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bronxiteforever

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15. Incorrect. Those individuals were not members of Congress.

Reply to MichMan (Reply #12)

Mon Dec 19, 2022, 04:59 PM

Dec 2022

The Ethics Committee has many functions, but they all revolve around the standards of ethical conduct for members of the House.
Neither Barr or Holder were subject to the jurisdiction of The House Ethics Committee.
The point is these Congresscritters are being referred to the House Ethics Committee for failing to honor the subpoena of their own body (the House) at the time they were serving.

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Jan. 6 Panel Refers McCarthy, Three Other Republicans for Ethics Violations [View all] Hissyspit Dec 2022 OP

ohm myyyy. AllaN01Bear Dec 2022 #1

RIGHT? YoshidaYui Dec 2022 #13

"which is seen as unlikely to take action" - then why bother? groundloop Dec 2022 #2

Politicos opinion...good as yours or mine, mates! We shall see. Or ethics should be removed from Alexander Of Assyria Dec 2022 #9

They did not announce this at the Committee Session today leftieNanner Dec 2022 #3

The so-called 'ethics committee' will make defying subpoenas louis-t Dec 2022 #4

Indeed, but that means whatever bullshit hearings they call our people can also just ignore. onecaliberal Dec 2022 #5

Dems generally have nothing to hide, so louis-t Dec 2022 #6

I know we're not hiding anything. onecaliberal Dec 2022 #10

Hillary sat for inquisition 11 hours straight. LakeArenal Dec 2022 #7

Both Eric Holder and William Barr ignored congressional subpoenas. MichMan Dec 2022 #12

Incorrect. Those individuals were not members of Congress. bronxiteforever Dec 2022 #15

Here we go! Martin68 Dec 2022 #8

this is a joke, no. What ethics do they have ? republianmushroom Dec 2022 #11

My exact thought Zilli Dec 2022 #21

the referrals to the ethics violation commitee is pretty much a non starter drray23 Dec 2022 #14

The committee is divided equally Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #22

Aren't ethics investigations evenly split between parties, unlike usual committees Hassler Dec 2022 #16

Yes Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #23

Secret probation Marcuse Dec 2022 #17

Show up when they issue the subpoenas tinymontgomery Dec 2022 #18

all we can do is try LymphocyteLover Dec 2022 #19

This list is much too short lefthandedskyhook Dec 2022 #20