Posted on 10/14/2022 8:07:43 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
House Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-KY) and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH) wrote the missive, obtained by Breitbart News, to Acting Archivist of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Debra Steidel Wall over the possibility that House Oversight Committee Democrats have pressured NARA into investigating Trump.
Comer and Jordan noted the stunning coincidence that, on February 9, Oversight Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) wrote to NARA about concerns over 15 boxes of presidential records stored at Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago and if the agency had been in contact with NARA about this.
The same day, NARA sent a “referral” to the Department of Justice that initiated the investigation into Trump.
The two Republicans wrote, “The fact that NARA transmitted to DOJ a referral that launched a criminal investigation of the former president the same day the Democrat Chairwoman of the Committee inquired whether the agency had been in contact with DOJ raises serious concerns about whether NARA made the referral after pressure from Committee Democrats.”
Patel said the documents marked classified at Mar-a-Lago and seized by the National Archives in February were already declassified by Trump. https://t.co/EbWXxrCKOD
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) May 5, 2022
Republicans noted that, despite NARA claiming it “take[s] [its] role as a non-political agency very seriously,” the agency failed to provide documents relating to the agency’s communications with congressional Democrats.
Comer had written on October 4 to Wall about Oversight Committee Democrats’ influence and potential coordination with NARA.
In December 2020, Oversight Committee Democrats pressured NARA to pursue Trump while he was in office despite NARA
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
On August 22, 2022, Just the News published a letter demonstrating robust negotiations between NARA and former President Trump’s attorney, Evan Corcoran. Also on August 22, 2022, the New York Times reported: “…the material in the boxes prompted archives officials to refer the matter to the Justice Department, which within months had convened a grand jury investigation.”
“It is puzzling that you and your staff would blatantly deny the existence of such responsive documents or communications to Congress. It is implausible that there would be no internal communications by NARA employees regarding the subject matter of the letter to Mr. Corcoran, as your letter to us would indicate,” committee Republicans wrote to the National Archives.
The Republicans wrote in a previous letter to NARA that the “seeming weaponization of the federal government against President Biden’s political rivals cannot go unchecked.”
“Republicans to Investigate”
Boy, if I had a nickle...
Watch it go unchecked.
In other news, The Fox will investigate who broke into the henhouse.
“Such a tragic, senseless loss of life.”
“We need to get to the bottom of this.”
[spits out feather]
“This is not who we are.”
, said the Fox
What does the Fox say?
When Republicans take the House next month (possibly, the Senate), there should be NOTHING BUT investigations of ALL OF the last 6 years their attempt to destroy this country.
I don’t give a rat’s patootie about new legislation - only retribution, accountability and justice. I’ll gladly take NO progress or no new legislation until 2024. In fact, any piece of legislation that this corrupt, illegal, and fraudulent administration wants, I am against. Standstill, gridlock, call it whatever you want.
I doubt they needed to be pushed into this. At the end of the day, they enforced a law. Sure it was 100% politically motivated but why waste time chasing that. Impeaching Biden for open borders should be the focus, then arresting his drug addict son for corrupt business dealings with our enemies should be second.
Republican “investigations” is just another smoke screen to keep their base placated. Kind of like all the show votes they took when they couldn’t get anything through. Show me a result, then I will take interest in these claims.
IMO . . . all those statues not destroyed will be brought back out and placed back where they were.
And just what do they intend to do if they find the situation to be true?? Answer: Absolutely friggin nothing...
Yep, nothing ever happens so why even bother. I mean, have we found out who the SCOTUS leaker is yet? What, they had to interview a handful of people and still nothing? SPIT
Day 3 of the Danchenko trial revealed that the FBI paid Danchenko 200K for Lies.
How much did they pay people at the Archives to lie about Trump?
It will be exactly like O’BungholeCare.
Republicans will squawk and squawk and squawk ad infinitum about how when they get power they will really really do something, then as soon as they are elected will walk away
A very stern letter, I am sure.
Of course they did. That old bass turd from the archives just about admitted as much. He is definitely a hater.
Another case for Captain Louis Renault.
There it is.
“I don’t give a rat’s patootie about new legislation ...”
That sentiment is a good thing because getting bills thru the House won’t be a problem but without a 67R-33D count in the Senate, nothing will get by Xiden’s veto pen. If the Kenyan Mulatto’s puppet signs any bill it will be for naming post offices around the country or raising FedGov pay raises.
We need to realize that we are in for two years of unconstitutional EOs and economic stagflation.
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