{"id":19797,"date":"2017-02-16T02:06:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T02:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=19797"},"modified":"2017-02-16T02:06:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T02:06:53","slug":"sen-paul-backs-off-on-investigations-seriously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=19797","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Paul backs off on investigations &#8230; seriously?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/o-RAND-PAUL-facebook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19798\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/o-RAND-PAUL-facebook-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/o-RAND-PAUL-facebook-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/o-RAND-PAUL-facebook-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/o-RAND-PAUL-facebook-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/o-RAND-PAUL-facebook.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said the following on Fox News Radio. Pay attention, please.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I think\u00a0that might be excessive. I think it looks like the President has handled the situation and unless there\u2019s some kind of other evidence of malfeasance, this sounds like something that was internal White House politics and it looks like the President\u2019s handled it. \u2026 I just don\u2019t think it\u2019s useful to be doing investigation after investigation, particularly of your own party. We\u2019ll never even get started with doing the things we need to do like repealing Obamacare if we\u2019re spending our whole time having Republicans investigate Republicans. I think it makes no sense.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Kentucky Republican is talking about whether Congress needs to investigate allegations that former national security adviser Michael Flynn met with Russian intelligence officials\u00a0during the 2016 presidential campaign. These meetings lie at the heart of the swirling controversy that threatens to engulf the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans who run Congress do not need to investigate the Republican president, Sen. Paul said.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations take up too much time he said, distracting lawmakers from more important matters.<\/p>\n<p>Wow! I guess he forgot about all the Benghazi hearings involving former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that, um, turned up nothing. <em>Zero!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Oh, wait! It&#8217;s OK for Congress to launch interminable investigations looking for dirt on someone from the other party.<\/p>\n<p>Is that correct, Sen. Paul? Well &#8230;\u00a0Senator?<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said the following on Fox News Radio. 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