Well, what do you know? It looks as if the Senate Judiciary Committee, which conducted interviews with everyone involved in a 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer at Trump Tower in New York Cityโwith the alleged aim of getting damaging information about Hillary Clintonโwould like to make those interviews public, and Iโm all here for it.
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For one reason: The meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya included the presidentโs son, Donald Trump Jr., aka Big Lilโ Fredo, who has always been one Matchbox car short of a set.
I know that his testimony alone will provide the impetus to impeach his father; I know that he asked for vending-machine snacks before his testimonyโa telltale sign for anyone who watches The First 48 that snitching is on the horizon; and I know that he accidentally snitched because, letโs face it, Big Lilโ Fredo has always been one cigarette away from having a full pack of Newport 100s.
The Washington Post is reporting that Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), the chairman of the committee, plans to release all of the interviews soon to โget them out to the public for everyone to see,โ since the panelโs interviews with โwitnesses surrounding the Trump Tower meeting are complete.โ
While the committeeโs ranking member, Democrat Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), told the Post on Thursday that she was โdelightedโ by Grassleyโs intentions and โvery grateful for your decision to proceed,โ my worry is that if Grassley is anxious to get the interviews out to the people, then there must be nothing to see here.
Iโm sure, though, that Big Lilโ Fredo will have something delightful in his transcript, because, well, heโs been known to recklessly spout random conspiracy theories on Twitter and is one mug short of completing a Starbucks holiday gift set.
Big Lilโ Fredo spoke with the Judiciary Committee in September. The committee members also met with several others, including music promoter Rob Goldstone, who brokered the whole meeting, as well as โRussian American lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin, U.S.-based Russian real estate company employee Ike Kaveladze, and Anatoli Samochornov, the translator for Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, who answered the committeeโs questions in writing,โ the Post reports.
The committee didnโt speak with Jared โGot Dem Visasโ Kushner or former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, both of whom also attended the Trump Tower meeting, the Post reports.
Below is live video of me waiting for the transcripts to be released:
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