Posted on 07/11/2022 7:56:13 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
The Biden Justice Department has yet to take action against abortion extremists menacing pro-life clinics and members of the Supreme Court. Republican lawmakers are resolved to hold leadership accountable after the midterm elections—even if that means impeaching Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R., Ohio), who is in line to take over the House Judiciary Committee if Republicans prevail in November, didn’t take a Garland impeachment inquiry off the table in an interview with the Washington Free Beacon. Jordan cited a range of alleged misconduct, from failure to enforce black-letter law to protect clinics and justices, to secret collusion with leftwing groups opposed to parents protesting woke curricula changes.
"That'll be a decision that will be made by the entire conference," Jordan said of an impeachment push.
The oversight planning is a response to conflict roiling the country following the High Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Pro-abortion protesters tried running Justice Brett Kavanaugh out of a downtown Washington, D.C., steakhouse on Wednesday night, weeks after a gunman came to his home planning to assassinate him. And the militant pro-abortion network Jane’s Revenge has claimed responsibility for more than a dozen acts against pro-life clinics and churches, ranging from vandalism to fire-bombing.
It is a federal crime to demonstrate outside of a judge’s home with intent to influence deliberations. Regular pro-abortion demonstrations outside the homes of the conservative justices seem to fit that bill exactly. The Justice Department has taken no action against protesters as of this writing. Local police told inquiring neighbors that federal agencies are declining to enforce the judicial anti-picketing law, according to a Fox News report.
Jordan wonders whether the Justice Department and the White House are following a template.
"The key question we would like to find out, if in fact the American people put us in control, is was this similar to what happened with parents at school board meetings? In other words, was the Biden White House working with some outside left wing influence groups, and also then communicating that information to the DOJ?" Jordan said.
The Ohio Republican added that a dozen whistleblowers have quietly come forward to speak about the Biden Justice Department and FBI matters, though he declined to get into specifics.
The Free Beacon was first to report that White House aides colluded with the National School Boards Association to push the Justice Department into investigating parents protesting critical race theory and gender ideology as domestic terrorists.
It’s also a federal crime to attack or destroy houses of worship and clinics for pregnant women. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, who enforces those laws, has derided pro-life clinics in the past. While Biden administration officials have shared intelligence assessments with clerics and local law enforcement, the administration has yet to make even a single arrest or indictment related to dozens of attacks on churches and pro-life crisis pregnancy centers.
There have been almost 50 documented instances of violence, vandalism, or intimidation at houses of worship and pro-life clinics since the Dobbs draft leaked, according to a June report from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.
House Republicans will be better positioned than their Senate counterparts to force Biden officials to cooperate if they stonewall investigators. Senate committee rules incentivize, but do not require, bipartisan cooperation when issuing subpoenas. The House has no such constraints. And House committees have historically taken the lead on compelled testimony and sharing of evidence.
Republican senators are putting public pressure on federal law enforcement to take immediate action. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa), the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to FBI director Christopher Wray in June requesting a briefing on the bureau’s efforts to combat pro-abortion extremism.
"Our law enforcement officers are obliged to duly enforce the laws of our country—not just those that are politically suitable to the current administration," Grassley’s letter reads.
"We're usually the tip of the spear in terms of shining a light on issues and embarrassing an agency into compliance," a Republican Senate aide told the Free Beacon. "The more attention they get for ignoring congressional oversight, the worse it looks for them. And that's a pretty effective tactic for us."
Outside groups are also pressing GOP lawmakers for accountability. Mike Davis, president of the Article III Project, said there is ample reason to remove Garland from office. Davis was nominations chief for Grassley during the Kavanaugh confirmation and led the outside support team for Justice Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation.
"When Republicans reclaim the House in January, they must impeach Attorney General Merrick Garland," Davis told the Free Beacon. "There must be consequences for his dangerous dereliction of duty that has led to highly dangerous attacks on the Supreme Court of the United States."
I agree with you.
I just don’t see any “fight” in the GOP. The party doesn’t stand for anything and doesn’t want to lead.
Admittedly, there are a handful of people with principles who buck the prevailing current in their party, but they are few.
The GOP basically consists of RINOs, closet RINOs and future RINOs in the making. Party leadership is rotten to the core.
Trump can really hold Kevin McCarthy’s feet to the fire after the election if he chooses to. All he has to do is make a public statement on Truth Social announcing that he expects Kevin McCarthy to have Joe Biden impeached for his refusal to protect our southern border-and then keep pressing him on a daily basis. It will get done.
The RINOS (like Kevin McCarthy) are TERRIFIED of losing Trump’s support, and ironically, DJT has much more leverage with these politicians now, than when he was in the White House.
Why did R Senators vote for this totalitarian bastard in the first place?
“The GOP simply is what it is. A pathetic excuse for a party.”
The voter base is committed to the founding fathers ideals of individual liberty and limited government. The party is committed to big state government and personal wealth enhancement through the benefits afforded to politicians who commit to the advancing the the bureaucratic state and goals of the wealthy donors. The voter base continues to vote for the party because the donor base views the party as the lesser of two evils.
However, evil is still evil and we are realizing the results of decades of voting for evil.
Keep your powder dry, RepubliRINOS! Don’t tip your hand, especially since you have a habit of breaking promises after being elected.
If you get elected, for chrissakes, JUST DO IT. Impeach Garland, Impeach Biden, lock up Hunter and Joe, too. That’s just a start.
Clean house at the alphabet agencies that tried to take out Trump. Fire Fauci’s flip-flopping ass...
So much damage has been done. Time to start undoing it.
I say both. Cowards and Collaborators.
Can you hear me, John “Wayne” Cornyn? Yeah. I’m calling you out! You Backstabbing Prick!
“The Republicans have an EPIC opportunity to finally take charge and do what’s necessary to halt the leftist agenda.
This really could be a defining moment for the party.
But I have zero confidence that they want to lead and even less confidence that they will do anything to advance the conservative agenda.
The GOP simply is what it is. A pathetic excuse for a party.”
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The Dems are the Evil Party, the Republicans are the Stupid Party. That one simple statement explains about 90% of what goes on in politics.
McCarthy is a coward and there are a whole lot of things not going to get done even if they do win. “Squandering opportunities” should be the GOP’s motto.
Cognative dissonance
“Can you hear me, John “Wayne” Cornyn? Yeah. I’m calling you out! You Backstabbing Prick!”
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This is why we need a “like” button on FR. I utterly despise that traitorous corrupt POS, Cornholio.
Does everyone posting understand the difference between impeachment & trial in the Senate, if convicted by 2/3’rds Senate vote then removal?
I get the impression from the use of the word “impeachment” in this thread many don’t!
Impeachment doesn’t in itself mean removal! Next is trial in the Senate with a conviction\removal only coming from a vote of 2\3’rds to convict.
If you vote impeachment, where are the 2\3’rds vote to convict going to come from?
After the Rat’s making a mockery of impeachment vis-a-vis Trump. I don’t see the point! They’ve reduced it in the eyes of “John\Jane Q. Public” voter to drab uninteresting political theater. I think it would do more harm than good!
Does everyone posting understand the difference between impeachment & trial in the Senate, if convicted by 2/3’rds Senate vote then removal?
I get the impression from the use of the word “impeachment” in this thread many don’t!
Impeachment doesn’t in itself mean removal! Next is trial in the Senate with a conviction\removal only coming from a vote of 2\3’rds to convict.
If you vote impeachment, where are the 2\3’rds vote to convict going to come from?
After the Rat’s making a mockery of impeachment vis-a-vis Trump. I don’t see the point! They’ve reduced it in the eyes of “John\Jane Q. Public” voter to drab uninteresting political theater. I think it would do more harm than good!
Republicans are in the minority in both houses and they don’t have the presidency. It makes sense for jordan to talk future. They can’t do anything now.
No kidding! The problem is that’s an insult to Cornholio. Bevis and Butthead would be outraged! LOL
Never happen unless the GOP gets 300 or more seats, so overwhelming is their fear of democrat dissent and name calling. Add to that their disinterest in actual governance and the “big red wave” won’t cause a ripple.
...followed by “everyone had a great time at the traditional House baseball game. And head for home to campaign for the next cycle.
Stop with the “weighing” and just fricking do it already!
If cowards, who or what has cowed them?
I would imagine that there is more than a little dirt on several of them and it would be a shame if somebody leaked it to the “press”, right?
Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.Based on goal #15 of the 45 communist goals for the USA, I always presume first that the RINOs are committed ideologues no matter what they say in public. If they don’t want something exposed by the press, it would be that.
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