This makes the people who weaponized the federal government to go after Republicans and average American citizens very unhappy
House GOP approves resolution to create panel to probe ‘weaponization’ of federal government
Republican lawmakers on Tuesday gave their approval to a new House subcommittee designed to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government, giving the panel access to sensitive intelligence and the power to oversee ongoing criminal investigations.
The resolution passed in a party-line vote, 221-211.
Of course Democrats would vote against this
The subcommittee, part of the House Judiciary Committee, is expected to be chaired by the full panel’s chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).
Such a move would give broad authority to Jordan, an ally of former President Trump who has railed against current and prior investigations of the former president.
“This is about the First Amendment, something you guys used to care about. And I’d actually hoped we could get bipartisan agreement on protecting the First Amendment — the five rights we enjoy as Americans under the First Amendment,” Jordan said during debate on the House floor Tuesday.
“We don’t want to go after anyone, we just want it to stop. And we want to respect the First Amendment to the Constitution that the greatest country in the world has. That’s what this committee is all about, and that’s what we’re gonna focus on, that’s what we are going to do,” he later added.
But, now we wait to see how hardcore the GOP goes after the FBI, DOJ, etc. Will they be asking pointed questions, holding people accountable, or simply bloviating too much, as members of Congress tend to do? Will they be demanding answers when federal employees try to skate around the questions?
For his part, Jordan pushed back against arguments the subcommittee was purely political.
“A ploy? It’s not a ploy when the Department of Justice treats parents as terrorists,” he said, referencing a memo that asked the FBI to consult with school boards as members faced an increasing number of violent threats.
“It’s not a ploy when the Department of Homeland Security tries to set up a disinformation governance board because we all know that the Department of Homeland Security can tell what’s good speech and what is bad speech,” he added later.
We’ll have to see how it goes.
Color me jaded. I’ve seen this movie before and the ending is trite and predictably uninspiring. I am personally weary of the whole “the future is going our way” meme from the same turkeys who have traded away and failed to defend the past. Maybe I will be wrong this time. Good luck to them storming that castle.
In the end, they will still have to refer charges to a prosecutor and get warrants from a judge. In DC, no prosecutor will prosecute a democrat. No judge will allow a trial and no jury will convict. Democrats in DC are truly above the law.
This makes more sense than the Democrats show trial ‘committee’ to ‘investigate’ the Capitol kerfuffle.