Swalwell on Strzok Hearing: ‘This Is All an Effort To Protect the President’

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SWALWELL: "The Republicans didn’t show up yesterday to hear the answers. They wanted to use the questions to undermine Bob Mueller’s investigation. I asked for Mr. Bannon to be subpoenaed because he was under subpoena when he testified before the House Intelligence Committee. A number of members, including Mr. Gowdy, asked him questions about his involvement with the Russians during the campaign and the administration. He refused to answer, but he was never brought in for contempt proceedings as was threatened with Mr. Strzok. So I wanted to make sure that the public saw the deep, deep inconsistency which I think really illustrates this is all an effort to protect the President and nothing more than that when our ballot box and our democracy needs more protecting than ever."