DOJ "no exceptions for the files of the investigations of members of Congress."

[kpete]

“The Department’s longstanding policy is to decline to provide Congressional committees with access to open law enforcement files.”

Sadly for Jordan, Gaetz, MTG, Perry, and others, no exceptions for the files of the investigations of members of Congress.

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=72c6EqkRqWuBPDJzfsST6w
https://www.justice.gov/file/1080046/download

[sheshe2]

1. Hey GOP?

Bite me.

[UTUSN]

2. K&R

[iluvtennis]

3. Thanks for the post - great info. n/t

[malaise]

4. K & R for visibility

Very very important OP!

[Botany]

5. So I take it that the deal Jordan and the mouth breather caucus had w/McCarthy is moot.

Jim Jordan drafted doc that gave McCarthy gavel -allows for INTERFERENCE INTO ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS

Link to tweet

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217538126

Thanx to DUer kpete for 1st posting this stuff.

[chia]

11. THANK YOU FOR THAT! Made my day

[Botany]

18. Enjoy Glen K knows his stuff.

Kirschner spent 24 years at the DC USAO and is now teaching @ American University's law school

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017795644

[Alexander Of Assyria]

6. Our lawyers are far better than their lawyers, it's going to be a legal slaughter...as has been lately

[Botany]

8. And our "better lawyers" on the J-6 committee made sure that the DoJ got all their information ...

.... and work along with a referral for prosecution for TFG.

[Cha]

10. TY For That!💙🕯

[NullTuples]

30. It's the judges we have to worry about...McConnell's been busy the last 10+ years.

[Jarqui]

7. Great post. Thanks

Page 3-5 lay it all out.

One key different between 2000 and now is that some members of the Committee providing oversight of these open investigations are targets of these open investigations for Jan 6th. Some of these Committee members are alleged to have asked Trump for a pardon. So they should be nowhere near that DoJ investigation for very obvious reasons. And since their request for a pardon came well before any investigation, they themselves know that they had some concerns over their own apparent criminal behavior so the request for a pardon is an admission to the extent that it helps justify why the DoJ would be looking into them.

Further the testimony collected by the January 6th congressional investigation heavily relied on Republican testimony which further dilutes the claim that the investigation was politically motivated.

[Cha]

9. Good to Know!!💙

[Ford_Prefect]

12. Isn't it remarkable just how ignorant the extremists are? This is so obviously separation of powers

They want to have it all their way without realizing that there are indeed laws and rules you cannot rewrite at the whim of the moment. Hard to believe that some of them passed the bar, anywhere.

[OMGWTF]

13. We are fortunate that these miscreants are so inept. Trump especially.

People need to go to prison. George Santos thought he could just BS his way into politics; it worked so well for Trump.

[Ford_Prefect]

17. The gang that couldn't cheat straight rides again.

[calimary]

27. Oooooh, I LIKE that!

“The gang that couldn’t cheat straight”!

Yep!!!

[Justice matters.]

28. It's just to feed outrage (more upcoming) to FOX-NEWS-4-PRofits-PRopaganda networks.

It seems they're smart crooks enough for that (and gerrymandering).

[BootinUp]

14. The GQP will try anything. Doesn't

really matter how likely it is to succeed. Part of the point is that they object to democracy.

[dalton99a]

15. Kick

[republianmushroom]

16. going to be lots of sweating and hand wringing in the House.

[MagickMuffin]

19. What if Kev played all of them and tricked them into giving him the gavel

Nah, he’s too stupid as the rest of em!

[TeamProg]

20. Hey GOP, thanks for playing. We'll let you know. n/t

[rubbersole]

21. Incompetent, meet guilty...

..guilty, meet incompetent. How do you do? Fine. And you?

[usonian]

22. Kick

Ass

Pin it, Dano.

[SheltieLover]

23. Excellent! 👏👏👏👏

Thx for sharing!

[Scrivener7]

24. That is a big relief but the phrase "longstanding policy" makes me nervous when

we're dealing with republiQans.

[chriscan64]

25. Hey GOP, helpful tip:

If you don't commit crimes, the files won't be about you.

[Cha]

26. KICK!

[HuskyOffset]

29. Oh yeah? Well, if that's the way you're gonna be

then Jim Jordan will just have to take his goddamn jacket and go home! So there!