Posted on 08/11/2023 10:03:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
One of the things that’s great about Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz is that he always plays offense, not defense. His latest idea is a way that the Republican-controlled House can give Trump some immunity, blocking the indictments that the DOJ’s Jack Smith has brought against him in a clear case of election interference. I love how clever the idea is, but we all know that the House leadership will not act. Oliver Cromwell would have understood.
So, here’s the idea, which Gaetz outlined during an interview with Charlie Kirk:
I’m worried that too many of my Republican colleagues in Congress are infected with the same loser mentality that infected Congress in the early days of the Mueller investigation.
This isn’t complicated. If House Republicans take action, Jack Smith could be the first prosecutor to bring a case while under criminal contempt himself. Merrick Garland could be subject to impeachment if he refuses to enforce that criminal contempt.Speaker McCarthy could set up a Select Committee tomorrow, bring President Trump in for testimony, and grant him immunity. pic.twitter.com/DlRrkn78mK — Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) August 8, 2023
Gaetz’s starting principle is that Congress does not have to be passive, but if it is passive, it will have frittered away any power it has. As I like to say, winners never quit, and quitters never win—and Republicans are quitters.
To begin with, Gaetz says that the House should demand that Smith appear before it and “give a transcribed interview to the House Judiciary Committee in the next 15 days” or face a subpoena and, if he ignores the subpoena, Congress should hold him in criminal contempt. Then, if Merrick Garland refuses to support the contempt referral, Garland will have made himself vulnerable to impeachment
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The prosecutors are indeed the criminals of late.
Gaetz says that the House should demand
<><>that Smith appear before the Congress
<><>and “give a transcribed interview to the House Judiciary Committee in the next 15 days”
<><>or face a subpoena
<><>if he ignores the subpoena, Congress should hold him in criminal contempt.
<><> so if Merrick Garland refuses to support the contempt referral,
<><>Garland will have made himself vulnerable to impeachment.
I like it.
Genius. Make it happen.
Me too!
Would take some of the air out of the balloon the Dems just floated by appointing Weiss as SC for the Hunter Biden probe.
bttt
Outside the box thinking. Something that corrupt POSs like McCarthy would never do nor are capable of.
There were too many folks on here that bitched and moaned about Gaetz, et al, holding up McCarthy’s accension to Speaker. I guess we, and they, are going to find out just what he’s made of.
And, if it remains the status quo, then anyone that supports McCarthy is 100% part of the problem.
McCarthy is going to do everything possible to prevent it becoming obvious to the GOP base that he does not have enough GOP House votes to impeach.
McCarthy is going to do everything possible to prevent it becoming obvious to the GOP base that he does not have enough GOP House votes to impeach.
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Self preservation on his part . To me put the info out there and see who deserves to be a rep if they don’t support impeachment
We need to know who the true Rinos are
And he is going to lose 3 more House seats from NY due to court election re-districting plan.
Good!
Destroy Jack Smith!!!!
And the “Witch Hunters” are actually Witches.
Cheney and Fanny!
What’s McCarthy supposed to do, give the bribe money back? There is no way in hell he is going to do this.
McConnell frowns.
please make this happen
Senate is in charge of impeachments. It won’t happen.
House brings impeachment. Senate has to have 2/3rd vote to impeach. It won’t happen.
First of all gaetz is a national treasure today he is just a bloody genius
Gaetz s proposal is more about stopping Smith than impeaching Garland
It’s time for the Republicans to sling as much sh*t against the wall as they can just like the Democrats do.
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