Friday was supposed to be the deadline for the Trump regime to produce any evidence that President Obama had put a “tapp” on Trump’s phones. That deadline came and went without any evidence being produced—though the Department of Justice did ask for a few more days to make something up.
But Wednesday represents another another deadline.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said Tuesday that FBI Director James Comey promised to tell him Wednesday whether the FBI is investigating ties between Russia and the campaign of President Donald Trump.
Whitehouse’s request for information was made as ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism. The chair of that subcommittee, Lindsay Graham, is less tactful about waiting for Comey to provide information.
Graham suggested Tuesday there would be consequences if the FBI continues stonewalling Congress — and said he plans to make an announcement at the start of the hearing on Wednesday warning the bureau to comply.
FBI Director James Comey has had a habit lately of wandering up to Capitol Hill for secret meetings with the Senate Intelligence Committee, but being perfectly mum outside those closed doors. And though neither the Intelligence Committee nor the Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee were given the slightest indication that there’s something to Trump’s wiretapping accusations, it’s expected that Whitehouse and Graham will get some midweek satisfaction on the Russia question. Though … maybe not.
According to Whitehouse, Comey assured them he would confirm if an investigation exists "and the scope of their Russia/Trump investigation because he had not been able to at that point say that there was one."
Meanwhile, Graham is already tamping down expectations. Comey is not going to appear before the subcommittee. In fact, Graham is saying he’s received no assurance that there will even be an answer today.
We’ll know soon whether Attorney General Jefferson Sessions needs more time to make up a story about what the FBI is doing, or whether he has one ready.