“We need a very strong congressional investigation of Soviet/Russian covert operations in the US since the 1920’s . . .”
I agree but I have no faith in any GOP committee conducting a thorough investigation that follows the evidence trail wherever it may lead and will provide an honest report to the American people. Issa, Chaffetz, and Goudy have all been major disappointments leading investigations in the House and Paul Ryan certainly doesn’t promote full disclosure. Look at the Wasserman-Schultz fiasco with government computers and Pakistani criminals. The House is doing nothing to investigate the criminal activity taking place on Capitol Hill because the Republican leadership is protecting the Democrat leadership. Paul Ryan and the rest of the Republican leadership should be screaming today about the Awan brothers scandal. Where is the outrage? There is none and will be none, much less an investigation.
The Senate is an elite social club first, a protection racket for the monied interests of the donor class second, a cushy career for its members third, a deliberative body fourth, and a representative of the states (its Constitutional purpose) fifth. An investigative organization, much less representative of the people, doesn’t even make the list.
No investigation by the US Senate is going to shed light into dark corners much less go digging for real information. Senator Burr, leader of the Senate Intelligence Committee, seems more interested collaborating with Democrats in undercutting Trump than ferreting out the truth. He talks bipartisanship while the senior Democrat on the committee, Mark Warner, enjoys playing the partisan hatchet man. I watched about 30 minutes of Burr and Warner in action during the recent public hearings and see it was a farce put on by bad actors. Even if Burr were really trying to accomplish something, McConnell, McCain, Murkowski, Collins, Graham, Corker, Hatch, Alexander, and other squishy Republican Senators would block any action by the full Senate. The Senate is a fraternity and friendship between members of the club is more important than the future of the nation to most of them.
The sad fact is our legislative branch has only a handful of representatives and senators who are not completely corrupt or compromised. Even though most of them are attorneys, expecting them to conduct a real investigation is an exercise in futility.
An investigation by congressional Republicans that might destroy the Democrat Party and wake up the average American citizen? Fantasyland.
https://judiciary.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/072717_HJC-Letter-to-AG-DAG.pdf
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