Who's Obstructing Justice Now? (A Continuing Republican Saga)

(Photo: Alex Wong/ Getty Images)

Why, look, it's the Desiccated Corncob and Huckleberry:

More than a year after Republican leaders promised to investigate Russian interference in the presidential election, two influential Republicans on Friday made the first known congressional criminal referral in connection with the meddling — against one of the people who sought to expose it. 

Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a senior committee member, told the Justice Department they had reason to believe that a former British spy, Christopher Steele, lied to federal authorities about his contacts with reporters regarding information in the dossier, and they urged the department to investigate. 

Not sure what the Russians had on Grassley that they turned over to Putin puppet Donald "Rump" Trump, but we're imagining their kompromat on Graham involved sumpin' sumpin' on the down- low. Or, it could just be these are the party- before- country careerist weasels we always knew they were.

File this under "Why Democrats need to take back the Senate in 2018."

BONUS:  Connecticut Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued this statement in response --

“Sadly, the first major action taken by the Republican majority on the Judiciary Committee seems to be aimed at someone who reported wrongdoing, rather than committed it. This action was taken without any bipartisan cooperation, or even consultation. These vaguely stated, secret allegations seem designed more to distract attention from the priority issues for investigation, and discredit the FBI and other law enforcement,” Blumenthal said. 

“One point of indisputable fact is that the FBI’s investigation of Russian interference in our election – and Trump campaign collaboration with it – was triggered by information completely independent from the dossier or Christopher Steele or Fusion GPS. This disappointing step seems to deflect from the genuinely urgent and critical topics of our Committee’s inquiry: Russian meddling in our democracy, Trump campaign collusion with it, and possible obstruction of justice.” 

BONUS II:  Kerry Eleveld has a comprehensive accounting of all the Republican f*ckery on this to date.

(Photo: Graham and Grassley getting marching orders from Rump.)