Stefan Passantino
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I think one of the lessons to take from this is that never again should there be a congressional committee that's not bipartisan. Now, if there was an error that was made, the fact you cannot have Congress running a what is quasi criminal investigation like this ever again.
I don't know. Again, I'm just reading the newspaper like everyone else at this point on those issues.
I don't know. Again, I'm just reading the newspaper like everyone else at this point on those issues.
I don't know. Again, I'm just reading the newspaper like everyone else at this point on those issues.
Yeah. Well, clearly that clearly anything that's conducted in the name of the people belongs to the people, just like the building in which that investigation is conducted. Oh, the people's house. Exactly. And the investigation belongs.
Yeah. Well, clearly that clearly anything that's conducted in the name of the people belongs to the people, just like the building in which that investigation is conducted. Oh, the people's house. Exactly. And the investigation belongs.
Yeah. Well, clearly that clearly anything that's conducted in the name of the people belongs to the people, just like the building in which that investigation is conducted. Oh, the people's house. Exactly. And the investigation belongs.
And I mean, again, I don't know for sure, but certainly what I had heard was that as Congress was turning over, there were a number of documents that were in the possession of Congress that. were going to be shipped off to the archives, but they knew that when the new incoming Speaker McCarthy took power, that he was just going to call those documents back from the archives.
And I mean, again, I don't know for sure, but certainly what I had heard was that as Congress was turning over, there were a number of documents that were in the possession of Congress that. were going to be shipped off to the archives, but they knew that when the new incoming Speaker McCarthy took power, that he was just going to call those documents back from the archives.
And I mean, again, I don't know for sure, but certainly what I had heard was that as Congress was turning over, there were a number of documents that were in the possession of Congress that. were going to be shipped off to the archives, but they knew that when the new incoming Speaker McCarthy took power, that he was just going to call those documents back from the archives.
And so what happened, and again, I don't know this firsthand, but what I'd heard was that a lot of these documents were then shipped over to the executive branch It's so corrupt, it's hard to believe this is our government. It certainly had a corrupting impact on me in terms of what happened, how government abused power in a way that should not happen.
And so what happened, and again, I don't know this firsthand, but what I'd heard was that a lot of these documents were then shipped over to the executive branch It's so corrupt, it's hard to believe this is our government. It certainly had a corrupting impact on me in terms of what happened, how government abused power in a way that should not happen.
And so what happened, and again, I don't know this firsthand, but what I'd heard was that a lot of these documents were then shipped over to the executive branch It's so corrupt, it's hard to believe this is our government. It certainly had a corrupting impact on me in terms of what happened, how government abused power in a way that should not happen.
But it also... You cannot have an ostensible truth-finding organization that has a political objective. The two are not compatible. If you're going to be searching for the truth, it cannot be... Well, and also, I mean, look, the truth is...
But it also... You cannot have an ostensible truth-finding organization that has a political objective. The two are not compatible. If you're going to be searching for the truth, it cannot be... Well, and also, I mean, look, the truth is...
But it also... You cannot have an ostensible truth-finding organization that has a political objective. The two are not compatible. If you're going to be searching for the truth, it cannot be... Well, and also, I mean, look, the truth is...
let me see the emails that were going on while all of the things that I was interested in were happening. And I'm getting a lot of resistance. Well, we really don't wanna, we don't think it's appropriate to turn over staff emails. It's like, Wyatt, we're the public. If there were emails about me that were being sent by official staff,
let me see the emails that were going on while all of the things that I was interested in were happening. And I'm getting a lot of resistance. Well, we really don't wanna, we don't think it's appropriate to turn over staff emails. It's like, Wyatt, we're the public. If there were emails about me that were being sent by official staff,
let me see the emails that were going on while all of the things that I was interested in were happening. And I'm getting a lot of resistance. Well, we really don't wanna, we don't think it's appropriate to turn over staff emails. It's like, Wyatt, we're the public. If there were emails about me that were being sent by official staff,
There shouldn't be some proprietary reason or there shouldn't be some Queensbury rules that says, well, we don't think it's couth for us to be turning over the private emails of our staffers. Well, when I was working in the White House, every single document that we, it was all presidential records. Everything was searchable. Everything can be, has obligated to be turned over.