Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-fetterman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Fetterman</a> (D-PA) called for Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bob-menendez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bob Menendez</a> (D-NJ) to be expelled from the U.S. Senate on Friday as now-former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) was expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives.
Fetterman&#8217;s remarks, which he made during a lengthy interview that he gave on ABC’s &#8220;The View,&#8221; came after the House voted to expel Santos after an Ethics Committee report said that he lied and following numerous federal counts he was charged with, including alleged aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, and conspiracy.
The freshman senator said that he was &#8220;not surprised&#8221; that Santos was removed, but believed that &#8220;the more important picture is that we have a colleague in the Senate that actually does much more sinister and serious kinds of things.&#8221;
&#8220;Senator Menendez, he needs to go,&#8221; Fetterman said. &#8220;And if you are going to expel Santos, how can you allow somebody like Menendez to remain in the Senate? And, you know, Santos is kind of, lies were almost, you know, funny. And like, you know, he, you know, landed on the moon and that kind of stuff.&#8221;
&#8220;Whereas, you know, I think, you know, Menendez, I think is really a senator for Egypt. You know, not New Jersey. So I really think he needs to go,&#8221; Fetterman said. &#8220;He has the right for his day in court and all that, but he doesn’t have the right to have those kinds of votes and things that — that’s not a right. And I think we need to make that kind of decision to send him out.”
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Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) was on The View and he too argued that Menendez was far worse than Santos: &quot;I think, you know, Menendez, I think is really a senator for Egypt, not New Jersey.&quot; Hostin whines that there are calls for Menendez to go before &quot;adjudication.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/3FSvEEg190">pic.twitter.com/3FSvEEg190</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1730630652125450545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Santos&#8217; expulsion vote, which required a two-thirds majority, passed easily with 311 representatives voting in the affirmative to 114 voting against, and two voting present. Democrats, who remained mostly united in their vote for Santos’ expulsion, were joined by 105 Republicans.
The New York congressman’s expulsion comes after all four of the top Republican House leaders said they would vote against expelling Santos. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), House GOP Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), and House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) all opposed expelling Santos, CNN reported. The Republican leaders believed an expulsion could set a bad precedent since the New York representative has yet to be convicted of any crimes. GOP House leadership also did not work to whip up any votes to keep Santos from being expelled, with Johnson saying it was a vote of conscience.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-votes-to-expel-george-santos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Votes To Expel George Santos</a>

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One of the biggest champions of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ufo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFO</a> transparency in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a> has reservations about the much-hyped disclosure legislation from Senate Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-schumer">Chuck Schumer</a> (D-NY) that is now being considered as part of the conference process to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the next National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Of particular concern, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) told The Daily Wire on Friday, is how the <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-rounds-introduce-new-legislation-to-declassify-government-records-related-to-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-and-ufos_modeled-after-jfk-assassination-records-collection-act--as-an-amendment-to-ndaa">bipartisan Senate amendment</a> known as the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Disclosure Act of 2023 is modeled after the <a href="https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JFK Records Act of 1992</a> — which was passed almost 30 years after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and culminated earlier this year with the completion of a National Archives review that made most <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/politics/jfk-assassination-documents-national-archives-review/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">but not all</a> of the records public.
&#8220;Here we are, 60 years later, and we still don&#8217;t know anything,&#8221; Burchett said, alluding to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-secret-service-agent-who-witnessed-jfk-assassination-raises-questions-about-magic-bullet-theory-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lingering questions about Kennedy&#8217;s death</a>. &#8220;So are we going to create another bureaucracy? I just want transparency. If it deals with UFOs or UAPs, turn it loose. Quit hiding it. Let&#8217;s go.&#8221;
The UAP Disclosure Act, which Schumer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/schumer-moves-to-force-disclosure-of-ufo-secrets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unveiled</a> this summer with Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity for the Armed Services Committee, would give heads of government offices 300 days to organize records in their possession and give them to a review board, members of which would be nominated by the president and approved by the Senate, to determine whether certain documents should remain classified. Similar to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-pledges-to-release-all-jfk-assassination-files-if-re-elected">JFK Records Act</a>, the president will have the ultimate authority to postpone disclosure of UAP records if there is an &#8220;identifiable harm&#8221; to national security, but otherwise calls for their release &#8220;not later than the date that is 25 years after the date of the first creation&#8221; of the documents by the originating government entities.
When it comes to the review board, the amendment dictates that nominees cannot have attachments to any legacy programs that may work with unknown technologies or non-human intelligence and it requires an eclectic membership that includes at least one current or former national security official, one current or former foreign service official, one scientist or engineer, one economist, one professional historian, and one sociologist.
Burchett, who launched <a href="https://burchett.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-burchett-launches-uap-caucus-leads-letter-intelligence-community-inspector" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the House UAP Caucus</a> this year amid growing speculation about what the government may be hiding about UFOs, questioned why such a specific makeup for the review board is drawn out in the legislation.
&#8220;Why are these people on there? And you know as well as I do when they do these things — and it wasn&#8217;t Chuck Schumer that wrote it, obviously; it’s a staffer with input from somebody from the outside. Do they have somebody already in mind? And are they already committed to one train of thought or the other? I just don&#8217;t like this,&#8221; he said. Pressed on whether he feared candidates may be &#8220;bought off,&#8221; Burchett suggested that &#8220;compromised&#8221; would be a better term. He also posited that &#8220;lawyers have got enough loopholes in there&#8221; that would protect anyone in the military industrial complex who may be involved in secret UAP programs.
There may be a remedy already in play.
Burchett <a href="https://twitter.com/RepTimBurchett/status/1679211450831630339" target="_blank" rel="noopener">offered</a> a one-and-a-half page amendment to the House version of the NDAA that would force Department of Defense (DoD) officials to <a href="https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/07/14/defense-bill-amendments-target-increased-ufo-transparency-for-public/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declassify records</a> related to publicly known sightings of UAPs in 180 days. He and fellow House lawmakers who are pushing for an end to UFO secrecy hope it gets passed along with Schumer&#8217;s much longer (64 pages) legislation.
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&#8220;I think if you have both of them in place, then the information that comes out of the DoD will also be a check, if you will, on the agency that would be collecting information from all the other agencies before it served you,&#8221; Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) told The Daily Wire. &#8220;And that way you could, if one agency said, &#8216;No, we don&#8217;t have information,&#8217; that would be one thing. But if one agency has certain information at all, we can just compare that or question or query agencies, if that makes sense.&#8221;
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), another member of the House <a href="https://burchett.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-burchett-launches-uap-caucus-leads-letter-intelligence-community-inspector" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UAP Caucus</a>, said in an interview, &#8220;Burchett&#8217;s amendment is pretty straightforward &#8212; and obviously, if either of them passed, it&#8217;s a step forward in the right direction, right? But our main concerns with the Schumer amendment was that there&#8217;s this waiting period similar to what happened with JFK, and we just feel that with the amount of pushback in addition to the request for funds that we&#8217;re constantly getting, it&#8217;s really important for transparency that we know what&#8217;s happening and that the American people do as well.&#8221;
Intermixed in the debate over disclosure have been claims <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/ufo/david-grusch-on-joe-rogan-experience/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expressed</a> by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lawmakers-expect-to-get-classified-briefings-on-ufos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">whistleblower David Grusch</a>, a former U.S. intelligence and military official who claims the government is covering up a UFO retrieval program and wrongfully keeping Congress in the dark, and <a href="https://www.liberationtimes.com/home/black-friday-republican-leadership-takes-axe-to-ufo-transparency-legislation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> by the Liberation Times that some in House leadership have been resistant to the UAP transparency push and may try to weaken some provisions — including one in Schumer&#8217;s UAP amendment that concerns the use of eminent domain by the federal government to seize materials from private citizens or entities.
One member who repeatedly gets mentioned as an opponent to the UAP legislation is Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. But Turner <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeKhalilTV/status/1729941909097824287" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied to NewsNation</a> on Wednesday that he was &#8220;holding up&#8221; the Senate amendment, even though he opined that it is a &#8220;poorly drafted piece of legislation,&#8221; and insisted that no members of the &#8220;pro-alien caucus&#8221; in the House had spoken to him about any issues regarding UFOs.
When asked by The Daily Wire on Friday if the UAP Caucus had spoken to Turner, Burchett said, &#8220;From what I understand, we have since then.&#8221; Burchett also noted that he had talked with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and &#8220;got him to commit to transparency.&#8221;
The Tennessee Republican also issued a message of caution to people who are cheering on the UAP Caucus, saying, &#8220;If they get the Schumer bill on, all the UFO people are going to cheer, and then they&#8217;re not going to get anything out of it. And then they&#8217;re going to come back and say, &#8216;Hey, what happened?&#8217; It&#8217;s just not going to happen.&#8221; Burchett added later, &#8220;I don&#8217;t have a lot of positive vibes on any of this. The same old stuff over and over and over again. I know these UFO people are excited, and I&#8217;m happy for them. But I just know the reality.&#8221;
Still, members of the UAP Caucus say they would be happy with any step forward on transparency, and that effort extends beyond just legislation. Luna said that she anticipates another hearing, though likely not until next year. Burlison said the &#8220;next big step&#8221; for the caucus is to view Grusch&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/realannapaulina/status/1720652194490270037" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inspector general report</a> in a secure setting now that they have permission.
Members also indicated they still would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-reps-see-new-opportunity-for-ufo-select-committee-request-with-speaker-mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">like to see a select committee</a>, which could give them more power to gather evidence, as well as need-to-know authorizations, but Burchett said on Friday that he has yet to speak to Johnson about that particular issue. Yet another member of the UAP Caucus, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), told The Daily Wire that a select panel would be valuable because it could bring in &#8220;folks from other committees that may either have an interest or lend some area of expertise that would work best on a committee like that. I think it&#8217;s the way forward.&#8221;
As for what drives the UAP caucus, the answers seem to vary. During a press conference this week in which members talked about how their investigative efforts have faced pushback from the U.S. intelligence community and the military, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) said that people trying to stop disclosure <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMoskowitz/status/1730337510100730301" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;piques the interest.&#8221;</a> Ogles affirmed to The Daily Wire that he&#8217;s been particularly vocal about national security, specifically reports of mysterious craft spotted around nuclear facilities and the prospect of a foreign adversary operating in U.S. airspace. Burchett bemoaned how the government&#8217;s tendency to issue denials when it comes to UFOs does not square with the &#8220;tens of millions of dollars researching something&#8221; that the feds claim &#8220;doesn&#8217;t exist.&#8221;
And when it comes to what lawmakers have gleaned from whistleblowers so far in their investigation, Burchett said he has been apprised of some out-of-this-world stuff. &#8220;Yeah, they are craft that no one, either foreign or domestic, has,&#8221; he told The Daily Wire. Asked about if he&#8217;s seen photos of images, Burchett added, &#8220;Absolutely. And they defy all — some of them defy logic, any kind of logic, in our realm of thinking. But again, if something can travel at those incredible speeds and survive. The human body can&#8217;t survive that. Those Gs, it would just liquefy you, literally. It&#8217;s kind of creepy really.&#8221;

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‘Another Bureaucracy?’ Top House UFO Investigator Cautions Disclosure Legislation May Be A Dud; Offers Additional Pathway

'Another Bureaucracy?' Top House UFO Investigator Cautions Disclosure Legislation May Be A Dud; Offers Additional Pathway

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The House voted Friday to expel Rep. George Santos (R-NY) following his numerous federal charges, including alleged aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, and conspiracy.
The expulsion vote, which required a two-thirds majority, <a href="https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1730618065593745657" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed easily</a> with 311 representatives voting in the affirmative to 114 voting against, and two voting present. Democrats, who remained mostly united in their vote for Santos&#8217; expulsion, were joined by 105 Republicans.
The New York congressman&#8217;s expulsion comes after all four of the top Republican House leaders said they would vote against expelling Santos. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), House GOP Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), and House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) all opposed expelling Santos, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/george-santos-expulsion-vote-12-1-23/index.html">reported</a>. The Republican leaders believed an expulsion could set a bad precedent since the New York representative has yet to be convicted of any crimes. GOP House leadership also did not work to whip up any votes to keep Santos from being expelled, with Johnson saying it was a vote of conscience. 
Earlier this week, the House Speaker said he had &#8220;real reservations&#8221; about voting to expel Santos, saying, &#8220;I’m concerned about a precedent that may be set for that.&#8221;
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The House Ethics Committee released a report last month heavily critical of the freshman congressman’s conduct. Santos <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/george-santos-expulsion-vote-12-1-23/index.html">faces</a> 23 federal charges related to allegations of fraud, misusing campaign funds, and lying about his personal finances on House disclosure reports. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. 
Friday&#8217;s vote was the House&#8217;s <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4337205-house-expels-george-santos/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">third attempt</a> over the past six months to boot Santos, and his expulsion marked the first time since 2002 that a member has been removed from office. Santos became the sixth U.S. House member to be expelled, but <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-lawmaker-george-santos-indicted-fraud-charges-faces-house-expulsion-vote-2023-12-01/#:~:text=Santos%20is%20only%20the%20sixth,following%20his%20criminal%20corruption%20conviction." target="_blank" rel="noopener">made history</a> as the first member expelled before being convicted of a crime or having fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War. The most recent members who were expelled were Reps. Michael Myers (D-PA) in 1980 and James Traficant (D-OH) in 2002. Both Myers and Traficant were convicted of crimes after they were caught taking bribes.
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In a floor speech on Tuesday, Santos <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1729670939648950595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1729670939648950595%7Ctwgr%5E91f89ef517c7acaaf4f5e2e7b372bc1b59404ee5%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fspeaker-johnson-has-reservations-about-expelling-santos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> that his expulsion would set &#8220;a very dangerous precedent.”
&#8220;This expulsion vote simply undermines and underscores the precedent that we&#8217;ve had in this chamber &#8230; It puts us in a new direction, a dangerous one that sets a very dangerous precedent,&#8221; he said.
The House clerk is <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/george-santos-expulsion-vote-12-1-23" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tasked</a> with informing New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul about the expulsion, and it will be up to her to schedule a special election to replace Santos, who leaves after less than a year in office.
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House Votes To Expel George Santos

Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marjorie-taylor-greene" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marjorie Taylor Greene</a> (R-GA) abandoned on Thursday her latest bid to force another House vote on impeaching Homeland Security Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alejandro-mayorkas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alejandro Mayorkas</a>, marking a turnaround for the congresswoman who only a day ago had threatened to &#8220;<a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4333584-greene-impeaching-mayorkas-house-shelves-first-attempt/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">keep reintroducing</a>&#8221; her resolution <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/mtg-reintroduces-motion-impeach-mayorkas-house-vote-week" target="_blank" rel="noopener">until it succeeded</a>.
In withdrawing the resolution she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mtg-serves-up-another-mayorkas-impeachment-resolution" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced on Wednesday</a> before it could be <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewSolender/status/1730327988342784353" target="_blank" rel="noopener">considered</a> by the chamber, Greene — who often is referred to as &#8220;MTG&#8221; — claimed she had been &#8220;<a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1730351640945779067">guaranteed</a>&#8221; that the House would be &#8220;moving forward&#8221; with impeaching Mayorkas through the Homeland Security Committee.
Greene told reporters she expects her articles of impeachment, which were previously referred to the Homeland Security Committee, to reach the House floor &#8220;very soon.&#8221; The congresswoman credited &#8220;good talks&#8221; with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN), and other members of the panel in coming to that decision.
Eight Republicans <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1724226153794416723" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joined</a> with all voting Democrats earlier this month to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-deflects-mtgs-mayorkas-impeachment-resolution-to-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approve a motion</a> that kicked Greene&#8217;s previous <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/impeachment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment</a> resolution, which accused Mayorkas of &#8220;<a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20231113/greene-mayorkas-articles-of-impeachment.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">high crimes and misdemeanors</a>&#8221; over his failure to maintain border security, to the House Homeland Security Committee. The panel had already been investigating Mayorkas for <a href="https://homeland.house.gov/2023/06/08/chairman-green-announces-comprehensive-investigation-full-committee-hearing-to-examine-secretary-mayorkas-dereliction-of-duty/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">alleged dereliction of duty</a> in a probe that <a href="https://homeland.house.gov/2023/06/20/what-they-are-saying-homeland-republicans-launch-mayorkas-investigation-with-preliminary-report-full-committee-hearing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">could lead to</a> impeachment proceedings in the future.
Previously, Greene argued that sending her impeachment measure to the Homeland Security Committee would effectively &#8220;kill&#8221; her resolution, clashing with some of the GOP holdouts who indicated a desire to see Mayorkas impeached while stressing that they wanted to proceed in a way that was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-mtgs-impeachment-of-mayorkas-hit-a-regular-order-roadblock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not rushed</a> and ensured a conviction in the Senate — a high bar at the moment as the upper chamber is controlled by the Democrats who are generally aligned with the White House.
One of the eight Republicans, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), released a <a href="https://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-issa-recommend-impeachment-mayorkas-it-joe-biden-who-we-must-hold" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Thursday announcing that he was ready to vote to &#8220;recommend&#8221; that Mayorkas be impeached, claiming the investigation &#8220;has yielded ample and damning facts that the Secretary has not even attempted to correct or contradict – because he can’t.&#8221; Green, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, also released a <a href="https://twitter.com/jordainc/status/1730392388093292690" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> that said the panel&#8217;s investigation is &#8220;nearing [its] conclusion, and will—as I’ve said all along—go where the facts lead us.&#8221;
In defending Mayorkas, the Department of Homeland Security has derided what a spokesperson called &#8220;reckless impeachment charades&#8221; by congressional Republicans. Asked in a recent <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2023-11-27/mayorkas-people-need-more-legal-pathways-to-us-video" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bloomberg interview</a> whether the impeachment effort has changed his strategy, <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1729327859531911420" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mayorkas shook his head and said</a>, &#8220;I am busy at work and incredibly proud to support and work alongside the 260,000 people at the Department of Homeland Security.&#8221;
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the ranking member of the Homeland Security Committee, released a statement on Thursday claiming the about-face on Thursday &#8220;exposed&#8221; the impeachment effort as a &#8220;political stunt.&#8221; He also encouraged House Republicans to work with &#8220;congressional Democrats and the Biden Administration to fix our broken immigration system and provide DHS the resources it needs along the border now.”

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A witness testifying before <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a> on Thursday accused a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Democrat</a> of &#8220;engaging in a conspiracy theory&#8221; about the abandoned laptop believed to have belonged to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a>.
The witness, journalist and author Michael Shellenberger, called out Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reporter-calls-out-rep-dan-goldman-over-archer-testimony-claim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dan Goldman</a> (D-NY) during a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/hearing-weaponization-federal-government-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hearing</a> on social media censorship while they discussed the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">breaking the Hunter Biden laptop story</a> in the weeks before the 2020 election based on emails from a copy of a hard drive.
&#8220;You are aware of the &#8216;laptop&#8217;, so to speak &#8230; that was published in the New York Post was actually a hard drive that the New York Post admitted here was not authenticated as real. It was not the laptop the FBI had,&#8221; Goldman said, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEZFgh3sYTs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">referring to his exchange</a> with former New York Post reporter Emma-Jo Morris earlier this year. &#8220;You&#8217;re aware of that, right?&#8221; he added.
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Rep. <a href="https://twitter.com/danielsgoldman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@danielsgoldman</a> on Hunter&#39;s laptop: Hard drives can be manipulated by Rudy Giuliani, or Russia&quot; <a href="https://t.co/vkWuwoSJLR">pic.twitter.com/vkWuwoSJLR</a>
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&#8220;It was the same contents,&#8221; Shellenberger replied.
&#8220;How do you know?&#8221; Goldman asked. &#8220;You would have to authenticate it to know it was the same contents. You have no idea. You know hard drives can be manipulated,&#8221; he added before Shellenberger could complete an answer.
&#8220;Are you suggesting the New York Post participated in a conspiracy to construct the contents of the Hunter biden laptop?&#8221; Shellenberger shot back.
&#8220;No, sir. Hard drives can be manipulated by Rudy Giuliani, or Russia,&#8221; Goldman said, referring to the former New York City mayor who had been working as a personal lawyer for former President Donald Trump at the time of the laptop fiasco. When Shellenberger asked what evidence there was of manipulation, Goldman contended, &#8220;Well, there is actual evidence of it, but the point is it&#8217;s not the same thing.&#8221;
Shellenberger retorted, &#8220;There&#8217;s no evidence for it, so you&#8217;re engaging in a conspiracy theory.&#8221;
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Biden <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/546148-hunter-biden-doesnt-know-if-delaware-laptop-was-his/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has said in the past</a> that he did not know whether he was the owner of the laptop abandoned at a Delaware repair shop before it was seized by the FBI. His legal team has <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hunter-biden-denver-riggleman-former-gop-congressman-jan-6-select-committee-adviser/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly been</a> looking for possible distorted or fabricated data linked to the first son and they recently <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/26/hunter-biden-sues-rudy-giuliani-over-infamous-laptop.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> Giuliani over the laptop. Yet over the past few years, many of the laptop&#8217;s contents — revealing details about Biden&#8217;s personal life and work — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-allegedly-informed-twitter-the-hunter-biden-laptop-was-real-on-key-date" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have been</a> analyzed and <a class="c-link c-link--focus-visible" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/hunter-biden-laptop-data-examined/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/hunter-biden-laptop-data-examined/" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-remove-tab-index="true">shown to be authentic</a>.
In the hours that followed publication of the New York Post&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-cybersecurity-expert-authenticates-new-york-posts-smoking-gun-hunter-biden-email-report-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;smoking-gun&#8221; email story</a>, Twitter temporarily blocked the <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> with details of Biden&#8217;s shady business dealings and his father&#8217;s possible ties to them from being shared, claiming the story violated its rule against sharing &#8220;hacked&#8221; materials. Facebook also took steps to limit the spread of the story, which came just weeks before Hunter&#8217;s father, Joe Biden, was elected president of the United States.
Around this time, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/active-cia-employee-asked-intel-veteran-if-he-would-sign-hunter-biden-letter-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">51 former intelligence officials signed a letter</a> that suggested the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a> laptop story had the &#8220;classic earmarks&#8221; of a Russian disinformation operation. A firestorm ensued when POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/19/hunter-biden-story-russian-disinfo-430276" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published a headline</a> that said the former intelligence officials were claiming the laptop story was “Russian disinfo&#8221; and then the elder Biden <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house-gop-demand-records-from-ex-intel-officials-about-hunter-biden-laptop-letter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">used</a> the letter to cast doubt on it during a debate against Trump.
While Democrats in Congress downplayed the social media clampdown on the story, Republicans raised concerns about there being a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-subpoenas-big-tech-executives-in-collusion-investigation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">coordinated effort</a> involving Big Tech and government agents to suppress damaging information about the Bidens in the run-up to the 2020 election — including when it <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-07-20-jdj-to-wray-re-dehmlow-testimony.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">came to the laptop</a>. People who worked as executives at <a href="https://6abc.com/former-twitter-execs-say-removal-of-hunter-biden-laptop-story-was-a/12790381/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a>, which as since been rebranded to X, and <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/08/25/mark-zuckerberg-criticizes-twitters-handling-of-the-posts-hunter-biden-laptop-story/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> later conceded that cracking down on the story was a mistake.
Hunter Biden is now facing federal gun charges, to which he has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-pleads-not-guilty-to-gun-charges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded not guilty</a>, and tax counts may soon follow. House Republicans are looking into the Department of Justice&#8217;s handling of the criminal probe into Hunter Biden as part of an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-unveil-biden-impeachment-inquiry-website" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment</a> inquiry against President Biden.

Representative Dan Goldman

Journalist Calls Out Democrat Over Hunter Biden Laptop ‘Conspiracy Theory’ During Hearing

Journalist Calls Out Democrat Over Hunter Biden Laptop 'Conspiracy Theory' During Hearing

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Censorship

Hunter Biden

Social Media Censorship

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) reportedly used the Heimlich maneuver on Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) today after she apparently began to choke on food.
&#8220;Rand Paul used the Heimlich maneuver on Joni Ernst at Senate lunch today, she was choking on some food, per attendees,&#8221; said POLITICO reporter Burgess Everett. &#8220;She’s OK, senators say.&#8221;
Ernst confirmed the news on X, posting from her official government account: &#8220;Can’t help but choke on the woke policies Dems are forcing down our throats. Thanks, Dr. @RandPaul!&#8221;
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Can’t help but choke on the woke policies Dems are forcing down our throats. Thanks, Dr. <a href="https://twitter.com/RandPaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RandPaul</a>! <a href="https://t.co/OJDdqpQXjR">https://t.co/OJDdqpQXjR</a>
&mdash; Joni Ernst (@SenJoniErnst) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJoniErnst/status/1730305438585946450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“God bless Rand Paul,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). “I never thought I’d say that.”
Paul, who is a medical doctor, also received praise from Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), who called him a &#8220;HERO&#8221; on X.
&#8220;Rand Paul = HERO,&#8221; Lee said. &#8220;Not all heroes wear capes. Not all senators can quote Mises and Hayek — while saving lives!&#8221;
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Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) said in a tweet earlier in the afternoon that food at the Senate lunch was provided by Ernst and the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association.
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Yummm an Iowa chop from Sen Ernst &amp; the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association for lunch <a href="https://t.co/dGYFaegwN4">pic.twitter.com/dGYFaegwN4</a>
&mdash; Chuck Grassley (@ChuckGrassley) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChuckGrassley/status/1730279620748980642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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This report has been updated to include additional information.

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Rand Paul Uses Heimlich Maneuver To Save U.S. Senator Choking On Lunch

Charles Grassley

Joni Ernst

Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/george-santos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George Santos</a> (R-NY) moved on Thursday to force a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> vote to expel Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jamaal-bowman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jamaal Bowman</a> (D-NY) for pulling a fire alarm in a congressional office building as Santos himself faces an expulsion vote this week.
Santos filed his resolution as &#8220;privileged,&#8221; compelling the chamber to act within two legislative days, though Santos may <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4313613-growing-number-of-lawmakers-say-theyll-vote-to-expel-santos-after-ethics-report/#:~:text=House-,Growing%20number%20of%20lawmakers%20say%20they'll%20vote,expel%20Santos%20after%20Ethics%20report&amp;text=A%20growing%20number%20of%20lawmakers,scathing%20House%20Ethics%20Committee%20report.">already be removed</a> from the House by that deadline and there does not appear to be a sufficient number of members willing to remove Bowman from office.
During his <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?532119-2/house-session&amp;live" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarks</a> on the House floor, Santos placed emphasis on the fact that Bowman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democratic-congressman-pleads-guilty-to-pulling-capitol-fire-alarm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took a plea deal</a> on a misdemeanor count of falsely pulling a fire alarm that resulted in a temporary evacuation of the Cannon House Office Building in late September ahead of a government spending vote.
By contrast, Santos has not been convicted of any crimes, but he does face 23 federal charges —  including aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, and conspiracy — to which the congressman has <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/27/politics/george-santos-plea/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded not guilty</a>. In a press conference earlier in the day, Santos warned that removing members from office on &#8220;mere allegations&#8221; will &#8220;haunt&#8221; many other elected officials.
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Rep. George Santos (R-NY) says he’s going to introduce a privileged resolution today to expel Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) for pulling a Capitol fire alarm.
“That’s consistency. Let’s hold our own accountable, but let’s make sure we do it with the precedent of the House.” <a href="https://t.co/asmUitLoWf">pic.twitter.com/asmUitLoWf</a>
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This week, Democrats and Republicans brought forward &#8220;privileged&#8221; resolutions to expel Santos after the release of a House Ethics Committee <a href="https://punchbowl.news/isc-santos-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> that laid out &#8220;substantial evidence&#8221; of multiple types of violations of House rules and criminal laws. The GOP-led House is expected to <a href="https://twitter.com/ABCNewsLive/status/1729945364130623881" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vote</a> on expelling Santos as early as Friday after <a href="https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1729912257264439343" target="_blank" rel="noopener">debate</a> on Thursday.
While Santos criticized the ethics inquiry as a political &#8220;smear,&#8221; the congressman announced after the report&#8217;s release that he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/george-santos-says-he-wont-seek-re-election-after-release-of-ethics-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">would not seek re-election</a>. In remarks on Tuesday, <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1729670939648950595" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Santos declared</a> that he would not resign and said a vote to expel him &#8220;sets a very dangerous precedent&#8221; when it comes to due process.
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Expulsion from the House requires a two-thirds majority vote to succeed. It has only happened <a href="https://history.house.gov/Institution/Discipline/Expulsion-Censure-Reprimand/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a handful of times throughout U.S. history</a>. Two expelled members were convicted of crimes, while three others were kicked out in 1861 for backing the Confederacy.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-has-reservations-about-expelling-santos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bumping Santos</a> from the House would mean Republicans, who have a narrow majority in the chamber, would need to brace for the <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/11/28/george-santos-replacement-special-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">possibility of a Democrat</a> winning a special election to replace Santos in his Long Island district.
Unlike with Santos, the House Ethics Committee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-ethics-declines-probe-into-bowman-over-false-fire-alarm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declined</a> to open an investigation into Bowman. Bowman released a <a href="https://twitter.com/kadiagoba/status/1730227049711767578" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Thursday saying, &#8220;No one in Congress, or anywhere in America, takes soon-to-be former Congressman George Santos seriously. This is just another meaningless stunt in his long history of cons, antics, and outright fraud.&#8221;

Rep. George Santos (R-NY)

Facing Expulsion Vote, Santos Moves To Remove Bowman From House

Facing Expulsion Vote, Santos Moves To Remove Democrat From House

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Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) slammed calls for Israel to agree to a longer ceasefire with Hamas terrorists when he was confronted by a Left-wing activist in a video posted to social media Wednesday. 
In the video, Medea Benjamin — an activist and co-founder of radical Left-wing anti-war organization Code Pink — stopped Rubio in a hallway and asked him if he would call for a ceasefire. 
“No, I will not,” Rubio replied. “Are you guys filming this? I want you guys to get this. I want Israel to destroy every element of Hamas they can get their hands on. These people are vicious animals who did horrifying crimes, and I hope you guys post that.” 
Benjamin attempted to press Rubio further, asking him, “What about the civilians being killed every day?”
“I blame Hamas. Hamas should stop hiding behind civilians,” the Florida senator said. “Hamas knew that this was going to lead to this, so Hamas has to stop building their military installations underneath the hospital.” 
The Code Pink co-founder continued to berate Rubio.
“So you don’t care that 15,000 have died, you don’t care about the babies that are getting killed every day?” she asked, referencing a claim from Palestinian sources that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-will-expose-the-hamas-lie-of-inflated-civilian-casualties-idf-spokesman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has been disputed</a>, as Hamas has lied about casualty numbers before. 
“I think it’s terrible, and I think Hamas is 100% to blame … make sure you post that please,” Rubio told the person filming the interaction before he walked away. 
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💥EPIC: <a href="https://twitter.com/SenMarcoRubio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenMarcoRubio</a> video. &quot;Are you filming?.. Make sure you post that&quot; 👀
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Hamas leaders agreed to abide by a temporary ceasefire last week as Israel attempted to negotiate for the release of hostages taken into the Gaza Strip by the terrorist group during its brutal attack on October 7. The terrorists have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/terrorists-violate-temporary-ceasefire-in-gaza-as-israeli-forces-come-under-attack-idf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">violated</a> the temporary ceasefire multiple times this week, however. The Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday that its troops were attacked in multiple locations, and on Thursday, Hamas took credit for a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hamas-terrorists-murder-3-people-wound-others-at-bus-stop-in-jerusalem" target="_blank" rel="noopener">terror attack</a> at a bus stop in Jerusalem that killed three.
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The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 55th day on Thursday after Hamas launched a brutal attack on the country on October 7, killing more than 1,200 people and taking hundreds more as hostages. Since the temporary ceasefire was agreed upon last week, 97 hostages have been released in <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/24/middleeast/who-are-the-hostages-released-on-friday-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exchange</a> for over 200 Palestinian prisoners being held by Israel. Israel believes Hamas is hanging onto around 145 hostages in the Gaza Strip, including 15 women and children, according to <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/truce-in-gaza-counts-down-to-end-at-7-a-m-thursday-amid-efforts-to-extend/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Times of Israel</a>. 
RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-will-expose-the-hamas-lie-of-inflated-civilian-casualties-idf-spokesman">&#8216;We Will Expose The Hamas Lie Of Inflated Civilian Casualties&#8217;: IDF Spokesman</a>

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‘Destroy Every Element Of Hamas’: Marco Rubio Rejects Call For Ceasefire In Confrontation With Left-Wing Activist

'Destroy Every Element Of Hamas': Marco Rubio Rejects Call For Ceasefire In Confrontation With Left-Wing Activist

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Israel

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As she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mtg-plans-another-mayorkas-impeachment-effort-after-thanksgiving" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vowed</a> to do, Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marjorie-taylor-greene" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marjorie Taylor Greene</a> (R-GA) renewed a push to impeach Homeland Security Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alejandro-mayorkas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> after the House returned from the Thanksgiving break.
The congresswoman, who often is referred to as &#8220;MTG,&#8221; returned to the House floor on Wednesday and announced a new resolution, accusing Mayorkas of &#8220;high crimes and misdemeanors&#8221; over his handling of border security.
&#8220;Today, I reintroduced my articles of impeachment against Secretary Mayorkas because impeachment is EXACTLY what the founders intended for the House to do when a member of the executive branch intentionally violates the laws written by the legislative branch,&#8221; Greene <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1729922981772533781" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a post to X</a>.
Eight Republicans <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1724226153794416723" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joined</a> with all voting Democrats earlier this month to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-deflects-mtgs-mayorkas-impeachment-resolution-to-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approve a motion</a> that kicked Greene&#8217;s previous <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/impeachment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment</a> resolution to the House Homeland Security Committee, which is already investigating Mayorkas for <a href="https://homeland.house.gov/2023/06/08/chairman-green-announces-comprehensive-investigation-full-committee-hearing-to-examine-secretary-mayorkas-dereliction-of-duty/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">alleged dereliction of duty</a> in a probe that <a href="https://homeland.house.gov/2023/06/20/what-they-are-saying-homeland-republicans-launch-mayorkas-investigation-with-preliminary-report-full-committee-hearing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">could lead to</a> impeachment proceedings in the future.
In defending Mayorkas, the Department of Homeland Security has derided what a spokesperson called &#8220;reckless impeachment charades&#8221; by congressional Republicans. Asked in a recent <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2023-11-27/mayorkas-people-need-more-legal-pathways-to-us-video" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bloomberg interview</a> whether the impeachment effort has changed his strategy, <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1729327859531911420" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mayorkas shook his head and said</a>, &#8220;I am busy at work and incredibly proud to support and work alongside the 260,000 people at the Department of Homeland Security.&#8221;
Some of the GOP holdouts have indicated a desire to see Mayorkas impeached, but stressed they want to proceed in a way that is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-mtgs-impeachment-of-mayorkas-hit-a-regular-order-roadblock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not rushed</a> and ensures a conviction in the Senate — a high bar at the moment as the upper chamber is controlled by the Democrats who are generally aligned with the White House.
Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA), who was one of the eight, delivered a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7i4sU5aN0Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speech</a> on Wednesday warning Republicans against embracing a &#8220;new definition&#8221; of impeachment after Democrats ran their &#8220;sham impeachments&#8221; against former President Donald Trump.
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&#8220;Many are demanding Mayorkas’ impeachment for ‘failing to maintain operational control of the border,’ as Congresswoman Greene’s resolution puts it. Well, he’s certainly guilty of that, and a whole lot more: maladministration, malfeasance, and neglect of duties on a truly cosmic scale. But these are not impeachable offenses,” he said.
McClintock added later, &#8220;By failing to abide by due process and Constitutional constraints, Ms. Greene is tainting this serious impeachment inquiry with a shoot-from-the-hip stunt that is reckless, partisan, and manifestly unserious.&#8221;
Greene, who has argued that sending her impeachment articles to committee would effectively &#8220;kill&#8221; the effort, shot back at McClintock by name in her post to X and insisted the American people &#8220;want action&#8221; on impeachment.
&#8220;These members whine about &#8216;due process&#8217; while protecting Mayorkas from facing accountability for his violation of our border security laws,&#8221; Greene said. &#8220;Impeachment IS due process. It would put Mayorkas in front of the Senate to face trial. We’ve seen the evidence of him breaking the law. It’s time for the Senate to try him for it.&#8221;

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

MTG Serves Up Another Mayorkas Impeachment Resolution

Greene Serves Up Another Mayorkas Impeachment Resolution

Impeachment

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Republicans</a> unveiled on Wednesday a website dedicated to the corruption-focused <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/impeachment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment</a> inquiry against President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>.
During a <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?532109-1/house-republican-leaders-news-conference" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press conference</a> with fellow party leaders, House Republican Conference Chairwoman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elise-stefanik" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elise Stefanik</a> (R-NY) said the website provides the public with a &#8220;one-stop shop&#8221; to check out findings and updates from the three committees conducting the probe.
&#8220;It also includes a timeline which lays out exactly what the Biden crime family did to get us to this point,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Transparency is the hallmark of America. With each new fact, we find it becomes more clear that Joe Biden is compromised and unfit to lead.&#8221;
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&quot;Transparency is the hallmark of America. With each new fact we find, it becomes more clear that Joe Biden is compromised and unfit to lead.&quot; &#8211;<a href="https://twitter.com/RepStefanik?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepStefanik</a> discusses the impeachment inquiry into President Biden. <a href="https://t.co/Pwg2814McP">pic.twitter.com/Pwg2814McP</a>
&mdash; House Republicans (@HouseGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/HouseGOP/status/1729883296853860468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Among the features that appear on the <a href="https://www.gop.gov/bidenimpeachmentinquiry/#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment inquiry website</a> is a &#8220;By The Numbers&#8221; section that shows statistics of the number of subpoenas issued, &#8220;direct payments&#8221; to President Biden,&#8221; and more. There is also a &#8220;subscribe&#8221; option that allows users to get updates sent to them by email.
For months, the GOP-led House has been <a href="https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1701715899248726504" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigating</a> whether the business practices of Biden&#8217;s family members fostered corruption in government — spurred by a money trail showing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-oversight-releases-memo-alleging-hunter-biden-received-millions-from-oligarchs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">millions of dollars</a> from foreign countries — and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-shares-key-takeaway-from-hunter-biden-prosecutors-testimony" target="_blank" rel="noopener">looking into</a> how the Department of Justice has conducted the criminal probe into the president&#8217;s son, Hunter Biden.
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President Biden and his allies insist he committed no wrongdoing and claim the investigative efforts by House Republicans, led by Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY), are tainted by politics.
Amid reporting that Republicans are considering <a href="https://ny1.com/nyc/queens/ap-top-news/2023/11/29/gop-considers-holding-formal-vote-to-authorize-biden-impeachment-as-white-house-questions-legitimacy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a vote to formalize</a> the inquiry — which then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/09/12/mccarthy-biden-impeachment-inquiry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">neglected</a> to have when he announced the probe in September — congressional investigators are working to conduct a series of interviews over the next several weeks.
But the timeline for planned depositions could be stretched out if there is a legal fight over subpoenas. White House special counsel Dick Sauber wrote a letter to GOP leaders <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/17/biden-impeachment-subpoena-white-house/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calling on them to withdraw</a> their subpoenas and interview requests to Biden family members and others, <a href="https://twitter.com/RepTimBurchett/status/1726995593812164633" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, &#8220;you have misrepresented the facts&#8221; and &#8220;ignored the overwhelming evidence disproving your claims.&#8221;
One subpoena target, Hunter Biden, offered to testify publicly before the House Oversight Committee. Comer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-rejects-hunter-bidens-public-testimony-offer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected</a> the terms outlined by the younger Biden&#8217;s lawyer, but the chairman did note that lawmakers would be willing to have him testify in an open hearing after the closed-door deposition scheduled for mid-December.
In an interview with Newsmax, Comer said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/11/29/oversight_chairman_comer_speaker_johnson_has_our_back_to_hold_hunter_biden_in_contempt_if_he_doesnt_show_at_private_deposition.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;has our back&#8221;</a> and House Republicans would &#8220;take steps&#8221; to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress if he does not comply with the subpoena.

Rep. Elise Stefanik

House Republicans Unveil Biden Impeachment Inquiry Website

Elise Stefanik

Executive

James Comer

Joe Biden

Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) said on Wednesday that he has &#8220;reservations&#8221; about the House expelling Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/george-santos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George Santos</a> (R-NY).
Two expulsion resolutions — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-democrats-move-to-force-another-vote-to-expel-george-santos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one from Democrats</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/CraigCaplan/status/1729664172814663851" target="_blank" rel="noopener">another from Republicans</a> — were made &#8220;privileged&#8221; on Tuesday, compelling the chamber to act within two legislative days, after the release of a House Ethics Committee <a href="https://punchbowl.news/isc-santos-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> heavily criticizing Santos. Reports indicate that <a href="https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1729912257264439343" target="_blank" rel="noopener">debate</a> may begin on Thursday and a <a href="https://twitter.com/ABCNewsLive/status/1729945364130623881" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vote</a> on expulsion could follow on Friday.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerJohnson</a> on resolution to expel Rep. George Santos (R-NY) from Congress: &quot;I trust that people will make that decision thoughtfully and in good faith. I personally have real reservations about doing this. I&#39;m concerned about a precedent that may be set for that.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/6lXBjeW6qt">pic.twitter.com/6lXBjeW6qt</a>
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Leadership will allow people to &#8220;vote their conscience,&#8221; Johnson said during a press conference following a Republican conference meeting. Johnson said there will not be an effort by Republicans to whip votes one way or another, adding, &#8220;I trust that people will make that decision thoughtfully and in good faith.&#8221;
Still, Johnson continued, &#8220;I personally have real reservations about doing this. I&#8217;m concerned about a precedent that may be set for that. So everybody&#8217;s working through that and we&#8217;ll see how they vote tomorrow.&#8221;
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Expulsion from the House requires a two-thirds majority vote to succeed. It has only happened <a href="https://history.house.gov/Institution/Discipline/Expulsion-Censure-Reprimand/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a handful of times throughout U.S. history</a>. Two expelled members were convicted of crimes, while three others were kicked out for backing the Confederacy in the early 1860s.
Santos has not been convicted of any crimes, but he does face 23 federal charges —  including aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, and conspiracy — to which he has <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/27/politics/george-santos-plea/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded not guilty</a>. Multiple prior efforts to expel Santos from the House — including a <a href="https://rollcall.com/2023/11/01/rep-george-santos-easily-survives-second-attempt-to-expel-him-from-congress/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vote</a> on a resolution brought by other New York Republicans only weeks ago — have failed.
A <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4313613-growing-number-of-lawmakers-say-theyll-vote-to-expel-santos-after-ethics-report/#:~:text=House-,Growing%20number%20of%20lawmakers%20say%20they'll%20vote,expel%20Santos%20after%20Ethics%20report&amp;text=A%20growing%20number%20of%20lawmakers,scathing%20House%20Ethics%20Committee%20report." target="_blank" rel="noopener">growing number of lawmakers</a> say they would vote to expel Santos after the House ethics report was released and laid out &#8220;substantial evidence&#8221; of multiple types of violations of House rules and criminal laws amid &#8220;a complex web of unlawful activity involving Representative Santos’ campaign, personal, and business finances.&#8221;
While Santos criticized the ethics inquiry as a political &#8220;smear,&#8221; the congressman announced after the report&#8217;s release that he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/george-santos-says-he-wont-seek-re-election-after-release-of-ethics-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">would not seek re-election</a>. In remarks on Tuesday, <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1729670939648950595" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Santos declared</a> that he would not resign and said a vote to expel him &#8220;sets a very dangerous precedent&#8221; when it comes to due process.
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Rep. George Santos (R-NY): &quot;I will not be resigning.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/xs7a2TPg82">pic.twitter.com/xs7a2TPg82</a>
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Some Republicans have spoken out against removing Santos from the House. Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) <a href="https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1729663232585978137" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> a letter to colleagues saying he has &#8220;serious concerns&#8221; about how the case has been handled and that he would vote against expulsion.
Bumping Santos from the House would also mean Republicans, who have a narrow majority in the chamber, would need to brace for the <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/11/28/george-santos-replacement-special-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">possibility of a Democrat</a> winning a special election to replace Santos in his Long Island district.
During his comments on Wednesday, Johnson stressed that Republicans &#8220;believe in the rule of law&#8221; and explained how members have argued both the pros and cons of expelling Santos.
&#8220;There are people who say you have to uphold the rule of law and allow for someone to be convicted in a criminal court before this tough penalty would be exacted on someone. That&#8217;s been the precedent so far,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;There are others who say, well, upholding the rule of law requires us to take this step now because some of the things that he&#8217;s alleged to have done — the House Ethics Committee having done their job — are in fractions against the House itself.&#8221;

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA)

Speaker Johnson Has ‘Reservations’ About Expelling Santos

Speaker Johnson Has 'Reservations' About Expelling Santos

House Republicans

Mike Johnson

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democrat-led Senate</a> rejected another nominee from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> on Tuesday.
A bid to advance the nomination of Jose Javier Rodriguez to be an assistant secretary of labor failed to reach the requisite simple majority to invoke cloture and reach a final vote.
Two Democrats — Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) — joined with Republicans to oppose the motion while five members did not vote.
The final tally was <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1181/vote_118_1_00318.htm#top" target="_blank" rel="noopener">51-44</a>. Multiple reports noted Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4332167-biden-labor-nominee-stalls-senate-manchin-menendez/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">changed</a> <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/11/28/congress/labor-nominee-falls-senate-00128940" target="_blank" rel="noopener">his vote</a> to a &#8220;nay,&#8221; allowing him to bring up the nomination again at a future date.
A spokesman for Manchin <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/11/28/congress/labor-nominee-falls-senate-00128940" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told POLITICO</a> that Manchin voted against Rodriguez due to &#8220;concerns about his political activism and lack of experience.&#8221;
Biden first <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/02/president-biden-announces-seven-key-nominations-3/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nominated</a> Rodriguez, an attorney and former member of the Florida state legislature, to be the assistant secretary for employment and training at the Labor Department more than two years ago. Rodriquez&#8217;s nomination got stuck in a committee deadlock in 2021, which led to Biden renominating him in 2023, <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/senate-rejects-biden-pick-for-dol-training-arm-after-long-wait" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Bloomberg</a>.
The Senate, narrowly controlled by the Democrats, similarly <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/senate-rejects-biden-nominee-weil-dol-unit-chief-2022-03-31/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">failed to invoke cloture</a> on a Labor Department nominee in March 2022. Three Democrats joined with all Republicans to stop the advancement of David Weil&#8217;s nomination to become chief of the agency&#8217;s Wage and Hour Division. Weil <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/david-weil-withdraws-from-consideration-for-wage-hour-regulator" target="_blank" rel="noopener">withdrew</a> from consideration soon after.
Another Biden pick whose nomination has been <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/julie-sus-status-as-acting-labor-secretary-is-legal-gao-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tied up in the upper chamber</a> is Julie Su, a deputy who has been working as acting secretary of labor following the departure of former chief Marty Walsh earlier this year.
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There have been a few instances in which Biden&#8217;s picks to help run other agencies over the past few years have dropped out or been withdrawn in the face of opposition in the Senate. They include National Highway Traffic Safety Administration nominee <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/31/biden-withdraws-ann-carlson-as-nominee-to-lead-us-auto-safety-agency-after-gop-pushes-back/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ann Carlson</a>, Federal Communications Commission nominee <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/03/07/1161708600/gigi-sohn-fcc-withdraw-nomination" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gigi Sohn</a>, and Federal Aviation Administration nominee <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/26/us/politics/faa-nominee-withdraws-phillip-washington.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Phillip Washington</a>.
In addition, there is Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-AL) months-long “hold” on the Senate’s ability to quickly approve U.S. military nominees in protest against a Pentagon abortion policy.
The majority leader, Schumer, announced in a recent <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/dear_colleague_112623.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Dear Colleague&#8221;</a> letter that he plans to have the Senate consider a resolution passed by the Rules Committee to end the standoff that has impacted <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3573660/pentagon-official-underscores-impact-of-senate-hold-on-dod-nominees/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hundreds</a> of general and flag officer nominations. After which, Tuberville told POLITICO that lawmakers may be close to reaching <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/11/29/congress/tuberville-weighs-releasing-some-holds-00129065" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;some kind of resolution.&#8221;</a>
Schumer also said in his letter that this week, &#8220;the Senate will continue working to confirm President Biden’s diverse and experienced nominees and add more of those nominees to the federal bench.&#8221;

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