former FBI lawyer Lisa Paige is testifying behind closed doors Friday
after she initially refused to testify in public Paige is a former lawyer with
the FBI who worked on the Hillary Clinton email investigation and special
counsels Russia probe and whose text message exchanges were the FBI's Peter
Strauss acaba then candidate Donald Trump good national attention sterzick
testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform in House Judiciary
Committee's Thursday in a vitriolic marathon joint hearing Thursday Paige
who declined to join stroszek and that hearing is meeting with representatives
from those two committees Friday afternoon the two House committees have
been looking to interview Paige all year House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep
Bob Goodlett Republican Virginia said Paige's decision to speak as long
overdue earlier this week Paige and her lawyer
Amy Jeffress delayed the original interview scheduled at first for
Wednesday because she claimed Paige had not been given access to documents she
said she needed to review before testifying the lawyer claimed the joint
committees have not followed the normal process associated with appearances of
this nature Jeff for Slater denied that Paige was trying to skirt the meeting
and said that her client made it abundantly clear that she is willing to
cooperate pages behind closed doors testimony may spare her from the
intensely critical and at times highly personal scenario star Zack faced
Thursday mr. sock who has admitted to having a romantic relationship with
Paige while they were working together was asked by GOP Rep Louie Gohmert
Republican Texas if he lied to his wife while he was seeing Paige how many times
did you look in your wife's eyes and lie to her about Lisa Paige got her declared
eliciting rebukes from rebuked from Democrats on the panel stroszek declined
to answer multiple questions about what Paige did or didn't know or her actions
during the investigation which leaves Congress plenty of questions to ask her
Friday the interview is slated for 1:30 p.m. on Capitol Hill former FBI lawyer
Lisa Paige was behind closed doors on Friday just hours
after FBI agent Peter strike had been grilled in a roguish 10-hour public
hearing and Republicans said they'd learn new information from a witness who
was able to talk more freely than sterzick Reform committees Friday July
13 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington 611 by Alper rota published on July 15
2018 for comments Alper rota former FBI lawyer Lisa page testified behind closed
doors on Capitol Hill Friday about her role in the FBI's handling of the
Clinton and Trump investigations and of course those infamous texts with her
former paramour disgraced FBI deputy counterintelligence chief Peter stroszek
what Paige told lawmakers is unknown however Republicans are signaling she
was a far better witness than her spooky insolent snarky ex on Thursday stroszek
gave a scenery-chewing performance that made Jack Nicholson's Colonel jessep
look like Colonel Sanders he also offered a few glimpses of Nicholson in
the shining but I digress by contrast Paige was cooperative and credible
during her five hours of testimony says Rep mark meadows
she's been willing to help in the spirit of transparency in fact Meadows told
reporters she's doing her best to help us find the truth and I think in ways
she's been falsely accused of not being willing to cooperate
she offered new information Paige returns for further testimony Monday and
I have some questions if I got to play trey Gowdy for a day my enquiry would go
something like this questions for Lisa Paige look I know you
hate Trump hate Trump so much you've earned your own regular booth at red hen
so much you're boycotting the color orange but I'm not going to push into
your bias I'm curious about some other things first love the new hairdo who's
your stylist you can see I have some trouble in that area trey Gowdy Lisa
Paige hearing 900 House Judiciary Committee chairman rep trey Gowdy are
s-see leaves a meeting room where the committee is interviewing former FBI
lawyer Lisa Paige behind closed doors on Capitol
Hill in Washington Friday July 13 2018 AP photo Manuel Bal Sanada second what
in the world did you ever see in that guy stroszek seriously all the great
single guys in DC and you hook up with a married man so full of himself he lists
his mirror as his emergency contract moving on I actually have only a couple
questions about your texts and communications with sterzick first since
you were investigating candidate Hillary and candidate Trump wouldn't any mention
of them even on your private devices be work-related have you turned them over
when sterzick testified Thursday he said we'll stop it did not refer to you and
him and your small FBI /dj band who were already at work trying to derail Trump
he meant the American people would never elect Trump my question just how high a
pile of manure wished Razak shoveling you can answer in feet or yards not to
get too personal but how many times did stroszek try to tell you that something
he told you didn't mean what you clearly took it to mean that's what he spent all
day Thursday doing saying he could smell Trump voters wasn't a statement of
contempt it was an offhand irrelevant remark about political differences did
he ever tell you that saying he'd leave his wife just wind he'd depart from her
presence when driving to work just how good is that counterintelligence expert
at lying and manipulating you keep getting described as sterzick slur or
girlfriend that hides just how powerful you were you were a top FBI lawyer
offering legal counsel to the top players in the Clinton and Trump
investigations so when you advise sterzick to not go into his interview
with Hillary Clinton loaded for bear you are not speaking as a girlfriend you
were officially counseling an FBI agent to take it easy on a criminal suspect
because she would soon be President and would hold a grudge against the bureau
how is that not allowing politics to influence the investigation how is that
not discouraging a full and true investigation putting stress oxide or
you in the meeting where Andrew McCabe told associates
first we expletive deleted Flynn then expletive deleted
were you in on the decision to hold up acting on the discovery of tens of
thousands of Hillary Clinton's emails on Anthony Weiner's laptop the FBI agents
in New York found crimes against children on that laptop what in the
world are they talking about it isn't weiners interactions with a
teen girl that's listed separately why do you think the media isn't interested
in finding out help us champion truth freedom limited
government and human dignity support the stream or you in on the decision to not
pursue the intelligence community Inspector General's discovering that all
but a handful of Hillary's emails had been siphoned off by foreign entity that
was not the Russians found out Thursday that sterzick didn't act on this
explosive information why is that why do you think then Director of
National Intelligence James clapper did not order a damage assessment of the
harm caused by Hillary letting her official State Department emails bounced
around more hostile nations than Ethan Hunt it's standard operating procedure
was it because the assessment would prove Hillary's gross negligence I mean
extreme carelessness did endanger national security because damaging
national security would force a prosecution because it would expose
President Obama's statements to the contrary as a lie which gets to what I
really want to ask about Paige pays a call on the White House it's May 4th
2016 Trump secures the GOP nomination aside
from having a meltdown you and sterzick say there will be enormous pressure to
close the Hillary case from who seems you answered the question you
immediately schedule a meeting at the White House for the very next day
coincidence what exactly about the Hillary investigation was discussed what
strategy was put in place what pressure did the White House put on you funny
enough later that day the Washington Post posts a big article about the case
it quotes senior people attached to the investigation declaring no evidence had
been found that Hillary intended to endanger national security it puts into
the public area in the middle of the campaign that Hillary likely won't be
charged you're in the small group handling the investigation did you talk
to the post if not you who did your White House meeting lay at the plan for
ending the in a couple weeks earlier Obama had said
Hillary did not intend to harm national security was that White House meeting
where it was determined Obama's notion of antenna would be the hook you'd hang
your exoneration on that leaking at ASAP would help get the ball rolling ease the
pressure on Hillary during the campaign speaking of Obama or you in on the
decision to remove the reference to the president from the Hillary exoneration
memo that reference indicated Hillary had emailed Obama via her unsecured
system while in a hostile country did this decision also come out of that
White House meeting who wanted to protect Obama from the public realizing
the following a Obama communications were now in the hands of hostile foreign
agents B Obama knew all about the illicit server C he lied through his
teeth about it finally because my time is short after Trump was elected you
prepared James Comey for a briefing on the Trump Russia investigation
you told sterzick Obama wants to know everything we are doing who is the we I
assume you didn't mean the American people is it the same way whose TRADOC
said would stop drum what was the everything did that include the shady
FISA applications the months of running spies I mean assets at assorted Trump
campaign figures the extensive use of the steel dossier the use of the brucer
at justice and Nellie or at fusion GPS to keep cycling dirt paid for by Hillary
into the investigation McCabe and Sally Yates setup of Michael Flynn the curious
transition of Michael Flynn's FBI interview going from the agents not
thinking he lights a liar liar pants on fire again what exactly did you mean by
Obama wanting to know everything we are doing Obama insisted he didn't get
involved in investigations was he lying what did he know when did he know it and
what did he do to bring it about and please don't pull a stir sock and
tell me he just wanted the juicy details of our romantic weekends away two
Republican congressman reps John Radcliffe of Texas and Matt Gaetz of
Florida characterized pages closed-door testimony as more forthcoming Venstre
socks because she answered more questions about Special Counsel Robert
Mueller's investigation as well as the Hillary Clinton
robe Republican Rep mark Meadows a North Carolina Republican said they had
learned new information that has been a long time coming but he and the other
lawmakers declined to provide details there is significant new infor she has
provided Meadows said adding that he wouldn't discuss details unless
transcripts of the interviews were released like stir sock Paige said the
political views she had expressed in anti Donald Trump text messages did not
affect her work at the FBI Lowell makers from both parties said meadows called
Paige a very credible witness and said she had been falsely accused of not
wanting to cooperate with the committee a charge that had been levied by his
fellow Republicans and President Trump Republicans went so far as to even
praised Paige for her testimony after she had been threatened with contempt
earlier in the week I found Lisa page to be far more credible than stir sock
geats said we did not see the smug attitude
that we saw from Stros and in a sign that Republicans are not eager to replay
the nasty sterzick hearing GOP lawmakers signaled Friday that they were unwilling
to force Paige to testify publicly despite earlier indications that they
would I think that at this point public testimony is not on the horizon said
meadows adding that a public hearing is not something I would advocate for
Democrats seized on Friday's new Mueller indictments to charge that Republicans
were wasting time by focusing on Paige in the Clinton email investigation when
they should be investigating Russian election meddling she's an irrelevant
actor in a sideshow Rep Jamie Raskin a Maryland Democrat said of Paige
Democrats said it was notable how much more subdued friday's interview was
compared with the charged environment during Thursday's public hearing with
sterzick it's much more sedate much more calm said Rep Roger Krishnamoorthy
and Illinois Democrats he added that it was a situation where we can actually
learn what's going on and the witness can actually answer the question it's a
closed-door hearing said Rep Sheila jackson-lee
a Texas Democrat saying Thursday's had been about squaring points related 19
elements from that house hearing with Peter stroszek page appeared Friday
declining to speak to reporters as she entered the committee spaces after House
Judiciary Chairman Bob goodlet a Virginia Republican had threatened to
hold her in contempt for defying a subpoena
earlier in the week she is scheduled to return for additional questioning Monday
on Thursday stroszek testified publicly over a ten hour span during which
Republicans and Democrats got into several shouting matches including one
particularly explosive moment after Rep Louie Gohmert a Texas Republican asks
jaeseok did he look into his wife's eye and lie to her about lisa page the
comment prompted house from democrats including one who shouted you need your
medication but there were no calls for medication today Krishnamoorthy said he
said republicans were pressing Paige about the intent behind the text
messages she had exchanged with stir sock which included many anti-trump
missives as well as a message in which sterzick had said wheelstop trump
stroszek denied that his political views expressed in the text affected his
professional work on Thursday and Paige also said there was no bias affecting
her conduct according to Jackson Lee FBI agent Peter Strasser explains why he
sent anti Trump text FBI agent Peter stress explains why he sent anti Trump
text stroszek and Paige had worked on the FBI's Russia investigation and on
the early days of Mueller's special counsel team stroszek was removed from
the special counsel probe after the text messages were discovered last year while
Paige had already left several Republicans on the committee including
those who have threatened Deputy Attorney General rod Rosen Stein with
contempt or impeachment praised the indictment of the Russian officials
Friday but they argued they are doing important oversight work holding the FBI
accountable for how it handled the Clinton and Russia investigations in
2016 Meadows had said he had lots of questions for Paige as he walked into
the interview House Oversight Chairman trey Gowdy who mixed it up with sterzick
several times on Thursday would not answer questions about page or the
Mueller in Dimon when he left the interview
the South Carolina Republican later issued a statement on the latest
indictment as I have repeatedly said it is clear based on the evidence Russia
had disdain for Secretary Clinton and was motivated in whole or in part by a
desire to harm her candidacy or undermine her presidency had she
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