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Thursday's hearing is on the verge of being one of the most controversial Congress until here related to the Russian inquiry, as Republicans will have the chance to to grill one of the key FBI officials that they have accused of misconduct – and he will get the first opportunity to publicly give his side of the story.
" How can Rigged Witch Hunt proceed when it's started, influenced and worked for a long time? Peter Strzok, former FBI agent / lover, read his hateful and totally biased emails, and the answer is clear! "[19659005] Strzok could have company Thursday when he will appear –
Page was summoned for an in camera interview Wednesday, but challenged the summons, saying that she had not not having enough time to examine the documents relating to his testimony.
Bob Goodlatte, the Republican President of Virginia who issued the subpoena, responded that she could attend an in camera interview Friday or testify publicly. Thursday alongside Strzok
If she does not attend, Goodlatte has threatened to start detaining her in defiance of Congress on Friday.
Page has not publicly indicated what she plans to do.
Democratic sources claim that Strzok is a credible witness During the interview, he managed to refute the Republican attacks against him
before the hearing, Jerry Nadler's representatives from New York and Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the top Democrats on the Judiciary and Supervision Committees, issued a statement Wednesday. The questions Republicans had asked Strzok during the in camera session, including questions about his extramarital affair with Page and his vote in 2016.
"This inquiry is a political charade – a platform for raising conspiracy theories of the far right and undermine Nadler and Cummings have said that the criminal investigation in progress of the special advisor on the president and his campaign badistants.
But Democrats face their own obstacles with on Thursday Although they took the same role in defending the FBI and the Department of Justice when Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein found himself facing House Republicans at a hearing last month, Strzok's textual messages are harder to defend, and the Inspector General of the Justice Department blames him for his political prejudices