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To: Dead Corpse

I have not read the rest of the replies, but you need to adjust your expectations. I am not being snarky towards you or anyone else who expressed your frustration (which I share).

Contrary to recent behavior from the democrats, the “congress” does not have the ability to charge people with a crime, arrest them, adjudicate them, and incarcerate them.

All they can do is investigate and make referrals to DOJ. DOJ only prosecutes one party so the odds are far more likely they will prosecute Jordan for something than anyone for whom they make a referral.

The DOJ will “open” investigations into some of the targets for Jordan to allow their comrades to plead the 5th or hide behind the “ongoing investigations”.

The media will run cover for them like they always do.

I think Jordan has been pretty realistic about what he can and cannot do.

What congress can do that would curtail some of this partisan (and illegal) behavior is to use the power of the budget. Congressional subpoenas and hearings don’t really get their attention. Using the appropriations to punish with budget does.

It will take balls because they will scream about how every bad thing would not have happened if the GOP house had not stripped money from *insert their favorite agency here*. We will see. There are some pretty vocal folks in congress now that are talking about this and some of them do have intestinal fortitude but the majority are still milquetoast.

This was the job that Jordan wanted (more than speaker) so I do believe he is committed to it. He also has more political power than McCarthy because he could have taken the gavel from him, but he didn’t. I don’t think McCarthy will be able to throttle “investigations” and refuse subpoenas like Paul Ryan did to Nunes.


58 posted on 01/09/2023 12:26:24 PM PST by volunbeer (We are living 2nd Thessalonians)
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To: volunbeer

I have no doubt that Jim will do a most excellent job.

I’m equally certain... nothing will come of it. If we had some historical precedent showing that OUR side was capable of seeing something like this all the way through... I’d hold out more hope.

As it is... It’s all kabuki from here until the shooting starts.


60 posted on 01/09/2023 1:48:49 PM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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