Tom Cotton Asks Deputy AG If DOJ Will Investigate 'Democratic Mob' Disrupting Tennessee Legislature

At today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) questioned Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco.
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[@michaelangelo9119]

She's lying. And appalling she showed no concern over the appalling inconsistencies with the DOJ and FBI of late.

[@briane97]

She’s a big part of why this country is in the shape that it’s in.

[@jenniferzoch3309]

She is pure evil.

[@gc6888]

It’s shocking how many Americans are oblivious to the corruption happening within these government agencies. The same ones oblivious will be screaming when their party of choice isn’t in control and these precedence’s being set are used against things they support.

[@garfieldfarkle]

12 million new jobs, average wages up 11%, GDP growth averaging 3.3%, rural broadband, spectacular vax plan that cut daily Covid deaths 90%, lead water pipe removal, our standing in the world high again after being dragged down to the lowest point ever measured, health care for vets poisoned by burn pits - - - - I'LL TAKE IT! Where I live, we're getting our water treatment plant modernized, a new clerk of the court's office, a detox/recovery center, funding for low income housing, parks upgraded, a new fire truck, bridges repaired and roads paved, thanks to the American Rescue Plan. Democrats are earning my vote because they are doing things I can see and touch that improve my community and make my life better. Republicans don't even try to get my vote. All Republicans do is misbehave in front of cameras when they are not studying photos of Hunter's weenie. They are obsessed with bullying minorities and pushing dopey conspiracy theories about everything from Jewish space lasers to bamboo ballots.

[@luishon11]

The only Kleptocrats I see are SWAMP CREATURES Hyenas and Rhinos profiting from Ukraine military aid

[@mdaddy775]

Tom downplayed January 6 in that video, he's a big part of America's problems too

[@garrywilliams4449]

She is doing everything she can to cover their ass. She needs to be fired also.

[@richardspencer1682]

Let's fire Joe Biden,too. VOTE

[@johnanderson1973]

She’s an expert at CYA

[@gregmace260]

This is Treason.

[@D3vastat0r116]

i think she's doing a pretty good job of showing us what corrupt intent means !!!!!!!!!!

[@dallisb1047]

The Tennessee Insurrection needs to be investigated. And the three congress people were willing participants!

[@HBFTimmahh]

they are state legislatures. Congress if Federal.

[@sashmiel6566]

​@@HBFTimmahh You mean like in Michigan?

[@waynemakepeace5034]

They have no appetite to pursue that, clearly

[@dallisb1047]

@@HBFTimmahh The feds can investigate state issues. Such the Black Lies Matter hands up don't shoot lie. That was done by the corrupt Obummer doj.

[@garyfjeldsted2020]

What a lier she is

[@SteveXNYC]

You have to lie down to make babies..is they gift.

[@brettg274]

Who holds the AG accountable for perjury?

[@aeroearth]

Nominated by joseph biden and approved by Congress. joseph biden has the power to remove the Attorney General, but in merrick garland's case hell will have to freeze over first............

[@tedfaraday4361]

Bidumb hahahaha FJB and the rest of the loser's 😁😁😁😁😁

[@davidhornback2138]

Apparently noone!!!!

[@martylarson6911]

we need to start down sizing our govment people just a waste of our money

[@brianpowell6058]

So what parts of government do you suggest getting rid of?

[@martylarson6911]

@@brianpowell6058 All the liars and thief’s. To start with.

[@brianpowell6058]

@@martylarson6911 that would leave you about 20 lawmakers so what would you allow them to do?

[@HawksDiesel]

so you mean like, audit them?

[@robbaker1841]

Start by dismantling the corrupt scouts and their corporate sponsors! Then make sure corrupt billionaire elites who behave like mafia bosses can never enter the whitehouse - they should have prosecuted Nixon back in the day but the dems were too soft on him- here’s to the full force of the law falling on Trump!!

[@michaelcarr7170]

Never give the liar the final say on something.

[@aeroearth]

Correct. In Psychology it is called the "recency affect"

[@botrys583]

She doesn't seem to be aware of anything

[@susanhavelka2951]

I don't think we should be giving Zelensky any money.

[@markwatton4752]

Zelensky should be considered an enemy of the states higher in priority than saddam hussein.

[@artcook1976]

It is money Laundering making the Biden's family and other politicians richer

[@michellemallory3647]

No more money 😢

[@garrywilliams4449]

It's been proven that he is keeping millions of dollars for himself. Every country the US bails out for anything, they need to be made to pay us back. Every acre the ccp owns in the United States needs to be taken back by force. And the ccp run out of our country.

[@garrywilliams4449]

@F U you know biden is getting his cut. That's why he went over there. Even 10 percent will add up to multi millions of dollars from the billions he has already given him.

[@richardellis3141]

Thank you Sen. Tom Cotton

[@justinarsenault1926]

These individuals are on record and should be charged with crimes they have committed

[@bryanguilbeau5636]

Garland needs to resign or get Impeached!

[@lisaazzano1811]

Her answer is "If they are democrats they face NO consequences' 😡

[@garyjohnson7133]

Don’t give them another dime!!

[@nevmor123]

Governors have the right to declare an emergency and call in the National Guard to support law enforcement and restore and maintain order. That SHOULD have happened in Nashville. That is what SHOULD happen if they try that crap again.

[@DD-bn2mx]

their law enforcement should handle those problems or be replaced with new people

[@easter_sunday]

This country will not survive legal hypocrisy.

[@douglemay7989]

Trup is going down, end of problem.

[@belindaloux8354]

We won't survive another year if we don't stand up to this tyrannical government! We out here in the deep country will but you city folks won't!

[@godsoffspring4195]

@@douglemay7989 .... For what??

[@ronp5644]

@@douglemay7989 yawn

[@douglemay7989]

@@godsoffspring4195 Can someone help this poor MAGAt, maybe a tutorial on how to use a search engine?

[@jamesrehak1312]

The constant protest in clear violation of the law at Supreme Court Justices homes was ridiculous. The law did not say violence. It is against the law to be there. They posted in the paper where these judges children went to school. The application of the law is so unfair.

[@anthonyc7045]

I said before what should have happened when these protesters were marching outside of the homes of those Supreme Court justices. The other residents of the block should have gathered outside and locked arms with each other and marched towards these protesters and pushed them off THEIR block. Those protesters did NOT belong on that street. They did NOT live there. How dare they march down a street where they do not live and disrupt the peace and safety of that street. It should have been made very clear to them that if that is how they wanted to play, that they would be met with equal force by neighbors who cared about the street that they lived on. That is what would have happened if I lived on that street.

[@trishbrumfield8507]

It's completely fair if you're a Democrap

[@jaynepetersen454]

Why do these people not do their jobs? If a law is good for one party it should apply to another. This is so ridiculous!

[@mikelee9886]

They don't care that they are caught being hypocrites. They REVEL in the hypocrisy, because getting away with what you punish other for, is proof to them of their superiority.

[@Sunknee]

Biden administration's hypocrisy is not harming them but America and Americans. It's more of a well thought out marxist agenda.

[@DavidJohnson-hg1mz]

😂 it’s hilarious that these republicans won’t stop comparing peaceful protests to Jan 6.

[@geewalker2015]

@@DavidJohnson-hg1mz You have no idea what you are talking about. He said in Tennesse the protesters stopped the process of a bill when they came inside the state capital but that is ok because they are Dems. Jan 6 had over 50 plus agents dressed as protesters helping and encouraging people to go inside the Capital. That is on video in the case with the proud boys.

[@stonefree1837]

Hahaha nice 👍

[@BillyBob-xr3tl]

​​@@DavidJohnson-hg1mz Says the people comparing living today to slavery. You're no longer a person, but a tool. Tools are discarded and replaced. You're time will come when they have no use for you anymore.

[@jimmy5634]

When she said she wasn’t aware of the situation in New York or Tennessee he should have said “well now that you know, what at are you going to do about it?”

[@garymorrow9309]

She would say I can't commit on that.

[@colebyrnes7889]

She is fine talking about the prosecution of J6, but clams up about the other situations under the guise of "ongoing process".

[@randylear8264]

I believe that twitter cutting its employees by 80% should serve as a model for government. And the over achievers they are… they might try taking it to 85-90%. The American people would appreciate. 😊

[@dublbude]

Yes, I agree. Elected Officials would be allowed. I would say no staff at all, but I would be willing to negotiate to 2 staff members per elected official. There are Judicial branch members who would be considered bureaucrats, or unelected. The other unelected would be some record keeping roles, such as stenographer. So we need some bureaucrats, but that is where we could eliminate most of these useless jobs that are on the federal books. I am not opposed to City, County, and State governments being more liberal and having large employee counts. I would say your 85-90% is probably a good % that our number of federal government could shrink, and most likely our country would be far better off without some much waste. Not to mention all the buildings, computers, vehicles these folks work in or use, could all be sold off for a lot of revenue, and there would be much saving on utility bills.

[@teg5135]

Yeeeeessssss!

[@ssvsssjs]

Absolutely. No mercy.

[@doughill3396]

Yes I agree! Tennessee cut thousands of jobs a few years ago .

[@paulduffy697]

These people are dangerous

[@comicbookchris3509]

It's OK to interrupt a legislative proceeding if Democrats do it.

[@DavidJohnson-hg1mz]

I’m pretty sure Tennessee was in recess or something when that happened, and the only person who stop proceedings in New York was on the republicans side. It’s pathetic how these politicians who ran and hid, keep trying to defend the people they ran from 🤣

[@susanmartell801]

Yeah but I guarantee you if the Republicans would do that now and just have three people come in and talk on megaphones they would prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law and they would be in jail because the Democrats are so corrupt and they bought everybody else in the government the Department of Defense the FBI it's disgusting

[@darrellwilliams9850]

She’s really dancing around all those questions

[@steveconrad8857]

Man, I sure hope none of the family members of the January 6 prisoners take any of this at all personally, and try to hold Monico responsible to non-judicial means that are available to them

[@GlitchRodgers]

No matter what the answer is - she won't and we all know it.

[@digitalsoldier-1742]

When true justice is delivered, the pretender's screams must be ignored. That is just.

[@margaretc-uz3ow]

Thank you Sen. Cotten for bringing this situation up. To me the Tennessee event was the same as DC.

[@brianpowell6058]

Apart from what happened in Tennessee is a state problem while what happened in DC was federal.

[@armastat]

@@brianpowell6058 What happened to the supreme court Justices was also Federal

[@brianpowell6058]

@@armastat Nothing actually happened to any of the supreme court justices, one, Kavanaugh was protested at his home and they were all given armed marshal's to guard them. What happened wasn't against the law as people are constitutionally allowed to protest thanks to the 1st amendment.

[@Imnotsure465]

She’s a good little communist!!! Let’s go Brandon!!!

[@mike6331]

Of course they’re not going to investigate it and they don’t care who knows

[@JoeHeine]

It's hierarchy, not hypocrisy.

[@MrBadjohn69]

Could the witness tell the committee what color the table is? (witness) The mean and women of the Justice Department are investigating what happened on January 6th......

[@TRACE317]

Of course not, John! Didn't you hear her tell Ted Cruz, during his questioning ," I don't have the right glasses on." As a big board is held up, she sits there and does not put the 'right' glasses on😂😂😂. She'd probably say she's color blind too! 🙄

[@gyterdoneJP7315]

Defund these agencies

[@steve-oe7yx]

when are these LIARS going to be jailed?

[@richardspencer1682]

Selective enforcement of laws is decaying the morality of this country, so sad but true

[@ItsCarlnotCarla]

She is proud to be a tyrant

[@1elk]

These witnesses have to be wearing ear buds and being told what they can and can't answer. I think they should all be searched before they set down to testify, they are all lying.

[@doughill3396]

That woman didn't have to lie. She could have remained quiet. She is part of the problem.

[@mistynrobertwells7961]

These need to be fired for not doing there jobs

[@brentsmith6234]

It will never end.

[@onebryson]

She needs to be fired ! They are so out of control. But this is all coming to a end soon. They are going to be clued in by the people because there corrupt butts works for us and we are sick of this two tiered justice!

[@bettyreynolds5106]

She's yet another corrupt person. Remove her and replace her with an honest, upstanding person who will do that job the way it should be done.

[@surfrunnerd8457]

History will judge our society has lost all semblance of fairness and common sense.

[@johnrhansonsr]

May I remind people the Enron charges/convictions were overturned on appeal.

[@shannonmclean7657]

It must be difficult for Tom cotton to listen to these “people “ who were “responsible “ for putting soldiers like himself in harms way

[@shanagarland8088]

I just love how they can say “there is an ongoing investigation so I can’t speak to that”. I call BS. They never had a problem commenting on anything regarding Trump despite continuing investigations

[@ssvsssjs]

Thank you Tom Cotton. I hope you stay on these two tiers of justice problems. It is so obvious what they are doing. There has to be a way to hold them accountable now instead of waiting for an election. After the election, if you want to do the appropriate paybacks I would be ok with that.

[@cozenmachine412]

They know they're hypocrites. They don't care.

[@user-bs7ge6eb1v]

9/10/23: Arkansas is so LUCKY to have Senator TOM COTTON,, as is The Senate Judiciary Committee and my Country🇺🇲 seasoned Military Captain, with the knowledge of a WORLD...🙏 Patty Sue, MARYLAND

[@joeperry9619]

Why is this Chairman continuing to ask perps if they would like to respond? They are always asked to respond through the allotted time they use to filibuster! Obvious partisanship leading this important position!

[@criticality2056]

How much are we sending to Ukraine? How do we ensure it only goes where intended. Under what condition does it end?

[@aeroearth]

Well guess where 10% is going?

[@genelegate1308]

“I’m not going to comment on those cases because they involved democrats…I mean, those cases are ongoing so I can’t comment”.

[@johngreenhorn8853]

FFS she's not aware of very much,does she even know what day of the week it is.

[@lorettamondzyk5899]

Shame on her!!!!

[@758rhari]

America first 🇺🇸

[@dandubree9553]

The heads of these agencies need to be prosecuted for selective enforcement of the law

[@JMAC123]

the US is in the ukraine illegally..............

[@meme-in4wu]

Amen

[@susanadiasjohnson457]

👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿Thank you for ALWAYS telling it like it is from your viewpoint. In addition to calling out perceived corruption, you use great orator skills which makes it truly engaging for the audience. It is clear that you prepare and do your homework because you come across as fully present. All congressmen would do well to study your presentations. Keep it up!

[@kennymowery6157]

You know she is lying. They don’t care if they are under oath or not. She said the same thing over and over

[@desi4227]

End this war now!!☮️❤️🇺🇸

[@3l1t355]

Omg they are doing such historical work.

[@jacquirichmond6107]

Lmao

[@mikewatts1533]

What a bunch of beautifully crafted non-answers. How does the saying go, "The truth will set you free," but in their case, the truth would put their asses in jail.

[@jeffg6008]

THANK YOU for cutting Maize off at the end 🙏 Listening to her drone on ad nauseam is like having you fingernails pulled off.

[@mitchpayne555]

Yeah I would rather be waterboarded than have to listen to her.

[@peterwickham9984]

It's simple...they are lawless

[@Lomojo31]

Who is responsible for holding people who lie to Congress under oath accountable? And why haven't they ever bothered to respect the oath and do so?

[@paulwilton735]

Exhausting ...

[@CeltKnight]

I wonder how long before the left stretches the definition of that law to include concerned citizens sending en masse letters, e-mails, and calls to legislators? And yes, it's interesting how they just don't seem interested in enforcing laws "fairly and equitably" but rather only in cases that give them good sound bytes and that send a message to the right. This once free nation sure seems to be circling the drain.

[@douglemay7989]

When the right kicks their mango mussolini obsession, we can talk.

[@armastat]

They would probably get you under the 'Paperwork Reduction Act'

[@bobwhite2]

This is quite bad.

[@flojohnson9626]

True

[@edwardihle3697]

Criminal

[@cameronrhodes2126]

If a judiciary committee was a game of dodgeball. Lisa Monica would be the team captain.

[@ralphsimon2631]

The law states that it is illegal to protest in front of the home of a Justice in an attenpt to influence their opinion(s). It does not say it is legal if you are being monitered by U.S. Marshalls. This is what the AG said justified the protesters marching in front of the homes of the Justices without being arrested.

[@havenhemmings3574]

I'm glad we didn't have to listen to Hirono. Her and Hank Johnson make a witless couple.

[@Richard-go7jr]

I liked when they arrested Chandler's mother on the one-year anniversary praying for your son ain't so-called democracy great

[@Coco_Lovelock]

👀 Absolute Insanity.

[@johnanderson1973]

As head of National Security Division at DOJ. Monaco was ultimately the one responsible for the illegal FISA warrants - she’s more of a one eye open one closed justice keeper enforcer

[@LovinThemPirates]

How about PEACE TALKS Ukraine is draining our treasury, military resdiness and National Security

[@michellemallory3647]

Obama and Soros are running the WH not Obiden 😮

[@paulreising4158]

No justice no peace.

[@davidhornback2138]

This is a very slippery slope they are talking about. We're so far down the cliff I'm not sure we will ever recover.

[@dansuperbee3321]

Monaco should be ashamed of her role in this corruption. Step down and let someone with integrity take over.

[@whatThaWho]

Nothing like our two tiered justice system at work. 😂

[@honeykin7890]

Thank you Sen. Cotton bringing the truth to the service!

[@faisonhoward9191]

New rule..answer the damn questions.

[@robertdeebach38]

Lying for her master.

[@WhatUpDoe.]

Americans want to withdraw US involvement of any kind, from Ukraine. Speak the truth. Not our problem!

[@Uniform243]

Lindsey has never seen a conflict he wouldn’t send your kids to…

[@jrbailey2652]

Amen

[@robinchemin3631]

Did she actually answer a question?! Nope!

[@oscarmeyer4338]

Ranch or thousand island?

[@lorenstevens8693]

How do legislators feel about prosecutors deciding not to prosecute laws enacted by the legislature.?

[@kimroberts6030]

All these people won’t answer because they have been ordered to shut their mouths!

[@jimlaporta8573]

I watch these videos with the hope that one day, one of these lying POS democrats stands up and says: "I am sorry, but I have been lying for years. I represent a DOJ that forces me to believe and act in a partisan manner, and I have to comply because I have three kids to put thru college and a mother that I take care of. I am ready to list the names of the people that force me to lie and here is the evidence"... But I suppose I am dreaming!

[@americaopinionbane]

PLEASE stop having hearing on topics that these people keep saying "I cannot comment... current being investigated..." crap. The American people NEED ANSWERS!

[@michaelgillett5744]

There is no equal justice in America.

[@LJA46]

Why is she allowed to respond at the end when no question was asked?

[@lorrainechapman6940]

Of course they wont

[@terryshepard8063]

When Are You Going To Start Impeaching and Imprisoning These Traitors ⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️

[@twinkyunouwantmycreamfilli8297]

They were so clear that they were proven to have been lying.. Amazing.

[@MYvesAllaire]

IMHO - We should be negotiating a peace treaty with Ukraine and ENDING the war. Not sending endless money and weapons