Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
You are probably aware that what we are now witnessing is a carefully laid out strategy that has been prepared with military provision. I am assuming they just wanted to hear the FBI informant's testimony and take possession of any associated documents and tape recordings without all and sundry knowing what they have got. Even the reporting is low key and not giving much away, since we already knew that the Russians gave the Clinton Foundation $135 million dollars.
It could also be that the Justice Department thought the guy was unreliable and on 15th December 2016 they testified to the same committees that as an informant the guy never mentioned Hilary Clinton, so having this on transcript might have this one land with the same dull thud as the Nunes memo I suppose.

I probably missed it but could you post something backing up your assertion that "we already know that the Russians gave the Clinton Foundation $135m dollars?