Why a House Dem called Jim Jordan's newest investigation 'stupid'

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It is no wonder that Gym Jordan flunked the bar. Investigating the investigators is a dumb tactic.

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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/house-dem-called-jim-jordans-newest-investigation-stupid-rcna101663

The Republicans' “investigate the investigation” tactic is utilized so frequently that it’s become something of a running joke in some political circles. For several GOP lawmakers, most notably House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, it’s become a reflexive, go-to response to probes the party finds politically inconvenient for one reason or another......

And in Fulton County, Georgia, Trump and a striking number of his associates have now been indicted as part of an investigation into interference in the 2020 election. Take a wild guess what the Ohio Republican leading the House Judiciary Committee wants to do now. Politico reported this afternoon:

House Republicans are replaying a familiar script: playing political defense in former President Donald Trump’s legal battles. The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday launched an investigation into Georgia’s Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, hours before Trump is expected to turn himself in following his indictment on racketeering charges related to his push to overturn the 2020 presidential election in that state.

In a written letter to the local prosecution, Jordan said the “indictment and prosecution implicate substantial federal interests, and the circumstances surrounding your actions raise serious concerns about whether they are politically motivated.” To that end, the far-right congressman directed Willis to hand over information on her federal interactions — including work with Smith’s office — by Sept. 7, which is two weeks from today.

Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu of California, also a member of the House Judiciary Committee, described Jordan’s latest gambit as “stupid,” and it’s worth understanding why.

[Brainfodder]

1. Perhaps JJ has motive?

This fucknut will be dying in prison, I'll bet up to 2 cents.

That is how much I value him.

I'll cover up to 100 bets!

[Fullduplexxx]

2. Well jj there is a recording of your pimp trying to shake down Georgia's s.o.s. for votes

Is that legal AND all the testimony comes from and all the witnesses are, republicans . So she is prosecuting him based on what your party has told her . 9ne more thing the grand jury is made up of random people .

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3. The lede says it all;no further explanation needed.nt

[GoCubsGo]

4. Why would it be any different than any of his or the other GOP investigations?

Every last one of them has blown up in their faces. I expect this one to be no different in that regard. I wouldn't be surprised if it takes off a few of their fingers along with it blowing up in their faces this time around.

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5. GYMshorts is interfering in a criminal investigation

Let's investigate that.

He's worried sooner or later the investigations finger all the GQP members of Congress who were complicit in trumps crimes.

[2naSalit]

6. +1

He took over from Nunes' cover up duties.

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7. Gym Jordan has tried this stunt once already

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[Emile]

8. Abuse of power.

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9. Opinion Jim Jordan's latest antics won't save Trump from a jury's judgment

Gym's attacks on DA Willis will not work

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/28/jim-jordan-investigation-fani-willis-indictment-of-trump/

Because Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio) cares deeply about the plight of the unfairly accused, he has launched yet another House GOP effort to protect Donald Trump from prosecution. The Judiciary Committee, which Jordan chairs, is demanding that Georgia prosecutor Fani T. Willis turn over documents related to her indictment of the former president over his insurrection attempt.

Jordan’s game — using House investigations to protect Trump at all costs — is transparent. Yet if he really pursues this to a maximal extent, he will end up forcing many other Republicans to take difficult votes on future subpoenas — aligning them with Trump and putting their reelection at risk — without protecting Trump in any meaningful way.

It’s highly unlikely GOP leaders — despite their public bluster on Trump’s behalf — have any intention of letting things proceed that far. The whole project is almost surely a doomed charade at the outset......

For years now, a leading project of much of the GOP has been to treat Trump’s unprecedented corruption as beyond reproach and accountability in every conceivable way. That strong-arming of the Ukrainian president? It wasn’t extortion, just Trump setting foreign policy. That wide-ranging plot to corrupt the government in so many brazen ways to hijack a second term illegitimately? It was merely Trump exercising his legal options. That incitement of a mob to storm Congress? It was just a protest — or something akin to a tourist visit.,,,,

“I don’t know of any mechanism for Congress to prevent Trump from having to face a jury,” Hashimoto told me. Even if that’s the one thing Trump seems to want to avoid above all.