On Thursday's MSNBC broadcast of “The Ana Cabrera Report,” NBC News Justice and Intelligence Correspondent Ken Dilanian said that FBI Director Christopher Wray and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas failed to testify before the Senate Homeland Security Committee. (According to the committee chairman) Senator Gary Peters (D-Mich.)It's the first time in more than 15 years that the Secretary and Secretary have avoided testifying — because “congressional hearings are very unpleasant for them. They face heavy criticism from members of both parties on all sorts of issues.” In some cases, people even receive death threats after these hearings.”
“Anna, this is quite shocking,” Dilanian said. “This hearing has been planned for several weeks, and these two government officials decided not to testify publicly until Monday. Because it was about that,” he said. And they did so in both the House and Senate versions of this hearing. And it's very clear what's going on here. These two are not expected to stay on the job for long, and the Congressional hearings are very unpleasant for them. They are heavily criticized by members of both parties on all sorts of issues. In some cases, people even receive death threats after these hearings. That is why they choose not to appear in public. ”
He added: “Right now, the FBI has said in a statement to us that over the past year they have provided a lot of information in the public domain about all kinds of threats, and that is true.” But this was a chance for taxpayers to hear from the people who work for them about the grave threats facing this country, and they won't get that chance. ”
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