Posted on 08/15/2023 6:07:43 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) has filed legislation to defund the federal salary of Jack Smith, the DOJ special counsel prosecuting Donald Trump.
Smith’s ongoing investigation into Trump has led to multiple indictments, which have been slammed as bogus or partisan election interference by some Republicans. Smith alleges Trump committed criminal offenses over classified documents and 2020 election challenges, including on Jan. 6, 2021.
Now, however, according to Just the News, Ogles and other Republican representatives have decided to take action against Smith.
Ogles introduced the bill on Friday, the Washington Examiner reported. GOP Reps. Alex Mooney, W.V., and Eli Crane, Ariz., cosponsored the measure.
The Yanking Outlays for an Unethical, Ruthless Enterprise that Fraudulently Impedes Robust Electoral Debate (You’re fired) Act comes as Republicans increasingly line up behind former President Donald Trump due to what they perceive as a political prosecution from Smith.
“The Biden Administration’s weaponization of the DOJ for personal political gain through the appointment of Jack Smith is nothing short of appalling,” Ogles said. “In November 2022, he was tasked with taking down Biden’s biggest threat, President Donald J. Trump.” And, according to Ogles, Smith has since engaged in highly questionable and partisan behavior in targeting Trump.
Related: Jack Smith May Have Doomed His Case Against Trump
”From falsified indictments to non-existent supporting ‘evidence’, everything about the proceedings by Smith have screamed desperate,” Ogles stated. He continued: “America cannot and will not stand for that, and it’s well past time that Congress uses its power of the purse to tell Jack Smith: you’re fired.”
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file, file, file, talk, talk, talk. Never substantive action from the GOP. Truly a pathetic party.
Why should my taxes go toward paying a freaky-looking, far-left hit man to bring down my president? Smith can KMA.
RE: Never substantive action from the GOP. Truly a pathetic party.
I’m all ears... what substantive action ideas should the GOP be doing now, given their slim majority in Congress and Minority status in the Senate?
Impeachment inquiry and some open hearings. Start yesterday. Defund Smith's office. Defund government.
Given the likes of McConnell and Romney, I'd say a bare minority. Maybe 20 senators who actually serve the people of the US.
Sometimes I think people like you are really Dem trolls. But even if not, what exactly do you expect congressional Republicans to do? Speak now or forever hold your peace.
What would the Dems be doing if the tables were turned? Do that. Get in front of the public at every opportunity (even with hostile media) and point out the reasons it’s a sham, unless of course they don’t think that...
I'd start with doing....anything.
Plus it sounds a lot like a bill of attainder.
RE: Get in front of the public at every opportunity (even with hostile media) and point out the reasons it’s a sham, unless of course they don’t think that...
1) Aren’t they doing that already? Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ted Cruz, etc.
2) What else can they do WITHIN THEIR LEGISLATIVE POWERS to stop this travesty?
RE: I’d start with doing....anything
Isn’t what Andy Ogles is doing something?
Not to mention Jack smith is worth 20 million.
All talk. No action.
How about pass a budget for a change? No more CR nonsense.
RE: All talk. No action.
Give us an example of action that you would like to see.
Talk, it’s only talk
Arguments, agreements
Advice, answers
Articulate announcements
It’s only talk
Talk, it’s only talk
Babble, burble, banter
Bicker, bicker, bicker
Brouhaha, balderdash, ballyhoo
It’s only talk
Back talk
Talk talk talk
It’s only talk
Comments, cliches, commentary, controversy
Chatter, chit-chat, chit-chat, chit-chat
Conversation, contradiction, criticism
It’s only talk
Cheap talk
Talk, talk, it’s only talk
Debates, discussions
These are words with a D this time
Dialog, duologue, diatribe
Dissention, declamation
Double talk, double talk
Talk, talk, it’s all talk
Too much talk
Small talk
Talk that trash
Expressions, editorials
Explanations, exclamations, exaggerations
It’s all talk
Elephant talk
Elephant talk
Elephant talk
-King Crimson
“Introduced a bill”
Oooo.....
Like that will go anywhere. Do something real. Fund a few key parts of government and accidentally forget the rest for next fiscal year.
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