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House Democrat Promises Kavanaugh Investigation if Party Wins Control
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/05/us/politics/kavanaugh-house-investigation.html
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WASHINGTON House Democrats will open an investigation into accusations of sexual misconduct and perjury against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh if they win control of the House in November, Representative Jerrold Nadler, the New York Democrat in line to be the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said on Friday. Speaking on the eve of Judge Kavanaughs confirmation vote this weekend, Mr. Nadler said that there was evidence that Senate Republicans and the F.B.I. had overseen a whitewash investigation of the allegations and that the legitimacy of the Supreme Court was at stake. He sidestepped the issue of impeachment.
It is not something we are eager to do, Mr. Nadler said in an interview. But the Senate having failed to do its proper constitutionally mandated job of advise and consent, we are going to have to do something to provide a check and balance, to protect the rule of law and to protect the legitimacy of one of our most important institutions.
But unlike Democrats in the upper chamber, who are likely to remain in the minority after Novembers elections, Mr. Nadler could soon have subpoena power and a chairmans gavel, backed by a Democratic majority in the House.
He said that if Democrats took power, he would expect the committee to immediately subpoena records from the White House and the F.B.I., which conducted an abbreviated supplemental background investigation into two of the misconduct claims. That document request would include communications between officials at both entities. The committee would also seek to interview Judge Kavanaughs accusers and the dozens of potential witnesses they identified in recent days, most of whom were not contacted by the F.B.I. He said he would also call the F.B.I. director, Christopher A. Wray, to testify.
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Pachamama
(16,887 posts)OnDoutside
(19,969 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,843 posts)He was Al Franken's representative when he lived in New York - and was a frequent guest on his radio show - one of the "good guys!"
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)Adam Schiff (D-CA) will be taking the gavel away from Devin Nunes (Traitor-CA)!
Expect so many subpoenas to be coming out of this Committee room, they will have to use wheelbarrows!
Hey, Don Jr.! Are you paying attention? You can run but you can NOT hide!!
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)what are the consequences? Fines? Jail? Maybe that would be enough. Would the Supreme court make lying to Congress by Republicans legal?
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)Section 1621 covers general perjury, and stipulates that anyone who "willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true" is guilty of perjury and shall be fined or imprisoned up to five years, or both.
And this:
https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/24/politics/penalty-for-lying-to-congress/index.html
If the court rules that lying to Congress is OK for Republicans, I suspect America's streets will be on fire.
DFW
(54,436 posts)He is wicked smart and has a memory longer than I-95.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)Go get 'em Congressman Nadler!
DFW
(54,436 posts)He is one of the very best--if you're a Democrat, that is. Republicans have good reason to tremble in fear of Jerry gets the House Judiciary chairmanship.
LenaBaby61
(6,976 posts)I'm hoping that SHE 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 becomes the Chair of the House Financial Services Committee:
She'd have broad powers to take a GOOD & HARD look @ toilet-paper-in-chief's tax records.
Texas Republican Jeb Hensarling is the current chair of the House Financial Services Committee, a legislative body that has investigative powers over an extremely broad range of matters:
The House Financial Services Committee has jurisdiction over issues pertaining to the economy, the banking system, housing, insurance, and securities and exchanges. Additionally, the Committee also has jurisdiction over monetary policy, international finance, international monetary organizations, and efforts to combat terrorist financing.
The Committee oversees the Nations economy through its oversight of the Federal Reserve Board and individual reserve banks, the Treasury, the production and distribution of currency, and the Nations capital markets.
Agencies under oversight by the Committee include: the Federal Reserve, Treasury, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the National Credit Union Administration, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and the Export-Import Bank.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maxine-waters-subpoena-trump/
duforsure
(11,885 posts)HE will be fully exposed, then turn on them and talk too. He and others will be talking to save themselves that trump thinks they'll remain loyal, but they won't. I don't know if he is, but he acts like a person with drug and alcohol issues, especially from his last appearance at the last hearing. Was he on drugs or drinking again? Looked like it to me.