Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar seemed to be using it for other purposes:
Sen Klobuchar trying to keep her campaign to be VP alive
— Benjamin Weingarten (@bhweingarten) June 3, 2020
Amy Klobuchar auditioning hard for that VP spot right now
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) June 3, 2020
And then there was Sen. Ted Cruz, who was focused on Rosenstein, Comey and Obama:
Ted Cruz just went full Zodiac on Rod Rosenstein
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) June 3, 2020
Rosenstein should have worn a cup for this round of questioning:
Sen. @TedCruz: “Either you were complicit in the wrongdoing… or that the performance of your duties was grossly negligent.” pic.twitter.com/lSW0mTqHf2
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) June 3, 2020
Ted Cruz is on ??? fully attacking Obamagate, Rosenstein and the corrupt attempt to stage a coup against @realDonaldTrump. pic.twitter.com/L6l5xbvrWd
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) June 3, 2020
"By any measure, what the Obama-Biden administration did in 2016 and 2017 makes everything Richard Nixon even contemplated pale in comparison."
— @TedCruz pic.twitter.com/KmrOMJxONE
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) June 3, 2020
"The Obama Administration targeted his political opponents, targeted President Trump and his campaign, unleashed, weaponized, and politicized the Department of Justice, F.B.I., and intelligence community."
— @TedCruz pic.twitter.com/XvUbKwnQc4
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) June 3, 2020
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Cruz saw only two options:
Ted Cruz tells Rosenstein: "Either you were complicit in wrongdoing, which I don't believe you were, or that your performance of your duties were grossly negligent."#RosensteinTestimony #Rosenstein
— Cortney O'Brien (@obrienc2) June 3, 2020
Cruz tells Rosenstein: "You came into a profoundly politicized world, yet all of this was allowed to go forward under your leadership. Either you were complicit in the wrongdoing … or you were grossly negligent." pic.twitter.com/04Br1lPQjo
— August Takala (@AugustTakala) June 3, 2020
Ouch!
"Grossly negligent or complicit?"
~ Ted Cruz https://t.co/aUpEWx4Rxl— Sassy Scarlett (@Southrngirl77) June 3, 2020
Wow, Rosenstein says he's not sure he "read every word" of the FISA application used to launch the Russia-Trump probe. https://t.co/7m7AlU80Jz
— John Daniel Davidson (@johnddavidson) June 3, 2020
Why have another authorization if you don’t have to read it all. Weasel never read anything of it
— dorothea mahrt (@dorothea_mahrt) June 3, 2020
Amazing.