{"id":538015,"date":"2023-01-09T22:52:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T19:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/gops-weaponization-panel-would-have-power-to-review-those-probing-trump\/"},"modified":"2023-01-09T22:52:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T19:52:37","slug":"gops-weaponization-panel-would-have-power-to-review-those-probing-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gops-weaponization-panel-would-have-power-to-review-those-probing-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"#GOP\u2019s\u00a0\u2018weaponization\u2019 panel would have power to review those probing Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36542b30930\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36542b30930\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gops-weaponization-panel-would-have-power-to-review-those-probing-trump\/#GOPs_%E2%80%98weaponization_panel_would_have_power_to_review_those_probing_Trump\" >GOP\u2019s\u00a0\u2018weaponization\u2019 panel would have power to review those probing Trump<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"GOPs_%E2%80%98weaponization_panel_would_have_power_to_review_those_probing_Trump\"><\/span>GOP\u2019s\u00a0\u2018weaponization\u2019 panel would have power to review those probing Trump<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/AP23003699330254.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The GOP is preparing to hammer agencies reviewing the conduct of former President Trump with a new select subcommittee poised to focus on the \u201cweaponization\u201d of the federal government.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The panel is being drawn up to take aim at ongoing investigations at the Department of Justice and the FBI on Trump, including the taking of classified documents to Mar-a-Lago and the former president\u2019s conduct leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The subcommittee, included under the umbrella of the House Judiciary Committee, is expected to be helmed by Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a combative ally of Trump. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jordan has already sent more than 100 letters to the two agencies ahead of his own expected probes \u2014 complaining the FBI has \u201cridiculed conservative Americans.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have weighed a \u201cChurch-style\u201d investigation of the FBI since late last year, modeled after a 1970s investigation into\u00a0civil liberties violations by the intelligence community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But language in the resolution establishing the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal\u00a0Government\u00a0would give the panel the power to oversee \u201congoing criminal investigations.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The language, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently added on Friday during negotiations with the Freedom Caucus as Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)\u00a0worked to secure the gavel, would strengthen lawmakers as the Justice Department continues its probe of Trump for his role in the deadly riot two years earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Another last-minute addition includes the ability of lawmakers on the 13-member panel to have access to the same information shared with the House Intelligence Committee, which receives some of the most closely guarded information the intelligence community shares with members of Congress.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The panel is also set to include five Democrats in consultation with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), similar to the initial structure of the Jan. 6 committee.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But after a year of GOP complaints about the wide-ranging authority of the Jan. 6 select committee, Republicans appear to have aimed for greater force.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got more resources, more specificity, more power to go after this recalcitrant Biden administration,\u201d\u00a0Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), who voted against McCarthy in the first 11 Speakership votes, said in an interview on Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Neither the DOJ nor the FBI responded to requests for comment about being the focus of the subcommittee.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats see the new subcommittee as a landing spot for conservative propaganda. Judiciary ranking member Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) called it a \u201creckless partisan exercise fueled by conspiracy theories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJim Jordan and Kevin McCarthy claim to be investigating the weaponization of the federal government when, in fact, this new select committee is the weapon itself,\u201d Nadler said in a statement\u00a0to ABC News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is specifically designed to inject extremist politics into our justice system and shield the MAGA movement from the legal consequences of their actions.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The subcommittee could delve into any number of legal issues swirling around Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Special counsel Jack Smith has been appointed to oversee the investigations into the mishandling of records at Mar-a-Lago as well as Jan. 6.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Trump also has to contend with a Georgia probe into his efforts to pressure Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to \u201cfind\u201d more votes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>State and federal authorities in New York are also investigating the Trump Organization\u2019s business practices. Those additional probes hold the potential for criminal charges against Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The GOP has its own ongoing list of grievances, ranging from plans to investigate Hunter Biden to claims the FBI has been politicized and is unfairly targeting conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution allows for the review of any White House effort to \u201cobtain information from, and provide information to the private sector, non-profit entities, or other government agencies to facilitate action against American citizens\u201d \u2014 likely a review of any FBI interactions with <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> companies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jordan\u2019s attitude about the FBI has been made clear through his letters as well as a report he released late last year. That report was widely panned for including little new information to back claims that the FBI is inflating domestic terrorism reporting or is \u201cclearing the Bureau of employees who dissent from its woke, leftist agenda.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He has also distorted a DOJ memo on threats against local school board members, saying the government plans to charge American parents as domestic terrorists.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The memo\u00a0resulted in little, however, and largely encouraged coordination, asking the FBI to convene meetings with local law enforcement in the following 30 days to discuss how to respond to threats of violence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>It\u2019s also not clear who the other members of the subcommittee will be, as the rules do not specify that those lawmakers must also sit on the broader House Judiciary Committee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That could also set up an interesting conflict of interest for some who could be appointed to the subcommittee, including those who were subpoenaed by the Jan. 6 panel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy should I be limited \u2014 why should anybody be limited \u2014 just because someone has made an accusation? Everybody in America is innocent until proven guilty,\u201d Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) said on ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Perry was subpoenaed by panel after it was discovered he introduced Trump to the lawyer Jeffrey Clark, whom Trump considered appointing as attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> in order to propagate his claims of election fraud during the 2020 presidential election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cSo, should everybody in Congress that disagrees with somebody be barred from doing the oversight and investigative powers that Congress has? That\u2019s our charge,\u201d Perry said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd again, that\u2019s appropriate for every single member, regardless of what accusations are made. 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