Nellie Ohr, wife of twice-demoted DOJ official Bruce Ohr appeared on Capitol Hill Friday to face lawmakers in a closed-door grilling.
Mrs. Ohr was supposed to appear for a deposition last month but she was refusing to cooperate with lawmakers.
Now this…
Nellie Ohr invoked marital privilege on Friday preventing her from answering questions about her husband Bruce Ohr.
MANU RAJU: Very rare bipartisan agreement: Both sides say Nellie Ohr interview has been led to nothing. She invoked marital privilege preventing her from answering qs about talks with her husband. @MarkMeadows sees no reason to bring her back. @CongressmanRaja calls it a “nothing burger”
Very rare bipartisan agreement: Both sides say Nellie Ohr interview has been led to nothing. She invoked marital privilege preventing her from answering qs about talks with her husband. @MarkMeadows sees no reason to bring her back. @CongressmanRaja calls it a “nothing burger”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 19, 2018
Fusion GPS contractor Nellie Ohr invokes spousal privilege in closed door interview to not answer some lawmaker questions related to her husband, Justice Department official Bruce Ohr, says Dem Rep. Krishnamoorthi.
— Billy House (@HouseInSession) October 19, 2018
Rep. Mark Meadows confirmed Nellie Ohr invoked spousal privilege.
Republican Mark Meadows confirms Nellie Ohr invoked marital privilege, and that it has limited any new information from her on husband Bruce Ohr as go between dossier producer Fusion GPS and Justice/FBI. https://t.co/ZuCN7nm2dF
— Billy House (@HouseInSession) October 19, 2018
The House Judiciary and House Oversight Committees sought to question Nellie Ohr after her husband Bruce Ohr gave an explosive testimony to Congress.
The former Associate Deputy Attorney General told Congress the FBI knew his wife, Nellie Ohr worked for oppo research firm Fusion GPS yet failed to disclose that information to the FISC [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court].
Nellie Ohr was paid multiple large payments by Fusion GPS, the oppo research firm that commissioned dossier author Christopher Steele.
Mrs. Ohr also previously worked for the CIA and was a corrupt Communist sympathizer who spoke fluent Russian.
This story is still developing…please check back for updates.
