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House GOP revives long-shot FBI probe
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House GOP revives long-shot FBI probe
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Source: Politico
Republicans, however, are severely hindered since they're in the minority.
01/21/2019 08:01 AM EST
House Republicans were sent into the purgatory of the minority after their midterm drubbing. But they are still pressing ahead with longstanding probes into the FBI and DOJ — even though they lack much power to do anything about it.
Barely three weeks into the minority, a band of Trump loyalists says they want to revive the remnants of an investigation that formally concluded last year, which they believe shows that federal law enforcement officials weaponized their biases against President Donald Trump in 2016 while he was a candidate for president.
Yet the group, led by Reps. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), won’t have a single tool at their disposal to compel testimony or demand documents, and not nearly enough manpower to keep up with the work.
“We’ve got to keep digging for the truth no matter what,” Jordan said, confirming that he is working with a handful of Republicans to continue the work of a joint effort with the Judiciary Committee that former chairmen Trey Gowdy and Bob Goodlatte pursued last year.............................
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/21/weve-got-to-keep-digging-house-gop-revives-longshot-fbi-probe-1115133
silly boys with their bitterness showing.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/21/weve-got-to-keep-digging-house-gop-revives-longshot-fbi-probe-1115133
Jim Jordan
Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, who will be the top Republican on the Oversight Committee, said he has tasked staff to stay the course on the GOP’s investigations into the FBI. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo
