The crusade against the Biden administration began in Congress. Finally in order of battle, the elected Republicans voted to set up, on Tuesday, January 10, a commission to investigate… its investigators. This panel will investigate how “the executive branch collects information on American citizens, including in ongoing criminal investigations”.
Donald Trump’s allies do not hide the fact that it is a question of questioning the reasons which justified the opening of the numerous investigations into the former Republican president, which relate in particular to his role in the assault on the Capitol on January 6. 2021 or its management of the White House archives.
The Ministry of Justice and the Federal Police “were used by the Biden administration against its opponents, in particular during the unprecedented raid on President Trump’s house”declared the elected Elise Stefanik, in reference to the search carried out in August at her home Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
The establishment of this commission was at the heart of the demands of elected Trumpists who blocked for four days last week the election of Kevin McCarthy as speaker . Thanks to this showdown, unprecedented for more than 160 years, “we got more resources, more details and more power to target the recalcitrant government of Biden”boasted one of the slingers, Chip Roy, on Fox News.
“A dangerous attack on agencies”
According to him, the new body will have the same leeway as the “commission of inquiry on January 6, 2021”, with a Democratic majority. The latter exposed, during ultra-high-profile hearings, the responsibility of Donald Trump in the attack on the Capitol, before recommending that he be prosecuted criminally.
Similarly, the new panel, which is expected to be led by the pugnacious Jim Jordan, will be able to issue subpoenas and subpoenas to all state agencies and their representatives, who will obligation to comply. The Department of Justice should, however, seek, as is customary, to protect the confidentiality of its investigations, especially those that are still ongoing.
Before the vote, elected Democrat Jerry Nadler denounced “a dangerous attack on law enforcement agencies”. For him, this commission will be able to lead “endless investigations into any prominent conspiracy theory in far-right circles” and use “his broad powers to protect Donald Trump” and its allies.
“Vengeance Auditions”
This commission is only the first of a long series. Right after his election, on the 15th round of voting, Kevin McCarthy promised to scrutinize President Joe Biden’s record.
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He referred to investigations into the chaotic American withdrawal from Afghanistan or the migration policy on the border with Mexico, where migrant arrivals are at historic levels.
Republicans also want to look at Democrats’ handling of the Covid pandemic, including restrictions they say have hurt the US economy and infringed on citizens’ freedoms.
On a more personal level, they are threatening to open an investigation into the president’s son, Hunter Biden, accused of using his father’s name to do business in Ukraine and China. House Democrat leader Hakeem Jeffries accused them of wanting to create “revenge auditions”disconnected from the concerns of the Americans.