Senate Democrats Open Inquiry Into Trump’s $1 Billion Request of Oil Industry: Committees are seeking information from oil executives about a dinner where the former president proposed a quid pro quo
Senate Democrats Open Inquiry Into Trump’s $1 Billion Request of Oil Industry: Committees are seeking information from oil executives about a dinner where the former president proposed a quid pro quo
Two committees are seeking information from oil executives about a dinner where, the lawmakers say, the former president proposed a quid pro quo.
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CHARGES
It's fine if you want to open an inquiry, but there is not the slightest shortage of things that it's been demonstrated that Trump did wrong
Have the sergeant at arms go and fetch some people who contempt of congress'd and lock them up under the Capitol until they agree that they were wrong and they'll answer questions now
Make a habit of finding a new crime every day that no one's done something about, from Trump or one of his allies, and recommend charges to the DOJ for it, whatever the terminology is. Give Matt Gaetz a subpoena because the house wants to investigate him paying underage girls for sex. Tell Boebert that giving handies in a theater is an ethics violation, and give her a fine, and have someone who's armed physically block her path trying to come into congress until she pays it.
IDK, I still fully agree with the reasons why political people shouldn't be telling the DOJ who to prosecute, I'm not saying do that. But surely a fact-finding mission to find out whether or not Trump and his friends are crooks is no longer necessary at this point.
The Senate can't do charges — that takes the House impeaching him or the Justice Department filing criminal charges. A senate committee can however, gather evidence, and then pass it to the Justice Department with a recommendation that they prosecute. That's what's going on here.
Probably can't do one new set of crimes per day (the Senate doesn't move that fast) but it's definitely happening.
Yeah, I get it. You're not wrong. I wasn't even really thinking in terms of the details of how it does need to happen. I'm just saying it's crazy that we're still investigating. Y'all (meaning congress) are going to investigate your way along right up until the Oathkeepers come into congress armed and tell you who goes and who stays, it sounds like.
To be fair, this is an investigation of a solicitation for a bribe which happened 15 days ago, and was reported by the Washington Post the morning after it happened.
Trump just can't stop criming.
"Try not to catch any felonies on the way to the parking lot!"
Give Matt Gaetz a subpoena because the house wants to investigate him paying underage girls for sex
Kevin McCarthy already opened an investigation, that's why Gaetz got rid of him.
Tell Boebert that giving handies in a theater is an ethics violation
It probably isn't.
Only talking about it would be.