To the Editor:Ms Brody is a former resident of Newtown and published author.

July 12th on C-SPAN, I watched the GOP members in a joint House Committees investigation of Strzok: bully, grandstand, lie, cheat on House procedural rules, and in general behave as never before in my memory have Congressional members behaved.

Strzok held his own... at times Democratic members (when finally allowed the gavel) helped him make an uninterrupted declaration of the facts and present answers to the continuous bile-contaminated and false charges/conclusions the GOP wished to have carry the day.

I am disgusted with the GOP membership in the House. We must get these thugs out of office. They've not intended genuine investigations that address the security and interests of our population, but rather use these committee hearings to inflame the GOP base and to obfuscate the truth. I listened to genuine thuggery, meant to intimidate.

Goodlatte and Gowdy were particularly offensive. The fervor with which these House Republicans seek to halt the Mueller investigation leads me to wonder if some may have as yet unrevealed interests allied with treasonable associations. They are not for Democracy!

They are not for freedom of speech, nor do they respect personal privacy, nor do they practice civility or honesty.

Polly Brody

218-B Heritage Village, Southbury July 17, 2018