What are Coats and Rogers hiding? (legal, FBI, Obama, government)
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What exactly are Intelligence officials Coats and Rogers hiding? In a rather unusual move both refused to answer the direct question of whether the President asked them to interfere in the Russia investigation. Neither gave a legitimate reason (such as national security) other than to say they did not think it appropriate to speak about private discussions with the president. The irony of course is that former FBI Director James Comey will today speak about his private conversations with the President and the WH in no way tried to stop it via executive privilege. Furthermore, the President himself has talked on numerous occasions about many of his conversations with government officials regarding the Russia investigation. it is odd that Coats and Rogers will not give a definitive yes or no answer to a direct question but had no issue in relaying their subjective interpretations of events that likely occurred in private meetings. uS Senators on both side of the aisle seemed very frustrated by their stonewalling the committee which oversees their departments. Their refusal to answer leaves it up to individuals to decide for themselves. One would think it would be very easy for them to deny such activity if it were never to have happened. Their refusal to answer therefore implies that they were asked to interfere with the investigation.
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They probably dont' want to make the president look bad in public. If the answer was "no" across the board, they would have said no. But they were under oath.
In a private, closed, classified setting, they probably answer the questions.
What exactly are Intelligence officials Coats and Rogers hiding? In a rather unusual move both refused to answer the direct question of whether the President asked them to interfere in the Russia investigation. Neither gave a legitimate reason (such as national security) other than to say they did not think it appropriate to speak about private discussions with the president. The irony of course is that former FBI Director James Comey will today speak about his private conversations with the President and the WH in no way tried to stop it via executive privilege. Furthermore, the President himself has talked on numerous occasions about many of his conversations with government officials regarding the Russia investigation. it is odd that Coats and Rogers will not give a definitive yes or no answer to a direct question but had no issue in relaying their subjective interpretations of events that likely occurred in private meetings. uS Senators on both side of the aisle seemed very frustrated by their stonewalling the committee which oversees their departments. Their refusal to answer leaves it up to individuals to decide for themselves. One would think it would be very easy for them to deny such activity if it were never to have happened. Their refusal to answer therefore implies that they were asked to interfere with the investigation.
To the bolded: if that is the case, then why would they not WANT to answer. I keep hearing that everyone is some Obama holdover trying to make Trump fail. If this is true, then they would gladly answer. If not true, it seems partisan in some way.
They're 'spooks', and don't want to say anything in public. OK, so let them testify for the special investigator, or close the room. Will they testify then?
What exactly are Intelligence officials Coats and Rogers hiding? In a rather unusual move both refused to answer the direct question of whether the President asked them to interfere in the Russia investigation. Neither gave a legitimate reason (such as national security) other than to say they did not think it appropriate to speak about private discussions with the president. The irony of course is that former FBI Director James Comey will today speak about his private conversations with the President and the WH in no way tried to stop it via executive privilege. Furthermore, the President himself has talked on numerous occasions about many of his conversations with government officials regarding the Russia investigation. it is odd that Coats and Rogers will not give a definitive yes or no answer to a direct question but had no issue in relaying their subjective interpretations of events that likely occurred in private meetings. uS Senators on both side of the aisle seemed very frustrated by their stonewalling the committee which oversees their departments. Their refusal to answer leaves it up to individuals to decide for themselves. One would think it would be very easy for them to deny such activity if it were never to have happened. Their refusal to answer therefore implies that they were asked to interfere with the investigation.
Indeed it does.
They could have said, "No!"
The fact that they dithered and wouldn't give a legal reason for their refusal is telling.
I was remarking to my husband that these tough looking dudes who looked like they never had an emotion in their lives all of a sudden had all these "feelings" coming out. I guess a senate committee hearing brings out the hidden poetic sensibilities in everyone!
My guess is that they are hoping Trump gracefully resigns and saves everyone alot of embarrassment (especially himself). It's obvious that they were protecting him for whatever reason (loyalty, a sense of duty [he is their boss afterall], or maybe even intimidation).
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