Rep Lee Zeldin isn’t in the mood to fool around anymore. He now has Lisa Page in his sights and the gun is loaded. The House has already sent out the federal marshals to serve her directly with a subpoena four times and no one is ready to back down anytime soon.
Page’s lawyer said that her client couldn’t testify because she hasn’t had enough time to prepare (Page was told two months ago that her testimony would be needed) and that neither she nor Page has been able to get access to documents from the FBI. (Both Page and her Lawyer got access to those documents on Tuesday)
On Wednesday, Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) said if it takes putting Lisa Page in handcuffs and bringing her to Capitol Hill by force in order to get her to comply with a Congressional subpoena, so be it.
On Tuesday night Trump-hating FBI lawyer Lisa Page and her legal counsel announced she will not appear before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday despite a Congressional subpoena.
A defiant Lisa Page argued through her lawyer she wasn’t given enough time to prepare for the interview and was not allowed to review requested documents at the FBI on Tuesday.
Congressman Zeldin has had it and says it’s time to use the full force of Congressional power to get Lisa Page to comply.
Zeldin tweeted: If it requires handcuffs to get Lisa Page, an employee of the fed govt, to abide by a Congressional subpoena to testify & answer questions then so be it. Working for the FBI is a great privilege, but Page doesn’t become her own branch of govt in charge of her own set of fed laws.
“If it requires handcuffs to get Lisa Page, an employee of the fed govt, to abide by a Congressional subpoena to testify & answer questions then so be it. Working for the FBI is a great privilege, but Page doesn’t become her own branch of govt in charge of her own set of fed laws.”
If it requires handcuffs to get Lisa Page, an employee of the fed govt, to abide by a Congressional subpoena to testify & answer questions then so be it. Working for the FBI is a great privilege, but Page doesn’t become her own branch of govt in charge of her own set of fed laws.
— Lee Zeldin (@RepLeeZeldin) July 11, 2018
He continued: “Page’s refusal to testify in Congress shows even more contempt for the American people, accountability & transparency than it shows contempt of Congress. This former top FBI official & Strzok accomplice should be held in contempt & brought to Capitol Hill by force if necessary.”
Cuff ’em and stuff ’em all.