Thomas Massie Asks Witness If Clinton Action In 1999 Could Be Considered A Campaign Finance Expense

At a House Judiciary Committee hearing held last week, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) spoke about New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
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[@user-cm6jt8ye5e]

For 17 Million Dollars the public deserves to know the names of those politicians who we paid for to cover up their indiscretions.

[@christinewarren7523]

There have been a few of them in the news over the years.

[@blakewatson9695]

Will bet any amount of money JOE BIDEN as a Senator or even VP is on the list if not on it multiple times!

[@susanbrown2578]

Yes! I remember mhen the slush fund was outed. We were told we would get thd details, desantis said we deserved to knw, then he left for Fl.😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

@@christinewarren7523 Got names.

[@loscoolarrows5903]

@@blakewatson9695So because you disagree with his policies Hes a cheater? Stop obsessing about this grandpa man its so soft

[@paulatrybus7738]

I love how Thomas Massey works. He is always exposing the hypocrisy

[@patricekanagy5898]

17 million of taxpayer money!!!?? Those congressional people need to pay it back. Wtf?

[@ninaappelt9001]

Yeah, that'll happen on the 34th of never.

[@pear7828]

Swamp.. i doubt it sometimes that can be restarted overnight

[@Carol-mw1iw]

Thomas Massie tells the truth!

[@bls5160]

Wish he was the nominee, I would actually want to support and vote for him.

[@bls5160]

@@georgeotto8451 What is he lying about? Explain? I relly want to know?

[@omororri]

@@georgeotto8451 which part, specifically?

[@Thor-Orion]

Tom Massie is the single most honest politician presently. I don’t ALWAYS agree with him, but I know for a fact that he always says what he believes, he loves this country with all of his heart and he will always do what’s in the best interest of the nation. I think he’ll be running for Senate when Mitch McConnell retires from his senate seat in Kentucky. Then it would be Rand Paul and Tom Massie as the Kentucky Senators, what a one two punch they would be! Gosh I wish every state would elect men and women with Maddie’s intellect, integrity and honesty. We could actually have a chance to save this country if we were to drain the swamp with our votes. It’s truly on WE THE PEOPLE to drain the swamp. We need to organize a third party pretty desperately so that we can go after uniparty republicrats from both of the major parties that have sold us up the river and who whore themselves out to every donor and lobbyist who slips them a tenner.

[@bls5160]

@@Thor-Orion I agree!

[@kevinwithers6083]

FJB and his Gestapo..

[@grassfireu]

FDC

[@grassfireu]

@@kevinwithers6083 Friendly fire, Kevin. I merely added Fudge the District of Columbia. The entire thing is corrupt.

[@edwhite7457]

DAMN!!! $17 million of our taxpayer money has been spent in sexual misconduct cases just in Congress? Why isnt the public made aware of these payoffs at the time?

[@quidproquo3933]

gee I wonder …

[@Jedimack7]

They have opened the iron curtain and it cannot be closed again

[@joyupton6325]

I believe this is quite shocking to everyone and horrific

[@ChristineHannahs]

We were informed about 10-15 years ago I'm thinking.

[@craigs3007]

Possibly because none of the people concerned are called Donald Trump?

[@separator94]

The Clintons should've both been given life sentences decades ago.

[@halwilliams1682]

Hopefully, the "trial" will elect Trump as president and we can thank Democrats for his victory.

[@derekmoore8224]

Yes need next warp speed

[@jwdory]

Amen!

[@Will-lk9cs]

I hope you’re holding your breath 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@andytomhall6006]

And then arrest them for all the crimes they've committed.

[@KathrynRose-schultz-qs6qw]

Biden as A stand up man and president and leader of America, should stop the gag orders and debate Trump and RFK with out all the rules that he uses to manipulate and hide behind! He is not presidential material if he doesn’t

[@scottminnich6987]

So everyone who has ever done this should be held accountable for their actions. Most of them would be guilty

[@yrreteugarps2835]

AND let's not forget, the statute of limitations is not an impediment to being indicted, changed, AND convicted of the crime. Hope the GAO has an accounting of who has used the slush fund. I also hope a suitable non_DumboCrap venue is found to try and convict Clinton - you know, a trial by his hating peers and a judge that contributes to the Republican cause, who will rule against every objection raised by Slick Willie's defense lawyers and sustain every one of the Prosecution's. The same Judge to send the case to deliberation to the jury by stating that they do NOT need a unanimous verdict on any count, just consensus that Clinton was guilty of something, otherwise he wouldn't have been in court, right? I can tell you after all the damage that philandering jagoff did (including being a draft dodger himself), it's time he was called on it. Think I'm lying? edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/candidates/democrat/clinton/skeletons/draft.shtml Clinton's Draft Deferrment In the autumn of 1969, Clinton entered the draft but received a high number (311) and was never called to serve -- however, Clinton made every effort to avoid the draft prior to entering it. First, Bill Clinton received education deferments while at Georgetown and Oxford (where he helped organize demonstrations against the war). Second, Clinton attempted to avoid the draft for four years by enrolling, but never joining, the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC). Clinton had enrolled in the ROTC hoping to avoid military service for four years, but, wanting a future in politics, had a change of heart and entered the draft. In December 1969, safe from the draft with his high lottery number, Clinton changed his mind about joining the ROTC program and wrote a letter to the director of the ROTC program thanking him "for saving me from the draft" and regretted misleading him by not revealing the extent of his opposition to the war. The letter was leaked by the Pentagon to ABC news early in the 1992 fueled criticism of candidate Clinton's character. Later in the 1992 campaign, it became known that Clinton's uncle had attempted to get Bill Clinton a Navy Reserve assignment during the Vietnam war. Clinton said he didn't know anything about it to the press on September 3, 1992 but a day later admitted that a former draft board member had informed him of his uncles' attempt several months before.

[@Terralventhe]

Well, considering they literally had to change the definition of the crime to create a guilty verdict, not just most but all of them would be guilty.

[@jeffclugston7666]

Well, that's one way to clean the sewer tank called CONGRESS.

[@jongarcia982]

1999? No need to go back that far. Steele Dossier was labeled 'legal services' in 2016

[@sharonbielski2792]

To show corruption and how it is being used as a weapon. Why are the American taxpayers paying for sex in the White House. WAKE UP AMERICA.

[@carlsanders7824]

And it in effect crippled the Presidency of Trump with a lie started by Clinton and the DNC

[@MacroAggressor]

Banana Republic shit.

[@richalt2]

Mr Massie, definitely file a complaint for the taxpayer dollars to silence sexual misconduct not being reported as campaign finance expense. It is past time to weaponize.

[@bar24mp]

Be a big surprise if he actually follows through with filing a complaint, they’ve known all this shit all along and haven’t done anything about anything!

[@richardschaffling9882]

If what they did to Trump is legal then why are not all the politicians in prison if what the politicians have done and they pay with taxpayer money then what Trump did is legal and the DA and judge should be in prison

[@gailcarmack2954]

I think if someone goes to prison. For helping someone cover up their discretions. For the sole purpose of covering it up. So said person stood a better chance of getting elected. Then shouldn't that person also be penalized. Edwards was. Cohen was. Matt Gatez's buddy was.

[@JaredGrosstick-kg6ym]

Who is running the doj?

@@JaredGrosstick-kg6ym Biden.

[@stringedaz]

What did "they" do to Trump, and who is "they," exactly?

[@jamesrobinson2138]

You already know why. People who oppose them, they use any and everything at their disposal, including lawfare and other means. Their puppets though, they actively work to cover up their corrupt, criminal activity. The system is off the tracks and also has an infection that went septic.

[@LorenKadison]

Hillary needs to go to jail

[@Frameleon9992]

Really for emailing about confidential information to people in the know, while your guy STOLE top Secret documents refused to give them back, didn't return all of them and left them laying around all over Mara Largo!!! A major threat to national security. Here's another thing. The Military's war plans for Iran went missing. Saudi Arabia hates Iran. Saudi Arabia paid Jarred Kushner $2 BILLION for some reason. No body seems to know why?

[@ScottyDoesntKnow69]

Almost correct but just replace jail with hell and you got it

[@KennyFisher-io4dm]

@@ScottyDoesntKnow69 both will soon be there!

[@justintime41776]

Like her buddy Comey said. Nobody would prosecute. 🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@Speakeroftruth5366]

For what buying a house in New York and living in it to run for office?!.

[@Dee88008]

Brilliant questioning by Massie.

[@rsisente]

zero tax dollars should ever be used to defend a sitting member against allegations. If they are found truly innocent, then they can submit for legal reimbursement. If it is settled, if they are found guilty, the individual elected should pay the cost. Period.

[@taylorallen8879]

Massie SHOULD file for the taxpayer funds being used for Congress sex pay outs to be investigated!!! WTH

[@joshuakramer5661]

Thomas Massie is one of my favorites after hearing him on tucker I love that guy! Smart dude built his own house with trees he cut down! Seems like one honest guy!

[@bigchillphil]

Release them all. Thats the American people’s taxes they should know who they are paying off.

[@idjdb710]

Big respect for this move.

[@whiterose7909]

We've got to nail this Bragg to the wall

[@irelandishsac13]

Politicians committing crimes? Unheard of.😂😂😂

[@ruthnovena40]

Thank you for pointing out some of these facts.

[@tomhamilton9140]

Our government is so broken. Please fix it. 🙏

[@jacquelinekraynek6300]

Go Thomas he’s right !!!!

[@88888gerald]

great idea.lets see who used stolen money to settle suits

[@jimmylabay156]

Don’t forget white water n Arkansas!!

[@diegojines-us9pc]

every heard of the trump park in NY. you want to see a fraud case. this is hows its done.

[@jamie42172]

there is no denying it, but the statute of limitations (and relevency) has run its course

[@michaelbaker8633]

​@jamie42172 The statute of limitations had run out on Trump as well, but that didn't stop them from going all in on what, at most was a bookkeeping error

[@diegojines-us9pc]

@@michaelbaker8633 sorry you listen to trump. you think if it had ran out the court wouldn't had ruled it hadn't when trumps lawyers brought it up a year ago, and lost, and bookkeeping error, because they didn't have a line for hush money?

[@kevinjohnson3521]

Forgot that far back, Hilary did it for the Russian Dossier!!!

[@kenpecora7526]

This guy is a star. Watch his interview with Tucker.

[@marcusaetius9309]

Massie is a beacon of light in the political darkness.

[@deejo2]

We should be grateful to Rep. Massie & encourage him not to let this go.

[@wms72]

Sue them ALL. Convict all those misusing taxpayer dollars

[@cindymeloche1429]

Could the payments made with taxpayers money for the multiple hush money should be revealed. Who were these congressmen guilty of that. Are they guilty of campaign corruption as they were voted into congress.

[@TigernachVT]

Swalwell there hiding his face! LOL

[@theoriginal7381]

Love Thomas Massie

[@idaknowman180]

The more I see this guy the more I like him

[@terrikrucina2023]

I like Massie more every time I hear him speak!

[@hawkeye2495]

your fantastic Tomas Massie thank you

[@harlanwhitehead763]

Start to file it and make sure its investigated

[@user-hr7im6fn7j]

Well said congressman

[@jasonjames6637]

Man I wish this guy could have a chance to run our country Keep grinding Mr. Massie

[@bunangst8415]

Can more legislators please stand up like Thomas Massie?

[@jeffclugston7666]

There would only be a hand full. The rest are in hiding, hoping there names aren't released.

[@theviking363]

Here's My take on the 3 house's. Hire a AG, investigate every employee of those houses,find the crime's they've committed and procicute them. No more immunity for lies and deception. They work for US.

[@JMason-iw1xh]

Will the judges paycheck be put down as election expenses 😂😂

[@riverspirit7]

Its an important question because statutes of limitations no longer apply for all!

[@mb9326]

It also means ex post facto is out the window.

[@jeroldlafferty54]

Can't they change the law like New York did with made up sexual misconduct against Trump then change it back?

[@user-sf6su1pq8u]

Good job Thomas Massey... file away 😮

[@blacksunbadger592]

If there was no accountability 25 years ago, there certainly wont be any now.

[@bls5160]

Trump better put him in his cabinet. He's a good one.

[@Luckyrider1958]

Massie.. Hawley.. real bulldogs

[@libertypastor1307]

No, we need him in Congress!

[@christinefrances5598]

This is insane.

[@cindymeloche1429]

$17 million holy molly.

[@josephkressin9234]

I wanna know WHO had their fingers in that 17 million and why and WHO authorized it. SO HELL YES INVESTIGATE IT.

[@cornelia4427]

A very courageous witness.

[@ThrockmortonJGildersleeve]

Using "The Process" as punishment. Consice

[@hemihead001]

MTG said she was going to provide that list in her first Term . I'm STILL waiting . It's about time those sexual assaults are exposed .

[@SamSamsonCroy]

Trump’s?! I totally agree!

[@leepierce8778]

No the rest of congress not to mention the Clinton's 😂😂

[@SamSamsonCroy]

@@leepierce8778 oh ok. So you don’t care about Trump’s? Typical cult behavior.

[@leepierce8778]

@@SamSamsonCroy no I said congress you brought up Trump and refuse to admit the democrats do any wrong

[@charlesharris9965]

The NY Just Us system is FUBAR.

[@Sobeit2024]

Ask about the Cigar aren't those paid for by "we the people"?

[@jamesmadison6650]

Somebody needs to start making a size “ fat” orange jumpsuit for Alvin Bragg.

[@trentp151]

Massie is the GOAT

[@valeraashcraft8640]

Yes Massie, FILE IT!!!! Thank you!!!

[@tracy.mankey4562]

Go Massey ! I like this man!

[@lynnejuju3370]

Lwe should know who and how much for congress

[@mandylucas123]

Love Mr Massie

[@rumblethis2023]

Massie is another great man that will go into the history books as being a leader on the side of justice!

[@ashestootrippy]

Wish I lived in Massie's district. Head and shoulders above pretty much all other 434 members of the house

[@brisbanekilarny6212]

Everybody on that panel, including the democrat panelist, knows that the verdict will be vacated.

[@jordanshilander7402]

Power, money, and corruption seem to go hand in hand with these politicians.

[@brendaryan6157]

Big time crooks

[@jenniferd1703]

Thank you Mr Massey! Clear and logical points

[@joemaldo7897]

It is refreshing to hear.

[@Maser209]

I love Massie! I hope he gets into the senate.

[@RockCorley-im1si]

This is Great!

[@rosemarywhitney4680]

awesome ,please do file one! mr. massie

[@nikolastanishkov7661]

Thank you

[@nikolastanishkov7661]

Great questions 👏

[@deanpatterson1842]

Good show , informative

[@user-ow2mf7hf2x]

❤this man Massie🎉🎉🎉

[@podunkest]

I fuckin love Thomas Massie, he's the only guy who says the shit I'm thinking, WISHING someone would say.

[@happyappy19931]

Nice language

[@sarahkalenda3305]

Exposure is 9/10th of the law. The not-so-great American zipper problem. Simple rule: don't "do" it.

[@standismore5328]

Investigate it all!

[@lonesomecowboy4659]

As a American TAX PAYER lm pissed the way OUR MONEY is Being WAISTED.

[@aetherisch]

شكرا جزيلا على الفيديو! 🇪🇬

[@jaytravtulsa1]

Using the process as the punishment, well said.

[@viclunaanthc3274]

Mr. Massie is awesome!

[@themrs.547]

Amen , we should be praying for both of them. I have been remiss 😬

[@doncheney858]

That cop just committed assault and battery! I saw no resistance from CFW at all. Charges need to brought immediately on the cop!

[@user-of5se2zi7t]

Great line of questioning by Massie!

[@robertledsome3327]

Any official whom has been in office for 15th years or more needs to leave office.

[@williamborger8554]

We want the records immediately!!!

[@TrishCanyon9]

Good report ❤

[@ChaoticDALO]

Massie is LEGENDARY!!

[@jimadkins4772]

Great video

[@m1p84]

Does our government do anything for the people anymore? Just asking.

[@barbg0915]

Love Massie, love his honesty

[@americanmike68]

Why are there not just stacks of charges being filed right now? No one on the Republican side has any backbone. This will never stop because no one's ever held accountable.

[@positivityleads2success]

Wow!

[@brianosborne1437]

Tom Massie is a Great American!

[@paulsutubification]

We need to shut down the crazy latitude that judges have on bias.

[@libertypastor1307]

Thomas Massie and MTG, the most effective and needed representatives in Congress.

[@tomhuyck734]

Love Massie.

[@kourtlandperry1698]

They changes the statue of limitations to go after 1 man

[@notagain2422]

Drop the charges!