Rep. Gerry Connolly speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on October 07, 2020. Photo: Tony L. Sandys-Pool/Getty Images.
Democrats are sending a former Trump impeachment lawyer and several longtime oversight members to sitThe weaponization committee will be a highly visible vehicle for Republicans to probe the Justice Department and FBI after a series of congressional and special counsel investigations implicated Republicans.House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has selected Rep. Dan Goldman , who was a lead lawyer on Trump’s first impeachment and longtime oversight members Reps. Gerry Connolly and Stephen Lynch .
Del. Stacey Plaskett was named ranking member. She was an impeachment manager during Trump's impeachment proceedings and a former student of Rep. Jamie Raskin . Other members named include Rep. Colin Allred , Linda Sánchez , Debbie Wasserman Schultz , John Garamendi , and Sylvia Garcia .Despite their star-studded lineup, Democrats will have little control over the direction of the committee's work. Republicans have already
They will, however, be able to sit in on some closed-door witness interviews and act as a foil during the committee's public hearings.The committee is also stocked with other Republican heavy-hitters like GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik and former House Oversight Chair Rep. Darrell Issa. .Rep. Jim Himes was appointed as the top Democrat on the intelligence committee on Wednesday after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy kicked off Rep.
Good dem appointments
First target: Bill Barr.
The only part of the federal government that is being weaponized is the creation of this House subcommittee. What a WASTE of taxpayer $. Folks you do realize this is a huge distraction from actually governing/legislating for working families right? Is this what you voted for?
Democrats are Chinese CCP assets, they both want to see America fall for their own specific sinister reasons.
Hopefully we’ll give them all the courtesy Democrats showed us.