Regarding Sampson's *quip* about Fitzgerald

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I've been thinking about this, and now I wish Schumer et al had been a little more aggressive in their questioning of Sampson. Sure, he defaulted to the "I don't remember" line, but there were some questions they could have/should have asked, that would have revealed more, I think.

For example. When discussing Lam, Sampson is adament about denying that she was put on "the list" because of the ongoing corruption investigation, even though at least one email discusses Lam the very next day after search warrants were issued -- the "Lam is a big problem" email.

Kyle tries to make it sound like these USAtty firings would NEVER, EVER, in a MILLION YEARS be even considered to be about interferring in an ongoing prosecution of "their" side.

And yet... he makes that "joke" (or whatever it was) about putting Fitz on his list.

That comment PROVES beyond ANY DOUBT that Sampson was very acutely aware of how easily these firings could be used for just such a purpose. And yet, he expects us to believe that this was certainly not the case with Lam, et al. Why should we believe that? He has just given us the best reason ever to suspect the opposite, by his own admission!!

Let's assume the Lam firing was actually about the immigration thing. Now, wouldn't you expect there to be at least ONE email somwhere that says something like: "Uh oh, I hope nobody thinks that she's getting fired because of the Cunningham/Foggo thing..." Because clearly Kyle already proved that he thinks along those lines (re Fitz).

I noticed many opportunities that were not seized upon by the senators doing the questioning, to put Kyle in a really uncomfortable position. I hope they call him back.

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1. It proves he knew that was indeed the purpose.

But it depended on flying under the radar. Fitzgerald was national news. Sampson's biggest lie was saying they didn't think Dem senators would care about the replacement of some Republicans with other Republicans. I have no idea how long he had to rehearse that phrase.

[Sugarcoated]

2. Another part that makes it hard to believe

is that Bushistas would actually fire an attorney for not enforcing immigration laws. Smirko doesn't want those laws adhered to, he wants illegal immigration to continue.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. Re: "there were some questions they could have/should have asked"

I was waiting for: ":wtf: do you recall!?!"

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4. See, this is where Nancy's parenting skills would have come in handy:

"Well Kyle, *if* you could remember, what would the answer be?"

That's how you handle kids who need coaxing to tell the truth, isn't it?