can look into any attempts to thwart the investigation, are all really important criteria, and to have that special prosecutor, people would breathe a sigh of relief because then there would be a real independent person overlooking the fbi director. so i think the two are related. i think mark warner s idea is a good idea and i this i it will get broad support in our caucus. the key here of course is getting some of our republican colleagues to join us. we re hoping, we re waiting, we understand it s difficult, but i think patriotism and the needs of this country demand it. the senate intelligence committee called for squlamz comey to testify on tuesday, but comey said he s not going to be able to. do you think the intelligence committee should issue a subpoena and compel him to testify? no. in fact, i believe i read this in the papers but that mr. comey has said he does want to testify, but he d like it to be in public. i think public testimony is very
can look into any attempts to thwart the investigation, are all really important criteria. and to have that special prosecutor, people would breathe a sigh of relief, because then there would be a real independent person overlooking the fbi director. so, i think the two are related. i think mark warner s idea s a good idea, and i think it will get some broad support in our caucus. the key here, of course, is getting some of our republican colleagues to join us. we re hoping, we re waiting. we understand it s difficult, but i think patriotism and the needs of this country demand it. the senate intelligence committee called for james comey to testify on tuesday, but comey has said he s not going to be able to. do you think the intelligence committee should issue a subpoena and compel him to testify? no. in fact, i believe i read this in the papers, but mr. comey has said he would like to testify but would like it to be in public. i think public testimony is very
a special counsel for russia. other democrats saying they support that strategy. here is senator schumer on state of the union today. i think mark warner s idea is a good idea. and i think it will get some broad support in our caucus. the key here, of course, is getting some of our republican colleagues to join us. we re hoping. we re waiting. we understand it s difficult. but i think patriotism and the needs of this country demand it. now, another one of you had the question of the week. this is from ebo lady on twitter who says isn t firing comey an obstruction of justice? now, the short answer is based on the public available evidence right now, no. the firing itself is not obstruction of justice. and that s because the president does have the lawful authority to remove an fbi director. so while the white house story has changed, and we ve been documenting that, trump still has some claims that are potentially valid for the termination, like that comey wasn t doing a good job. b