In the hearing, Schiff just asked if we know how many Russian soldiers have been killed.
DIA Berrier: With low confidence, somewhere between 2000-4000.
[even the DIA has no idea…the ridiculous Ukrainian estimates of 11,000+ are now proved to be nonsense]
Himes: Under the Trump Administration, the world witnessed four years of attacks on NATO and it's members, four years of coddling and believing and supporting Vladimir Putin, and four years of ridiculing Ukraine, with a series of evermore bizarre conspiracy theories.
Himes: Is Russia done with their false flag operations? What would it look like if the Russians keep trying to run false flag operations?
Director Wray: [We have]…at the Ukrainians request, to work with social media companies to take down fake Russian accounts that are spreading Ukrainian military disinformation.
[no mention of fake Ukrainian accounts spreading Russian disinformation]
Swalwell: Is it assessed that Russia was responsible for the downing of a 2014 Malaysian airliner flight over Ukraine where 300 innocent souls were lost?
CIA Director Burns: I think that's the conclusion that many people have drawn.
[interesting…his response was far from being certain]
Mr. Biden: Russian oil will no longer be acceptable at U.S. Ports.
Mr. Biden: There will be costs as well here in the United States…defending freedom is going to cost. It's going to cost us, as well, in the United States.
Mr. Biden: Shipments of defensive weapons are arriving in Ukraine every day from the United States, and we, the United States, are the ones coordinating the delivers of our allies and our partners of similar weapons.
[ongoing acts of war against Russia by the Biden Administration]
Mr. Biden: I'm going to do everything I can to minimize Putin's price hike here at home.
[as he bans Russian oil]
Mr. Biden: It's simply not true that my administration, or policies, are holding back domestic energy production.
Mr. Biden: No one will have to worry about price at the gas pumps in the future.
[transforming the economy to run on electric vehicles]
Mr. Biden: Last week he [Putin] targeted the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
[FALSE]
Stefanik: Once a relationship is established with an informant, does the FBI allow an informant to engage in criminal behavior that is not related to the case they are informing on?
Director Wray: The answer to that question requires going into some depth…