Ranking Member Jim Himes statement on politically driven DOJ charges against intelligence officials:
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"These last two years have been just a cesspool of coercion. I’m not prepared to say that I know that there’s illegal activity here that will result in the revocation of contracts, but I do know that there’s all kinds of dirty conflicts of interest here.”
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www.wsj.com Possible Next House Intel Chair Aims to Probe ‘Nakedly Corrupt Dealings’ In a letter to a defense-industry group, Rep. Jim Himes signaled to the private sector a desire to investigate alleged coercion by the Trump administration. Ranking Member Jim Himes: The Committee is ‘very likely’ to investigate corrupt dealings with private sector:
"I am concerned that the current Administration has departed from decades of precedent in favor of
unethical or even nakedly corrupt dealings with the private sector."
"I am concerned that the current Administration has departed from decades of precedent in favor of
unethical or even nakedly corrupt dealings with the private sector."
Ranking Member @JAHimes: Understand what happened tonight, the President was setting the basis to turn around on election night and deploy federal officers to seize ballot boxes. That is the moment in which American democracy dies.
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Ranking Member @jahimes: Our elections are strong and secure because of the quiet and dignified work of thousands of patriotic Americans in the intelligence community, in state and local election offices and in polling places themselves.
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www.nytimes.com Opinion | Trump’s Election Denial Has Never Been More Dangerous Don’t fall for dramatic claims based on selective declassification.