Deputy AG, FBI director make unannounced visit to Paul Ryan's office

There's just no way THAT's good. For Ryan anyway. I'm chortling!

Smells like an accidental visit on an airport tarmac. We'll see.

I would love to have been a fly on that wall

Ryan was on talk shows this week complaining about how slow the FBI is being in giving them all the documents they want because, I believe, to quote, "Wahwahwah, we wants 'em nnnooooooowwwww!"

Oh my goodness.

Nunes' deadline for the DOJ and FBI turning over a bunch of documents he's demanded regarding the dossier and FBI agents was today. It's part of the Republican's ongoing obstruction and attempt to destroy the FBI. Now I guess we just wait to see if they turned them over or not.

this got lost in the heavy news cycle but hopefully more will come out

Wow. Two partisan hacks pop in on the granny-starver. Saints preserve us!

Nunez is a complete retard, I don't believe anyone should even speak to him.

I do think Paul Ryan has been used by Russians and I think it will come out. I have to also believe Graham, McConnel and possibly McCain, took advantage of Russian money.

r9 busily sniffing out Russian perfidy everywhere.

I agree R9--he's completely defective. He represents a conservative agricultural district here in California that is full of deplorables.

[quote]Seems likely it's related to a Devin Nunes request for information from the investigation which had a deadline of today. It could be Rosenstein/Wray telling Ryan to call Nunes off because he's interfering with the investigation.

[quote]With the standoff between Grassley and Fusion GPS going on today, it's possible he wants to make sure stuff doesn't come out until he's ready for it. Also, with the House furiously trying to shit all over the DoJ and FBI, there's probably beef there.

what the heck went on there? It's not every day that head of the FBI goes to capitol hill in a secret meeting with the speaker of the house. Something is going down.

Is that something bad for Trump or bad for us?

From CNN reporter Manu Raju just now on Twitter:

Nunes says he has a deal with Rosenstein to access documents related to Steele dossier. "I believe the House Intelligence Committee has reached an agreement with the Department of Justice that will provide the committee with access to all the documents and witnesses"

The whole committee including Democrats or Nunes' special Repug only committee of fools?

"Reached a deal" means that the FBI put the smack down on Nunes and put Ryan on notice.

It's ABOUT FUCKING TIME!!!!!! I love our FBI, but they're dicks should have been on the table a YEAR AGO. But such is the beast of bureaucracy. Better late than never?

Wait, I just read that Lindsey G may head the Trump Russia probe. Is THAT why he's been cozying up? Was he trying to look "neutral" so when this happens, no one can say he is biased against Trump? Or does he just feel sorry for poor Donnie lmao????

R16 I have no idea. Maju hasn't elaborated or Tweeted anything else. I wish the news channels would stop with the (admittedly hilarious) trump/Bannon stuff and cover this.

The Republicans in Congress, for the most part, are a bunch of soulless corrupt criminals.

For the *whole* part, R21.

And of all days when Paul Ryan just *happened* to have been pre-lubed!

Was the FBI there to tell Ryan to cool it and make him stop Nunes from obstructing the work they are doing with his grandstanding and haranguing? I bet it's along those lines. I bet they told Ryan to fucking cool it or they'd lower the boom on them both!

Ryan is a soviet apparatchik.

I truly believe that, r25

It was leaked earlier that Paul Ryan knew that Trump was compromised/colluding by/with the Russians/Putin and he did not go to the FBI. Told others to say quiet.

Ryan is the only one who can call off Nunes, and Nunes is one of the conspirators.

Totally agree with r25.

Agreed.

Maybe today someone will do some reporting

All the top republicans have accepted money from Russian oligarchs the are all complicit.

Looks like they couldn't scare off Ryand and Nunes. From democratic underground:

Rep. Devin Nunes announced late Wednesday that his panel, the House Intelligence Committee, appears to have reached an agreement with the Justice Department to gain access to "all" documents and witnesses it sought by a deadline at the end of the day.

“After speaking to Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein this evening, I believe the House Intelligence Committee has reached an agreement with the Department of Justice that will provide the committee with access to all the documents and witnesses we have requested," Nunes, R-Calif., said in a brief statement. "The committee looks forward to receiving access to the documents over the coming days."

The announcement came hours after FBI Director Christopher Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein met with House Speaker Paul Ryan on Capitol Hill.

He's going to run to orange with everything which will do two things 1)dump will act out and again try to obstruct regarding what Nunes told him. This will implicate both of them. And 2)will show Nunes is unfit to be on the committee.

Fool has been set up by the FBI and is too stupid to realize it.

I disappointed they didn't frog march Ryan out of his office in cuffs.