Lost amid the shrieks and cries of outrage over the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be the next member of the Supreme Court has been this little tidbit: Lisa Page will defy a Congressional subpoena. Yes, you read that right. Page, a former FBI lawyer and former member of Robert Mueller’s Russia probe team, is refusing to testify in a closed door hearing because she hasn’t had enough time to prepare. Despite the fact she has known for months that she would be called to testify, she needs more time. Right — not. She is stalling but for what purpose?

It is no secret she and Peter Strzok, former lead agent investigating the alleged Trump-Russia connection, were in Hillary Clinton’s corner during the election. You remember Strzok, he’s the one who helped James Comey “dumb down” Comey’s original statement about Clinton’s private e-mail server. He and Page were enjoying an extra-marital affair at the time of their many text exchanges about both Clinton and Trump. Their texts made clear their bias against then-candidate Donald Trump.

Strzok/Page texts

LP – And maybe you’re meant to stay where you are because you’re meant to protect the country from that menace. (links to NYT article)

PS – … I can protect our country at many levels, not sure if that helps

— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) December 13, 2017

Strzok/Page texts obtained by Fox's @JakeBGibson

"LP – Jesus. You should read this. And Trump should go f himself. Moment in Convention Glare Shakes Up Khans American Life https://t.co/1nZ11E3gBC

PS – God that’s a great article. Thanks for sharing. And F TRUMP."

— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) December 13, 2017

If that isn’t enough to show bias, don’t forget this exchange:

In one Aug. 8, 2016 message, Page asked Strzok: “[Trump’s] not ever going to become president, right? Right?!”

Strzok replied: “No. No he’s not. We’ll stop it.”

Those are just a few of the many texts between Page and Strzok about Trump and his campaign. Now Page, who was scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees today, has said she will be a no-show. In a statement Page’s attorney, Amy Jeffress, claims they were not given sufficient notice of her appearance. Page was subpoenaed four days ago. That hasn’t given them enough time to prepare and to review the “materials that were previously produced to Congress relating to her proposed interview.”

So, even though they’ve known she would have to testify sooner or later, they haven’t been given enough notice. Okay, that by itself could almost fly. After all, four days to rearrange a schedule, make sure your attorney is available to help you — even though you, yourself, are an attorney — might not be enough. However, the argument pales when it comes to not having time to review materials she had already produced and given to Congress. Surely, she kept copies of the originals she handed over to Congress. Why couldn’t they have been reviewed? Why hadn’t Page been reviewing them in preparation for this day, even if she didn’t know exactly when she would be called to appear?

Jeffress complained in her statement that she and Page had waited a whole three hours for the FBI to provide them with copies of the documents and were provided with nothing. So they left. What she doesn’t say is if she or Page gave the FBI notice they would be there and for what purpose. Nor did she say if the FBI had responded to that notice. All that sort of begs the question of whether or not they just showed up, hoping the FBI would keep them waiting and they could then shovel the blame for Page not obeying the subpoena on the agency Page used to work for.

Her lack of respect for Congress or for the subpoena it issued will cause another firestorm on Capitol Hill. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte has stated Page has “no good reason” for not appearing. He added, “We will use all tools at our disposal to obtain her testimony.” As they should.

Page couldn’t have been blindsided by the subpoena. Last month, Strzok appeared behind closed doors to testify much as she had been subpoenaed to do. He is scheduled to appear in a public hearing Thursday. If those two events weren’t enough to give Page notice her time was coming, she either had to be living under a rock or sticking her head in the sand.

There can be only one reasonable explanation for why Page is dodging her testimony. She is stalling. But for what purpose? Gee, could it be because she wants to see what Strzok has to say in his public testimony so they get their stories straight? It does make you wonder, doesn’t it?