Grothman’s been quiet about the ongoing UAP investigation in the US House of Representatives ever since last summer when at the last minute it was announced that he would chair UFO whistleblower David Grusch’s July 27, 2023 hearing.
While some members of the Congressional UAP Caucus left today’s classified briefing calling for another public UFO hearing, Grothman says the IG didn’t do his homework.
Chair Grothman exclusively tells Ask a Pol he’s predicting another classified briefing will come first.
“I have a feeling the next one we have will be private again, but we’re not done,” Grothman says. “Well, there’s stuff he didn’t have … It’s very frustrating.”
Grothman chairs the Oversight Committee’s Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs, and he says the full committee chair, Rep. Kames Comer (R-KY) hasn’t weighed in one way or another on the investigation.
“I think they’ll go anywhere I want to go,” Grothman says. “Comer hasn’t really been looking over my shoulder on this at all.”
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Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Glenn Grothman
SCENE: Grothman blows past the 10 or reporters huddled outside the SCIF, as he’s worried he’s late for a vote on the House floor. Laslo proceeds to interview him while also leading him to the floor through the Capitol’s underground tunnels.
Glenn Grothman: “I am late to vote, so I am sorry.”
Matt Laslo: “Happy New Year, sir. How’d it go?”
Reporter yells from afar as Grothman and I take a winding staircase up to the House floor.
Reporter: “Is it still going?”
GG: “What?”
Reporter: “Is it still going?”
GG: “No. It’s done.”
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