Posted on 11/12/2018 6:25:07 AM PST by mandaladon
House Democrats plan to probe every aspect of President Trump’s life and work, from family business dealings to the Space Force to his tax returns to possible "leverage" by Russia, top Democrats tell us.
What they're saying: One senior Democratic source said the new majority, which takes power in January, is preparing a "subpoena cannon," like an arena T-shirt cannon.
Show less Based on our reporting and other public sources, Axios' Zach Basu has assembled a list of at least 85 potential Trump-related investigation and subpoena targets for the new majority. (See the list.) Incoming House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) told “Axios on HBO” that he expects Trump to resist the committees' requests, demands and subpoenas — likely pushing fights over documents and testimony as far as the Supreme Court.
Why it matters: The fight will test the power of the presidency, Congress and the Supreme Court. Top Democrats, who had largely avoided the subject during the campaign, now tell us they plan to almost immediately begin exploring possible grounds for impeachment. A public report by Robert Mueller would ignite the kindling.
Tom Steyer, the liberal activist who spent more than $100 million during the campaign to build support for impeachment, said establishment leaders who are trying to postpone talk of impeachment are "the outliers": "80 percent of registered Democrats think ... we're right." Two of the most powerful incoming chairs tell "Axios on HBO" that they are plotting action far beyond Russian interference in the 2016 elections.
1) Schiff, the top Democrat on the intelligence committee, told us he wants to help special counsel Robert Mueller, and plans to release — with some redactions of classified material — transcripts of dozens of interviews the committee conducted during its own Russia probe.
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You’re funny.
“...working hard to re-elect Trump in 2020.”
I wouldn’t count on that. Two years of non-stop vile attacks supported by 98% negative press coverage will have an effect, even if all the charges are phony trumped-up lies.
> The Senate voted not to remove the impeached president.
It is a VERY GOOD thing that they DID NOT remove him!
Imagiine Al Gore as president. As bad as Clinton was, Gore would have been MUCH worse. And it’s likely that he would have been reelected.
What a nightmare THAT would have been!
Gore is worse than Clinton, and even worse than 0bama, because he has absolutely no political sensibility whatever. He is a pie-eyed ideologue.
IMHO, it’s time for the CIA to investigate the alleged “Russian Conspiracy” between Putin and Schiff, Nadler, Pelosi, Hoyer and many, many others.
Obviously, until ultimately cleared of ALL suspicion, if ever, these Democrats cannot legally “sit” on ANY Congressional Committees.
The CIA could start with exposing Russian “gifts” (including gifts from covert Russian agents like Soros) and any other illegal funding of their campaigns. The American people need to learn EXACTLY how these so-called “representatives” of the American people became so rich...
It is hard to compromise when the other party's fall back position is mobs and riot. I firmly believe that the LEFT is a religion and they are the fanatics unwilling to compromise.
“Obama, Holder, Lerner and others laughed at the House GOP...and NOTHING happened to them. The Dems are powerless to compel anything.”
Democrat controlled committees in Congress will demand the IRS provide them with Trump’s tax returns. Federal law states Congress can request and review individual tax returns. If Trump tells the IRS not to release the returns the refusal will be article one in articles of impeachment.
If they are stonewalled on getting the tax returns from the IRS, the committee will immediately subpoena the returns from New York state where Trump files his state tax returns. New York, controlled by Democrats, will happily comply. Information from the returns will then be selectively released to the press by Democrat staff members. The press will have commentary by tax lawyers and accountants who will assert all kinds of illegal activity is taking place. If the Trump organization has received even one loan from a Russian financial institution or oligarch there will be a loud call for Trump’s impeachment for Russian collusion.
Republicans conducted show investigations of the Obama administration and Hillary Clinton. In the end those investigations resulted in no action. The Democrats are about to demonstrate the power of a concerted effort by one branch of Congress, the Democrat party, most of the social justice organizations in the USA, and the media. While some conservative members of the House Republican caucus may object, they will have no power in a chamber where radical leftists hold the majority. While a few members of the Republican Senate may support the president, remember the Senate is full of RINO’s and weak members of the club. Flake and Corker may be gone but Sasse, Romney, Collins, and Murkowski will not support the president so the Republicans in the Senate as a body cannot be counted on.
Trump will be on his own for the next two years and the attacks will only become more vicious.
I hate these people. I wish them nothing good in life. They are immature childish brats. What they are doing is not good for our country. If we end up going to war I will have no hesitations.
Don’t show up. Let’s see how brave Shifty is
One of the most important subversive/ progressive goals is to convince normal Americans
that election fraud isn’t happening...that counting (and recounting) every vote is just "democracy in action."
The Democrats left standing after the election are experts at this.
Florida's Brenda Snipes, Andrew Gillum and Georgia's Stacy Abrams excel in their chosen field of fraud.
“Targeting someone that has done nothing wrong ,isn’t there a law against that?”
The land is full of crooked prosecutors who have locked up innocent people. Mueller wasn’t tasked with investigating a crime...he was tasked with FINDING one.
The demonicRAT Party is not interested in the common good. The demonicRAT Party is interested in achieving absolute power over you. They are communists; their goal is to impoverish you, enslave you, and destroy you.
AMEN!!!!!!!! Preach on Brother!
United States Constitution, Article [IV] (Amendment 4 - Search and Seizure)
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
“...less time spent on doing the nation’s business”
That is PRECISELY their goal...stop President Trump’s agenda cold. They cannot get theirs passed, but they can stop Trump’s. All the while keeping their insane base at a white hot feverish pitch.
The GOP better wake up. America will cease to exist if we continue to let the freeloading sexual deviants in the “democrat” party run our elections. Anyone who believes the 2018 elections were fair and honest needs to cut down on the recreational drugs they are doing. Turd World Sh*tholes all over the world are expressing their amazement at how corrupt this election was.
What some folks don't take into account is that in the business of development, he learned long ago that the government drones consider business people to be adversaries.
He brings decades of experience in dealing with the small minded people of the swamp and has learned to run them in circles until they are exhausted before he plays his hole cards.
I think (hope) he is going to show the world what minor leaguers Adam Schiff and Gerold Nadler really are.
With the exception of appointing judges (VERY IMPORTANT!) the Trump Administration is finished. No legislation will be passed. Many Trump administration officials, as well as Trump business associates and family members will be prosecuted.
Barratry (a term of common law) - the use of the courts and or litigation for the purpose of harassment or profit
Absolutely. Politics is over. The democrats are done with this whole democracy thingy.
Judges who rule against lawful actions based on, well, whatever it takes. All in order to overturn anything not the leftist agenda.
A media that is a propaganda wing that would make Goebbels blush.
A permanent government comprised of Deep State operatives leaking and undermining and bureaucrats doing what they want regardless of who is in charge.
Election fraud now nationalized to “find” votes thus rendering Election Day meaningless. It is now a day for measuring how many votes they need days later to overturn the results.
The systematic censoring of all voices not towing the leftist agenda. The erasure from social media.
A nationwide indoctrination system masking as “education” instituted at ALL levels.
And now, increasingly violent mobs who stop at nothing.
Coming soon, a House of Representatives that would make Joseph Stalin’s purges seems tame by comparison.
When has the Democrats let not having the authority to do something let it prevent them from doing something that they wanted to do?
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