Democratic Congressman Steve Cohen found himself in hot-water Thursday among America’s brave service men and women; bizarrely saying anti-Trump FBI agent Peter Strzok deserves a Purple Heart over his escalating scandal.
Cohen addressed Strzok directly during his fiery Congressional testimony Thursday, saying “If I could give you a Purple Heart I would. You deserve one. This has been an attack on you in a way to attack Mr. Mueller.”
Dem lawmaker praises Peter Strzok: "If I could give you a purple heart, I would" https://t.co/ph9Pv68RBp pic.twitter.com/bGy9v9R6yQ
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) July 12, 2018
“If I could give you a Purple Heart I would. You deserve one. This has been an attack on you in a way to attack Mr. Mueller and the investigation that is to get at Russian collusion involved in our election. This is what this committee should be looking at,” he added.
“A direct strike at democracy and what this country is about with free and fair elections. Keeping us independent of our foe, not our competitor, our foe,” said the Democrat.
CAPITOL CLASH: Peter Strzok to be ‘RECALLED FOR CONTEMPT’ After Fiery Testimony
House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte has reportedly informed anti-Trump FBI agent Peter Strzok he will be recalled to testify later Thursday and may be “voted in contempt” following his refusal to answer key questions surrounding his text messages.
According to Fox News, Goodlatte unveiled his decision after Strzok’s outright rejection of questions regarding his political bias during the 2016 race for the White House.
“Your testimony is essential to this hearing and to our oversight and information gathering functions with regard to the actions taken and decisions made by the Department of Justice and the FBI in 2016 and 2017. I am specifically directing you to answer the question in response to our subpoena,” Goodlatte said. “In a moment we will continue with the hearing but based on your refusal to answer the question, at the conclusion of the day, we will be recessing the hearing and you will subject to recall to allow the Committee to consider a contempt citation.”
“Mr. Strzok, you are under subpoena and required to answer the question,” Goodlatte added.
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EPIC EXCHANGE: Trey Gowdy ROASTS Peter Strzok in EXPLOSIVE TESTIMONY
GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy unloaded on anti-Trump FBI agent Peter Strzok during his fiery testimony before Congress Thursday, slamming the DOJ official over his political bias before and during the 2016 presidential election.
Gowdy was demanding answers from Strzok regarding his removal from Robert Mueller’s Russia probe when the exchange went off the rails; asking him “How long did you talk to him when he let you go?”
Things got heated when Trey Gowdy grilled Peter Strzok on his text message correspondence with Lisa Paige pic.twitter.com/m4jEBvZQzM
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) July 12, 2018
“My recollection it was a short meeting, somewhere between 15 to 30 minutes, probably around 15 minutes,” Strzok said.
“And your testimony is: Bob Mueller did not kick you off because of the content of your texts; he kicked out you off because of some appearance he was worried about,” Gowdy asked.
“If you want to represent what you said accurately I’m happy to answer that question, but I don’t appreciate what was originally said being changed,” shot back Strzok.
“I don’t give a damn what you appreciate Agent Strzok,” Gowdy said. “I don’t appreciate having an FBI agent with an unprecedented level of animus working on two major investigations during 2016.”
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