Yikes: McCarthy & Taylor-Greene warn telecom companies not to turn over Jan 6 phone records

[dblack]

Which law Ray ?

They'll find something!

 

[Tommy Tainant]

They'll find something!

I would think that the only recourse they have is that the Committee lacks the standing to have that information. But I doubt that they would be so slack as to not give themselves that authority.

 

[danielpalos]

Interesting. I wonder why they would be worried about such a thing. It was just a tour that got a little rowdy!

Any guesses?

Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor Greene Threaten Telecoms Not To Give Data to 1/6 Committee

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) have warned telecommunications companies against sharing information with the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) joined House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in threatening telecommunications companies that comply with a records request from the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Greene is pictured after a press conference outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C. on August 23, 2021.

McCarthy and Greene on Tuesday both suggested that the companies would face repercussions for complying with the committee's request for data once Republicans are in control of the government. The committee asked 35 telecommunications and social media companies to supply it with the records on Monday.

Some of the requested records pertain to Greene and other Republican members of Congress who were involved in the January 6 "Stop the Steal" rally supporting former President Donald Trump's false claims that he "won" the 2020 election, according to CNN. Shortly after the rally, the Capitol was breached by rioters who claimed that Trump was a victim of election fraud.

What do they have to hide? Or, are right-wingers simply projecting Hypocrites in audit threads?

Vote more ethical blue not immoral red!

Job 34:30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

 

[Mac-7]

Who the hell has rational cause to be mad that their communications were intercepted while communicating with people we ALL know are being monitored for reasons that have nothing to do with them?

The Deep State spies on everyone

but obama changed the rules before leaving office by allowing unmasking by people within the administration who never had that right before

And what did that get them?

gen flynn on a charge of lying to the FBI

but the intent to intimidate trump loyalists was clear

 

[colfax_m]

The Deep State spies on everyone

but obama changed the rules before leaving office by allowing unmasking by people within the administration who never had that right before

And what did that get them?

gen flynn on a charge of lying to the FBI

but the intent to intimidate trump loyalists was clear

Right. Deep state has your microwave listening to you. Right guys?

You’re all so paranoid.

 

[Dana7360]

They did? When did Republicans want telecommunications records of Democrat Congress people?

trump did.

While he was president. Only unlike the democrats, trump did it in secret.

He got Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell's phone records secretly.

There's an inspector general investigation into it now.

trump did much worse than just ask companies to retain records. Which is all the democrats have done thus far. That's it. All the democrats have done is ask those companies to retain records.

trump went much farther. He got phone records of those politicians and the records of many journalists. Mostly those at The NY Times and Washington Post. trump got the judge to issue a gag order so the phone companies couldn't alert their customers that it was being done.

The only reason why we know about this is because the gag order lapsed so the phone companies alerted their customers about trump getting their phone records. If that gag order had not expired, none of this would have been known.

You had absolutely no problem with trump doing this and doing it in secret.

Yet you have a problem with democrats publicly asking phone companies to retain records.

You are nothing but a hypocrite.

DOJ inspector general to review Trump Justice Department's seizure of Democrats' phone data

Democrats Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell and others, including family members and a minor, were targeted by the Trump Justice Department.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Mac1958]

What do they have to hide? Or, are right-wingers simply projecting Hypocrites in audit threads?

Vote more ethical blue not immoral red!

Job 34:30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

Who knows. If there is something, I hope it comes out. Fun watching them squirm like this, though!

 

[dudmuck]

The Deep State spies on everyone

but obama changed the rules before leaving office by allowing unmasking by people within the administration who never had that right before

And what did that get them?

gen flynn on a charge of lying to the FBI

but the intent to intimidate trump loyalists was clear

it was before that.
It was patriot act

 

[Mac-7]

Who knows. If there is something, I hope it comes out. Fun watching them squirm like this, though!

What you are supporting is a soviet or chinese communist style fishing expedition

you really have lost your way thanks to Trump Derangement Syndrome

 

[Mac1958]

you really have lost your way thanks to Trump Derangement Syndrome

I do love irony!

 

[DrLove]

Thats called obstruction of justice. Those records are coming, and there isnt thing one they can do about it.

Mafia thuggery. Dear Leader taught them well.

 

[DrLove]

They also said they'd be violating federal law which is where the threat is about.

No, they might be violating federal privacy laws if they released them on their own.
That's what subpoenas are for. And nobody is gonna release unredacted phone records to the general public.

 

[DrLove]

Right. Deep state has your microwave listening to you. Right guys?

You’re all so paranoid.

Dunno how he fit into Kellyanne's microwave - But he sure did!

 

[Rawley]

Interesting. I wonder why they would be worried about such a thing.

Democrats’ Jan. 6 subpoena-palooza sets dangerous precedent

Thompson is not only refusing to name the targets, he has also asked the companies to keep the subpoenas secret.

thehill.com

 

[Rawley]

These were lawful records requests. Why are they hiding and bullying if they did nothing wrong?
They DID do wrong Ray. That is why they hide like the sniveling cowards they are.

Is that your justification - "why are you worried if you have nothing to hide?" Want to think about that for a minute?

 

[Rawley]

No, they might be violating federal privacy laws if they released them on their own.
That's what subpoenas are for. And nobody is gonna release unredacted phone records to the general public.

Except for assholes like Schiff, right?

Lawmakers weaponize colleagues’ call records - Roll Call

The impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump this week gave members of Congress a glimpse at a new and distressing weapon in partisan warfare — the exposure of lawmakers’ call records as part of congressional oversight. The House Intelligence Committee report in its investigation into...

www.rollcall.com

 

[DrLove]

Except for assholes like Schiff, right?

Lawmakers weaponize colleagues’ call records - Roll Call

The impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump this week gave members of Congress a glimpse at a new and distressing weapon in partisan warfare — the exposure of lawmakers’ call records as part of congressional oversight. The House Intelligence Committee report in its investigation into...

www.rollcall.com

Apples and tomatoes. If it turns out (and it will) that any of the subpoenaed subjects were talking to people arrested for their violence on 1/6 .. there will be hell to pay.

Among the explosive revelations Tuesday were the dates and lengths of calls to and from Rep. Devin Nunes of California, the panel’s top Republican. The committee did not directly subpoena Nunes’ records, but the calls appeared in the Giuliani and Parnas records.

“If you’re going to talk to a criminal, we can’t protect you,” Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., a member of the Intelligence Committee, said Thursday. “There’s no ‘member of Congress can talk to a criminal’ protection. Like, sorry.”

 

[DrLove]

Is that your justification - "why are you worried if you have nothing to hide?" Want to think about that for a minute?

Not really - if they weren't talking to inappropriate parties then they have nothing to worry about.

 

[Mac-7]

That's what subpoenas are for. And nobody is gonna release unredacted phone records to the general public.

Dems will if it helps them attack repubs

 

[DrLove]

Dems will if it helps them attack repubs

Nonsense, but you be you!