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Republicans preparing to join the 'cover-up club' before the Jan 6th committee subpoenas them: former prosecutor
© Raw StoryMarjorie Taylor Greene, Jim Jordan (Photos via Agence France-Presse)
As part of his "Justice Matters" YouTube series, former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner suggested Republican lawmakers who face possible subpoenas from the House select committee investigating the Jan 6th insurrection will likely become the latest members of the "cover-up- club" dedicated to shielding Donald Trump.
With the Capitol riot hearings coming in June, Kirschner noted that leaked texts to and from former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows are more than enough reason to call for Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Jim Jordan (R-OH_ and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), among others, before the committee.
That, he suggested, would likely involve subpoenas as he hinted they are probably getting their stories straight in case they should be compelled to show up.
The problem, he worried, is if they will likely fall in line with members of Trump's inner circle -- including Steve Bannon, Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino -- and refuse to comply.
"They're not going to cooperate," he predicted. "They are all preparing to become members of the cover-up club together with the likes of Bannon, Navarro, Scavino and others."
"So this now raises the same litany of questions we ask every time," he continued. "People with information about Donald Trump's crimes refuse to provide it to the J6 committee. One: when all of those Republicans refuse to comply with these voluntary requests for testimony, will the House committee subpoena them? Two: when they blow off these subpoenas, when they violate them when they ignore them, will Congress vote them in contempt and refer them to the Department of Justice for prosecution?"
He added the Democratic-led House is also at the mercy of the DOJ aftrer voting for a criminal referral.
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like i said Bozo....nothing intelligent to say so you post the same post ....how many times now....50?
isn't this trash day?
careful there or someone will pop the tires on your house
regretfully you don't head what you preach..............but then "preaching" never was one of your strong suits now was it
actually it is flattering to think someone is so flustered has to post the same thing so many times.......and search for all my posts to dislike them......guess i know now where his mule is tied huh.....lol
just thought it would be a matter of time before someone takes notice and takes a look at him and the political forum
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Opinion: Fear is destroying the GOP from the inside out
Four or five days into the government shutdown of October 2013, then-Speaker of the House John Boehner summoned me to his office. At the time, I was enraged by the recklessness that led to the shutdown, engineered by Sen. Ted Cruz and a cluster of his cohorts in the House over funding for Obamacare. How could Congress allow itself to enter a shutdown that many — including the Speaker — did not want?
The simple answer: Fear.
Members of Congress who were too fearful to take a stand allowed fringe elements to engage in destructive tactics that brought the government to a standstill. Infuriated by this completely unnecessary and entirely preventable predicament, I ran my mouth for days, lamenting the failure of Congress to perform its most basic duty — to fund the government and keep it open.
I thought Boehner had summoned me to the proverbial principal's office for my public statements about the shutdown and braced myself for a dressing down, but it never came. Instead, Boehner, who had also called four other House GOP colleagues into the meeting, began the conversation almost apologetically, trying to explain his thinking and rationale to pursue tactics and seek concessions that everyone knew would be rejected by the Democrat-controlled Senate. Understandably, Boehner said he wanted to break the members who tormented him by insisting upon a government shutdown to defund Obamacare. The problem with this strategy, of course, was the collateral damage to swing district members who were being blamed and pounded relentlessly by their constituents over the ongoing shutdown.
Boehner further explained that of the roughly 234 members of the House GOP Conference in 2013, he could count on only 85, including the five of us in the meeting, to vote responsibly on matters of basic governance. He stated that there were nearly 40 other members who wanted to undermine him at every opportunity. This was the group — many of whom would later become known as the Freedom Caucus — pushing the government shutdown.
Yet Boehner said it was the remaining 109 or so that he was most concerned about. He said these members represented relatively safe GOP seats who were vulnerable to primary challengers. Depending on the issue, this group could be pulled in either direction — and on the government shutdown, many of them had reluctantly followed the fringe. While Boehner didn't want the shutdown himself, he was sympathetic to this third group, explaining that they were particularly vulnerable to attacks and primary challenges from the right.
I did not react well to that final comment. I immediately objected and shot back, saying: "Why are the primaries of these members more important than mine?" As someone who represented a swing district and was accustomed to being hammered by opponents on the left and right, I had little patience or sympathy for members of this group. I went on, saying, "Tell them to raise a pile of campaign money, do good opposition research, and then tear the lungs out of your opponent. Whining and hiding in fear is no way to deal with a primary challenger." When I finished this rant, Ohio Congressman Pat Tiberi, who was among Boehner's closest confidantes in the House, said, "John, I hope you heard that."
This brings me to the current state of the Trump-dominated GOP. The recently divulged audio recordings of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy expressing his frustration with Trump in the days after the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol have laid bare what is destroying the Republican party from the inside.
Far too many Republicans serve in Congress under a constant cloud of fear. Let's call them the Fear Caucus. This group of decent men and women are unfortunately too worried about their own positions to publicly say what they believe about the former President's conduct, temperament and fitness for office. What McCarthy said in exasperation about Trump's responsibility for the Capitol riot probably reflects the sentiments of the majority of House and Senate Republicans. But what these Republicans are willing to say in public is too often another story.
These members must muster the courage to take a stand and call out radical elements within the party like Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Madison Cawthorn, Matt Gaetz and a few others who have made extreme and inflammatory comments part of their political brand. GOP members of the Fear Caucus must also overcome their anxieties and speak out about former President Trump, especially when it comes to the lie that the 2020 election was stolen.
Silence only empowers the fringe elements of the GOP and fear makes even the most essential governance, like raising the debt ceiling or passing necessary funding bills, extraordinarily difficult. Sitting on the sidelines and hoping 'YES' while voting 'NO' is not what amounts to a profile in courage. Even worse, governing out of fear is often rewarded with understandable skepticism from voters and can lead to the very thing these members are seeking to avoid most: a primary challenge from the right.
While serving in Congress, I believed that I should be able to publicly express whatever it was that I said behind the closed doors of the House Republican Conference meetings and to defend at home what I said to my constituents.
In the last decade, the fringe elements within the party have increasingly dominated the GOP's narrative. This problem will persist unless the decent people of the Republican Party stand up, speak out and lead from a position of strength instead of fear. And the way to defeat fringe elements who instigate and launch primaries is to fight them. Full stop.
Trump remains a dangerous political figure, despite his diminishing stature. But he and the extremists are outnumbered. The more good Republicans publicly speak out against extremism, the more likely Trump's grip on the GOP can be broken. It's called leadership, and it's liberating.
It certainly beats cowering in fear.
wrong....I am not part of the Jim Jones Donald trump cult like so many others on her and nationwide......you seem to know about it and follow the cults teachings.....you can break away....just start looking at what you are doing and think about what you are doing.....the first step to getting out is having a mind of your own
you need to get out more there dimwit......you are copying what Fox puts out and we all know they do not post facts....just republican opinionsBe HILARIOUS- seeing how your “Ministry of Truth” works with a KNOWN LIAR as it’s head!!!!
You Dems are just redankulous
Opponent slams Marjorie Taylor Greene at GOP debate: 'No bill you've authored has passed'
© Raw StoryGPB/screen grab
A Republican candidate for Congress attacked Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) at a debate over the weekend for passing no legislation and not being a member of any committees in Congress.
At a Republican primary debate on Sunday, candidate Seth Synstelien challenged Greene on her record.
"We're all here because we have concerns about the seat," Synstelien explained. "See, you bought contractor stock before railing against profitable wars. Your words and actions are consistently inconsistent. No bill you've authored has passed and you have no committee power to advocate for this district."
"Without resorting to rhetoric about Democrat boogeymen, Biden and the woke left, answer this," he continued. "Can you tell us one or two specific objectives that affect our wallets that you can actually pass and explain how you plan to get it done without being guaranteed a committee assignment?"
"Thank you for that question, Seth," Greene replied. "And I know this is your first time being a candidate as well."
Greene defended her purchase of defense stocks by insisting that she did not know about the trade until she read about it in the newspaper.
"Now, here's what we have to do," she said. "You have to understand and remember. Democrats are in control in Washington right now. Republicans aren't getting anything done -- even the Republicans on committees aren't getting anything done. And if they were, you wouldn't see the radical destruction of America going on right now, our wide-open borders. We are having inflation out of control and we are no longer energy independent as Americans."
"So what I look forward to doing is when we take back the House, I'll have great committee assignments," the congresswoman vowed. "Kevin McCarthy and leadership have already promised them to me. And we look forward to holding Democrats accountable for all the corruption and horrible things they've done in our country."
"That's too big an if," Synstelien responded. "Voting for Ms. Greene is a gamble as she's not guaranteed committee power. She's not even accountable for her own tweets or her staff's. We're still not clear on who is acting on the district's behalf. So, how can anyone expect her to bring accountability to Washington?"
"Her only leadership trait right now is rallying people against an enemy," he added. "And little to none of what she just said encourages business in our district or fights out-of-control inflation."
Watch the video below from GPB.
Provide the specific US code you claim he is violating by disliking your posts. Or just admit you want to be a dictator/dicktaster shutting down anyone's freedom of speech if they don't agree with or heaven forbid "dislike" your posts???What are you trying to do,, get some of your fellow RightRETards to join you in your childish criminal acts?
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his little game has already spilled over onto other threads i post on.....just got asked this morning what it is about
only someone mentally challenged would dislike pics and stories which is what site about
I reached the point a long time ago I don't really care anymore...let them end this thread
Republicans preparing to join the 'cover-up club' before the Jan 6th committee subpoenas them: former prosecutor
© Raw StoryMarjorie Taylor Greene, Jim Jordan (Photos via Agence France-Presse)
As part of his "Justice Matters" YouTube series, former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner suggested Republican lawmakers who face possible subpoenas from the House select committee investigating the Jan 6th insurrection will likely become the latest members of the "cover-up- club" dedicated to shielding Donald Trump.
With the Capitol riot hearings coming in June, Kirschner noted that leaked texts to and from former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows are more than enough reason to call for Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Jim Jordan (R-OH_ and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), among others, before the committee.
That, he suggested, would likely involve subpoenas as he hinted they are probably getting their stories straight in case they should be compelled to show up.
The problem, he worried, is if they will likely fall in line with members of Trump's inner circle -- including Steve Bannon, Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino -- and refuse to comply.
"They're not going to cooperate," he predicted. "They are all preparing to become members of the cover-up club together with the likes of Bannon, Navarro, Scavino and others."
"So this now raises the same litany of questions we ask every time," he continued. "People with information about Donald Trump's crimes refuse to provide it to the J6 committee. One: when all of those Republicans refuse to comply with these voluntary requests for testimony, will the House committee subpoena them? Two: when they blow off these subpoenas, when they violate them when they ignore them, will Congress vote them in contempt and refer them to the Department of Justice for prosecution?"
He added the Democratic-led House is also at the mercy of the DOJ aftrer voting for a criminal referral.
January 6th January 6th January 6th
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Herr Mac und Lies woulda been a better choice for head of the “Ministry of Truth”
YEAH - cause you Dems are getting your arses kicked
Knew ya were a bunch o pansy quitters.
Trouble is your head will explode if ya can’t spew your CONSTANT flow o Dem HORSESHITE propaganda - you’ll turn into another drooling blathering C&J and one is soooooooytainly enough of those !!!!!
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