Full initial remarks from MIKE LEE:
– “Unsatisfied” with "legal, factual and moral justification for the attack”
– “Probably the worst [military] briefing I’ve seen"
– Lee found it “insulting and demeaning” that briefers told Senate not to debate more action against Iran pic.twitter.com/scNqZTtPZR
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) January 8, 2020
I got inside details of the disastrous Congressional Iran briefings:
– CIA Director Haspel told lawmakers to “read the report” — meaning an intel report — instead of actually briefing
– Briefers “shushed” lawmakers
– And much more https://t.co/3AEb68QERy— Alex Ward (@AlexWardVox) January 8, 2020
I just ran into Dick Durbin at a Subway sandwich shop (I’m too tired to cook, ok?) and I asked him why Trump aides thought they could dismiss Congress like this. “Look who they work for,” he replied. https://t.co/VZPwIj7M8v
— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) January 9, 2020
A day after Iranian ballistic missiles hit Iraqi bases used by U.S. forces, the Trump administration’s first briefings on Iran for legislators went so poorly that even its allies walked out saying that the White House was losing congressional support. https://t.co/iAAahnIF3k
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 9, 2020
Even Mike Lee has his limits with the rampant lying from Trump regime@sltrib https://t.co/29QCQbXdDB
— Pat Bagley (@Patbagley) January 9, 2020
Congress readies for Iran briefings and vote in the House that would restrict the president's ability to go to war with Tehran https://t.co/QtXsvbbT7U
— Roll Call (@rollcall) January 7, 2020