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cbdo2007

(9,213 posts)
Thu May 20, 2021, 03:53 PM May 2021

What are the other options on the Capitol insurrection commission?

Congress isn't the be all end all of investigations and judgements.

Does Biden have any authority to call for an investigative commission in the name of national security?

Does Garland have the authority to investigate specific charges against individual members of Congress for treason/insurgency?

While I understand how Congressional hearings can be beneficial for public knowledge and spectacle, there definitely does seem to be other options we can take to hold then accountable. Otherwise everyone is just ultimately untouchable for illegal acts.

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What are the other options on the Capitol insurrection commission? (Original Post) cbdo2007 May 2021 OP
Skip it. Just skip it. Grasswire2 May 2021 #1
Agree. Elessar Zappa May 2021 #3
Garland and the DOJ Elessar Zappa May 2021 #2
Congressional Dems don't need the senate to investigate..think Benghazi PortTack May 2021 #4
If Senate GOP doesn't come around, the Speaker can set up... brush May 2021 #5

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
1. Skip it. Just skip it.
Thu May 20, 2021, 04:10 PM
May 2021

Go directly to charging crimes.

Grand jury..

Trials.

Sentencing.

Bring shock and awe and let the fear of justice intimidate some into cooperation.

Set aside any idea of comity or bipartisanship or cooperation. That's a trap.

Bring the hammer down. Shock and awe.

Tempus fugit.

Elessar Zappa

(14,083 posts)
2. Garland and the DOJ
Thu May 20, 2021, 04:12 PM
May 2021

certainly have the ability to look at possibly charging seditious Congress people and presidents. Will they? Who knows.

brush

(53,922 posts)
5. If Senate GOP doesn't come around, the Speaker can set up...
Thu May 20, 2021, 06:52 PM
May 2021

House select committees to hold hearings, as did the then republican-dominated House did with the many Benghazi hearings, which can work out to be an advantage for Dems.

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