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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGym Jordan and James Comer emerge from their holes with subpoena power
Bidens most vocal Republican antagonists emerge from the sidelines with subpoena powerWASHINGTON House Republicans spent years ignored or drowned out in a Democratic Congress, but revelations about President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents handed two of his fiercest critics ammunition to investigate just as they became committee chairmen.
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio has already drawn the spotlight with rapid-fire questions pelting Democratic witnesses during hearings investigating former President Donald Trump. Now he leads the Judiciary Committee and a special subcommittee created to investigate the Biden administration, and he can set the agenda.
Rep. James Comer of Kentucky argued for greater scrutiny of the Biden familys business dealings even before winning the gavel of the Oversight and Accountability Committee. He and Jordan pledged aggressive oversight on a variety of subjects even before they were sworn in now that the 2022 midterm
With their gavels, Jordan and Comer are armed with subpoena power and the megaphone of committee hearings to antagonize Biden through the 2024 election.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-s-most-vocal-republican-antagonists-emerge-from-the-sidelines-with-subpoena-power/ar-AA16qKxh
Watch them make fools of themselves.
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Jan 2023
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spanone
(141,616 posts)1. NYTimes: Jim Jordan Refuses to Cooperate With Jan. 6 Panel
WASHINGTON Representative Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, announced on Sunday that he was refusing to cooperate with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, joining a growing list of allies of former President Donald J. Trump who have adopted a hostile stance toward the panels questions.
In an effort to dig into the role that members of Congress played in trying to undermine the 2020 election, the committee informed Mr. Jordan in December by letter that its investigators wanted to question him about his communications related to the run-up to the Capitol riot. Those include Mr. Jordans messages with Mr. Trump and his legal team as well as others involved in planning rallies on Jan. 6 and congressional objections to certifying Joseph R. Biden Jr.s victory.
Mr. Jordan who in November told the Rules Committee that he had nothing to hide regarding the Jan. 6 committees investigation on Sunday denounced the bipartisan panels inquiry as among what he called the Democrats partisan witch hunts.
It amounts to an unprecedented and inappropriate demand to examine the basis for a colleagues decision on a particular matter pending before the House of Representatives, Mr. Jordan wrote in a letter to Representative Bennie Thompson, Democrat of Mississippi and chairman of the committee. This request is far outside the bounds of any legitimate inquiry, violates core constitutional principles and would serve to further erode legislative norms.
In an effort to dig into the role that members of Congress played in trying to undermine the 2020 election, the committee informed Mr. Jordan in December by letter that its investigators wanted to question him about his communications related to the run-up to the Capitol riot. Those include Mr. Jordans messages with Mr. Trump and his legal team as well as others involved in planning rallies on Jan. 6 and congressional objections to certifying Joseph R. Biden Jr.s victory.
Mr. Jordan who in November told the Rules Committee that he had nothing to hide regarding the Jan. 6 committees investigation on Sunday denounced the bipartisan panels inquiry as among what he called the Democrats partisan witch hunts.
It amounts to an unprecedented and inappropriate demand to examine the basis for a colleagues decision on a particular matter pending before the House of Representatives, Mr. Jordan wrote in a letter to Representative Bennie Thompson, Democrat of Mississippi and chairman of the committee. This request is far outside the bounds of any legitimate inquiry, violates core constitutional principles and would serve to further erode legislative norms.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/09/us/politics/jim-jordan-jan-6-panel.html
Cha
(319,079 posts)7. And, Thank YOu, spanone!!
liberalmediaaddict
(998 posts)2. 2 of the biggest a**holes in congress
They'll both make their hearings unwatchable. It will be nothing but gaslighting and projection.
EarlG
(23,631 posts)3. If Jim Jordan has taught us anything
JohnSJ
(98,883 posts)4. and I hope that gets thrown right back at him
Cha
(319,079 posts)5. Thank You.. Well Framed!