley’s short D.C. career, he’s proven to be a fighter and is willing to call out the repeated untruths told by his colleagues.
No, moments like this won’t hold these tinfoil hat conspiracy theorists to account, but it’s nevertheless somewhat satisfying to see them exposed for their duplicitousness on live TV in front of the American people.
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