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  Except ongoing investigations.   Which is what theyre doing.  Theyre trying to intimidate and damage ongoing investigations.
context: "Weaponization of the Federal Government."
  Oh look, Republican Projection. >
  
  A way to claim the only protection a citizen has from the government is the Republican Party. A party where liars, pedophiles, tax cheats, nazis, homophobes are solicited and protected. Gym Jordan is in charge of investigations so you’re safe. >
  
  Every Republican accusation is a Republican confession. >
  
  Wow. We're not far from planted evidence. >
  
  Like Hunter Biden's laptop mysteriously showing up in the repair shop of a shady Republican operative? >
  
  
  Inside the GOP’s ~~New~~ Abuse of Power to Investigate Literally Anything
  
  Fixed that.
  Weaponization of Government.  Every accusation is a confession with these assholes.  You shouldn't learn your definition of irony from an Alanis Morissette song. >
  
  As we saw with the J6 committee investigations we had witness intimidation going on. Will get more of that if identities of witnesses are revealed during the investigations and before even getting to a trial/charge phase. >
  
  I see those 4th of July meetings with putin have started to show up in the GOP platform, how unexpected >
  
  Like a cornered rat. >
  
  
  But Republicans get most animated when they talk about using the committee to tackle what they call “FBI politicization.”
  
  If this were true, there's no way Matt Gaetz would still be walking around. >
  
  If Congress couldn’t stop J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI, they aren’t accomplishing anything here but performative politics. >
  
  Here is the beginning of the story:  
  Days into controlling the U.S. House, Republicans quickly tackled the creation of one of their top agenda items: a special congressional panel focused on alleged “weaponization of the federal government.”
  The committee that all Republicans voted to establish on Tuesday—as part of the House Judiciary Committee—has broad powers to investigate current and past investigations conducted by the FBI and Department of Justice, as well as the authority to probe “any” issues related to the civil liberties of private citizens.  
  GOP lawmakers speak expansively about the committee’s purview, comparing it to the Church Committee of the 1970s, which exposed an array of intelligence agency abuses. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), the No. 2 Republican, said the new panel would be focused on the protection of “everyday” American citizens.
  Just don’t say that the committee is animated by the concerns it appears to share with a certain former president who happens to have very strong opinions about federal law enforcement.  
  “If you make the mistake of thinking it’s not a serious committee, that it’s all about, like, re-litigating some personal grievance of a politician… you will end up looking silly later on,” claimed Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY).  
  “Like every story you write, make sure you don’t look like a bloomin’ idiot in six months when we blow the lid off of this,” Massie told The Daily Beast, “and you look like an apologist for the spy state.”
  Based on what top Republicans have said, the committee is poised to hit a GOP sweet spot of tackling broader issues of importance to the party base while allowing themselves many chances to attack President Joe Biden and his administration. >
  
  
  GOP lawmakers speak expansively about the committee’s purview, comparing it to the Church Committee of the 1970s, which exposed an array of intelligence agency abuses.
  
  Probably should have compared it to the House Unamerican Activities Committee.
  What is it with McCarthys always wanting to be forever associated with bad congressional committees? >
  
  Meaning anything that would be good for the country is off the table. >
  
  Weaponization of federal government = WTFG = what the fuck, GOP >
  
  This is their plan, sculpted by the great Donald Trump, swallowed by skulking grievances, unable to back down or learn anything about himself or the world, the perfect stool pigeon for gangsters hellbent on destruction. >
  
  I mean, Congress should have the power to investigate literally anything. I wish Democrats had done a better job fighting to preserve congressional oversight powers instead of just abandoning them under Trump's presidency.