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WATCH Ted Lieu DESTROY Republicans: It’s Not The FBI’s Fault ‘Trump Surrounded Himself With Criminals’

During a House hearing today with FBI Director Christopher Wray, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) absolutely destroyed Republican talking points that the agency and the Justice Department are out to get failed former president Donald Trump and those connected to him, many of whom have committed serious crimes.

When it was his time to question Wray, Lieu used one fact after another to make his point: That Donald Trump and those who are close to him have been investigated and charged because they broke the law.

Here’s a transcript of Lieu’s interrogation of the FBI chief:

REP TED LIEU: I’ll ask you a series of basic questions to get the facts out to the American people about our system of justice. Roger Stone was convicted in a federal court, correct?

FBI DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER WRAY: That’s my recollection.

LIEU: Trump donor Elliott Brady was convicted in a federal court, correct?

WRAY: Also, my recollection.

LIEU: The attorney general at the time for those two convictions was Bill Barr. Which president nominated Bill Barr for attorney general?

WRAY: President Trump.

LIEU: Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen was convicted on two separate occasions in federal court, correct?

WRAY: I believe that’s correct.

LIEU: The AG at the time of Cohen’s second conviction was Matthew Whitaker, which president appointed Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general?

WRAY: President Trump.

LIEU: Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort was convicted in a federal court, correct?

WRAY: Yes.

LIEU: Trump’s former deputy campaign manager Mr. Gaetz was convicted in a federal court, correct?

WRAY: That’s my recollection.

LIEU: Trump’s campaign foreign policy adviser, George Papadopoulos, was convicted in a federal court, correct?

WRAY: Yes, he plead guilty.

LIEU: The Attorney General at that time in those three cases was Jeff Sessions. Which president nominated Jeff Sessions for Attorney General?

WRAY: President Trump.

LIEU: Which president nominated you for FBI Director?

WRAY: President Trump.

And then Congressman Lieu knocked the proverbial ball out of the ballpark by noting, “What these facts show is we don’t have a two-tiered system of justice. We have one Department of Justice that goes after criminals, regardless of party ideology. It is not the fault of the FBI that Donald Trump surrounded himself with criminals. Donald Trump brought that down upon himself. Thank you for exposing the cesspool of corruption of these Trump associates.”

Boom! That’s how you shut down Republicans: With irrefutable facts.

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Ted Lieu Burns Down Josh Hawley With A Point-By-Point Fact Check Of His Trump Indictment BS

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) had the perfect comeback when Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) suggested that the indictment of failed former president Donald Trump by the Department of Justice on Thursday was all the fault of President Joe Biden.

Appearing on Fox, Hawley told host Laura Ingraham, “If the president in power can just jail his political opponents ― which is what Joe Biden is trying to do tonight ― we don’t have a republic anymore. Joe Biden and his cronies are trying to take out their chief political opponent.”

That’s complete bullshit, of course, and Hawley, who used to serve as the Missouri attorney general knows it’s a crock of shit, but he’s too busy trying to curry favor with Fox viewers and Trump himself with his obsequious display of outrage.

Lieu saw Hawley’s comments and did an incredible fact-check on him.

“The below assertions on Fox are incorrect. Some facts: 1. Presidents don’t jail or indict anyone. Grand juries indict. 2. The Trump Indictment is just that, an indictment. Trump is entitled to presumption of innocence. A jury would decide if Trump is guilty and goes to prison.”

Game, set, and match Ted Lieu.

 

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WATCH Ted Lieu Destroy Jim Jordan For Lying About Democrats Intimidating SCOTUS Justices

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) did something today that more Democrats need to do when they catch a Republican telling a blatant lie: Call them out and let the world know.

During debate on legislation to protect Supreme Court justices and their staff, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) began hollering loudly, suggesting that Democrats said “not to worry” when some justices were protested at their homes shortly after a draft abortion opinion leaked out and seemed to indicate that the high court’s six conservative justices are ready to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade opinion that legalized a woman’s right to make her own reproductive choices:

“That’s the position of Democrats in this body! And that’s why we’re saying why did it take so long? Six weeks ago was when the draft leak happened and the protests started at justices’ homes almost immediately after the leak of that draft!”

When it was time for Democrats to speak, Lieu destroyed Jordan by using facts to counter what the Ohio Republican had just said:

“I’m going to respond to that because what he just said was a lie. The fact that he’s saying that Democrats think there’s nothing wrong, there’s no danger to Supreme Court justices is a lie. Why? Because we’re the majority party and, look, we just put this bill up and we’re about to vote on it.”

But Lieu was just getting warmed up, and he added:

“We clearly care about Supreme Court justices, but we also care about the families and employees of the Supreme Court and that is what we’re talking about today. Republicans are misleading you. Supreme Court justices, right now, have law enforcement protection details. They are protected by law enforcement.”

Before he finished, Lieu also managed to get in a reminder that Republicans are the ones who seem to be in favor of terrorizing people:

“You want to talk about intimidation?. I’ll tell you what intimidation is. It is Trump supporters assaulting the Capitol on Jan. 6, brutalizing 140 police officers. That is intimidation!”