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Septua

(2,258 posts)
Fri Dec 24, 2021, 11:03 AM Dec 2021

Jim Jordan propagandizing executive privilege...

.."This is so wrong."

The link includes a video of Jordan explaining how 'executive privilege' is supposed to work. He omits the details of 'privilege' that exclude its use as a tool to protect unprincipled Presidents, Chiefs of Staff and Ohio Congressmen.

Jordan's political aptitude is limited to a single strategy: diversion from the matter at hand to the 'Democrat's political campaign against Trump.'

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/this-is-so-wrong-jim-jordan-delivers-fiery-rebuke-of-effort-to-hold-mark-meadows-in-contempt

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All the Repugs know to do is... Septua Dec 2021 #1

Septua

(2,258 posts)
1. All the Repugs know to do is...
Fri Dec 24, 2021, 12:33 PM
Dec 2021

..threaten revenge on the Dems when they retake the House. Diversion, distraction and side stepping.

“There are a lot of Republicans eager to hear testimony from Ron Klain and Jake Sullivan when we take back the House,” Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan tweeted after the indictment came down, naming Biden’s chief of staff and national security adviser.

"Still, Republicans in Congress are viewing DOJ’s Bannon charge as a significant precedent for their own future investigative efforts. As they seethe, they’re strategizing about how to take advantage of the Jan. 6 committee’s legal and oversight moves in 2023 and beyond."

“They're crossing lines and opening Pandora's boxes every day in this majority, and it's hard to close those boxes once they're open,” said Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.).

“I think they’ve set new precedent for oversight and how you can obtain documents,” Comer said. “The traditional rule [is] you can't have access to those until five years after the presidency. But they said, ‘Well, this is an extreme situation, what happened on Jan. 6.’ What if we think it was an extreme situation what happened with the Afghanistan debacle?”

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/16/gop-revenge-bannon-indictment-522658

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