U.S. House panel OKs move to give Congress records of FBI probes against Trump

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution directing the Justice Department to give Congress all records on FBI obstruction of justice or counterintelligence probes against President Donald Trump.

In a surprising show of bipartisanship, days after U.S. Attorney General William Barr told Congress he did not find an obstruction case against Trump, the Democratic-led panel voted 22-0 to send the measure to the full House of Representatives for a possible floor vote.

Full House approval would give Barr 14 days to comply with the demand for all records and communications concerning FBI investigations of Trump, as well as any discussions within the Justice Department about secretly recording the president or seeking to replace him by invoking the 25th amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Lawmakers are looking specifically at obstruction of justice and counterintelligence probes that former FBI Director Andrew McCabe says he launched after Trump fired his predecessor, James Comey, in May 2017.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-house-panel-oks-move-to-give-congress-records-of-fbi-probes-against-trump/ar-BBVfxXS?li=BBnbcA1

[BigmanPigman]

1. But I heard they were abandoning the investigation to focus on the ACA!?!?

Smart move...see, the Dems can do two things at once. That is how you show people you know how to govern and you DO IT!

[PeeJ52]

6. Committees still gotta work...

Can't be sitting around with nothing to do. All work right now is just preliminary. No votes will be cast until 2021 anyway. All decisions between now and then are to be made by the Executive branch and the Supreme Court.

[asiliveandbreathe]

2. Excellent - seems to me the repubs are hearing it from constituents...why else would they vote

for this resolution..we will have to see how the full house votes....unless they know the resolution will be blocked on the other end...by the FBI..not meeting the directive....dunno

[Me.]

3. Then They Do A Subpoena

I don't think the FBI would defy one

[lagomorph777]

4. Reptilians are looking at a different subset of the data.

They are hoping that the FISA warrants will show that...somehow... somebody was investigated and therefore...something? I don't quite get the tale they've been spinning about that for 2 years, but apparently their Deplorables are sucking it right up. Maybe it's something to do with HillaryPizzaGateBenghazi?

[machoneman]

5. No, they are afraid that if details come out very late (i.e. just before the next election)....

they will be screwed, tattooed and blued before they can mount a counter-defense. Getting all the details out sooner than later allows a more spirited defense and even a 'principled' defense (if that's even possible!) against Trumpian policies so they can say see, we didn't crumble in deference.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Not sure Mitch McConnell has gotten the memo yet

[NewJeffCT]

8. even if they vote 435-0

Mitch won't let it come to a vote in the Senate.

[itsrobert]

9. Mitch has no say.

"Full House approval would give Barr 14 days to comply with the demand for all records and communications concerning FBI investigations of Trump, as well as any discussions within the Justice Department about secretly recording the president or seeking to replace him by invoking the 25th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. "

[NewJeffCT]

11. so, they can do that without the Senate?

i did not know that

[NotHardly]

10. The 'one man rule' of American government by McConnel must end...and end now.

[thesquanderer]

12. I'm not sure the Senate needs to vote on this for it to be effective.

It's not like they're passing a law. If the House votes to demand documents, does the Senate need to get involved at all?

[sobenji]

13. Nope