<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-republicans">House Republicans</a> signaled that President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>&#8216;s handling of classified documents is pertinent to their <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/impeachment">impeachment</a> inquiry into allegations of corruption.
Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, broached the ongoing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-have-interviewed-100-witnesses-in-criminal-probe-of-bidens-handling-of-classified-material-report">criminal investigation into the Biden</a> documents matter during the first impeachment hearing held by the House Oversight Committee on Thursday.
The congressman invoked the <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/impeachment-inquiry-scoping-memo-final.pdf">impeachment inquiry scope memo</a> released by House Republicans late Wednesday evening, which he said &#8220;indicates&#8221; the clarified materials are &#8220;relevant.&#8221; In the 30-page document, there is a footnote linked to a section exploring the question of whether Biden abused his power to impede the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-prosecutor-blocked-agents-from-including-joe-biden-in-investigation-into-hunter-biden">criminal investigation into his son Hunter</a>.
&#8220;For example, the Oversight Committee has requested information regarding the classified materials discovered in the President’s home — where his son has resided during the time period relevant to this investigation — and personal office, but the White House has provided no information to the Committee regarding the contents of or its full approach towards those documents,&#8221; the footnote said.
&#8220;The refusal to cooperate is despite growing evidence accumulated by the Oversight Committee that the White House has not been forthcoming regarding the classified materials discovered in 2022 and that such actions represent potentially a serious violation of federal law for which a former president has faced federal indictment,&#8221; the footnote added.
Turner, alluding to evidence gathered by House investigators, said &#8220;obviously&#8221; Hunter was &#8220;receiving payments from Romania, Russia, Ukraine, China.&#8221; He also raised the issue of the elder Biden, as vice president, pressuring Ukraine to fire a prosecutor while his son worked at Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings.
&#8220;If there are in those documents, documents that relate to — for example — the prosecutor in Ukraine, or Burisma itself, or other aspects of Ukraine, or any parties or individuals obviously that were making payments to Hunter Biden, that would be relevant, wouldn&#8217;t it?&#8221; Turner asked <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/turley-testifies-evidence-insufficient-to-impeach-biden">one of the hearing&#8217;s witnesses</a>.
&#8220;It would be relevant,&#8221; said the witness, George Washington University law professor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-level-of-denial-jonathan-turley-rips-into-wapos-last-defense-of-russian-collusion">Jonathan Turley</a>. &#8220;One of the things I address in my testimony is I say the most concerning line for me in this inquiry is pre-office conduct.&#8221;
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Turner raised the notion that the classified documents could be used to establish intent in the impeachment inquiry. He called Biden a &#8220;classified documents hoarder&#8221; and emphasized how Biden gained access to the materials as U.S. senator and vice president but allegedly kept inappropriately across multiple locations while he was out of office.
Turley said the documents matter could &#8220;go to a question of establishing intent&#8221; yet cautioned that he was unsure whether it would become relevant to the impeachment inquiry, let alone an impeachable offense. Still, Turley stressed, the issue with the documents case is that they appeared to be &#8220;distributed&#8221; to different locations and begs the question of &#8220;were they divided and why.&#8221;
Turner suggested a &#8220;nexus&#8221; would have to be established. &#8220;I&#8217;ve seen some of these documents as the chairman of the Intelligence Committee. I can tell you, they are of the highest level of concern and threat to national security. I think we do have to get to the bottom of: why was he taking these and what was he doing with them?&#8221;

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House GOP Signals Classified Docs Of Interest In Biden Impeachment Inquiry

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Multiple media outlets ran with one comment from George Washington University law professor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/turley-testifies-evidence-insufficient-to-impeach-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jonathan Turley</a> — treating it like a &#8220;bombshell&#8221; revelation and using it to suggest that the Republican-led impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden was unfounded — but they left out one important part of his assessment.
Turley, who has served as an expert witness in prior impeachments, did so again as House Republicans led by Rep. James Comer (R-KY) opened their impeachment inquiry on Thursday — and media outlets ran with one line from his <a href="https://docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO00/20230928/116415/HHRG-118-GO00-Wstate-TurleyP-20230928.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prepared statement</a>: &#8220;I do not believe that the evidence currently meets the standard of a high crime and misdemeanor needed for an article of impeachment.&#8221;
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<li><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/evidence-support-articles-impeachment-turley-103565322" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC News</a>: &#8220;Evidence so far does &#8216;not support&#8217; articles of impeachment: Turley&#8221;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.mediaite.com/politics/gop-witness-jonathan-turley-tells-congress-current-evidence-does-not-support-biden-impeachment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mediaite</a>: &#8220;GOP Witness Jonathan Turley Tells Congress ‘Current Evidence’ Does Not Support Biden Impeachment&#8221;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/09/28/biden-impeachment-inquiry-gop-witness-turley-admits-theres-not-enough-evidence-to-impeach-biden-yet/?sh=1ebeb7ca4a1d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Forbes</a>: &#8220;Biden Impeachment Inquiry: GOP Witness Turley Admits There’s Not Enough Evidence To Impeach Biden—Yet&#8221;</li>
<li><a href="https://themessenger.com/politics/gop-impeachment-witness-no-evidence-yet-to-oust-president-joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Messenger</a>: &#8220;GOP Impeachment Witness: No Evidence Yet to Oust President Joe Biden&#8221;</li>
<li><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/175841/republican-biden-impeachment-witness-turley-debunk-evidence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New Republic</a>: &#8220;Republicans’ Key &#8216;Biden Corruption&#8217; Witness Torches Their Entire Claims&#8221;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/biden-impeachment-hearing-house-oversight-09-28-23/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>: &#8220;GOP witnesses say there&#8217;s not enough evidence yet to impeach Biden&#8221;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-republicans-hold-first-hearing-biden-impeachment-inquiry-rcna117657" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a>: &#8220;House GOP’s impeachment witnesses say there&#8217;s no evidence yet Joe Biden committed a crime&#8221;</li>
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A congressional reporter went with the same excerpt in a post shared via X: &#8220;Jonathan Turley in his submitted testimony for today&#8217;s Biden impeachment hearing: &#8216;I do not believe that the evidence currently meets the standard of a high crime and misdemeanor needed for an article of impeachment.'&#8221;
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Jonathan Turley in his submitted testimony for today&#39;s Biden impeachment hearing: 
&quot;I do not believe that the evidence currently meets the standard of a high crime and misdemeanor needed for an article of impeachment.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/O3Bp1507X1">https://t.co/O3Bp1507X1</a>
&mdash; Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) <a href="https://twitter.com/jamiedupree/status/1707394139363447204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;PBS Newshour&#8221; correspondent Lisa Desjardins went with the same line as well: &#8220;Evidence? Not enough, says GOP&#8217;s first impeachment witness, Jonathan Turley. He opens the hearing by saying this an inquiry is an important right of Congress and influence peddling is corruption. But says also, clearly, that current evidence does *not* support impeachment.&#8221;
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Evidence? Not enough, says GOP&#39;s first impeachment witness, Jonathan Turley. 
He opens the hearing by saying this an inquiry is an important right of Congress and influence peddling is corruption. 
But says also, clearly, that current evidence does *not* support impeachment.
&mdash; Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/LisaDNews/status/1707406492419207501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2023</a></blockquote>
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And while Turley did say that he did not believe the threshold had been met for an article of impeachment — and said that he would vote no if presented with one based on the evidence presented thus far — that was far from all that Turley said (emphasis added to show the small part of Turley&#8217;s statement that was highlighted by media outlets).
<blockquote>It is important to emphasize what this hearing is not. It is not a hearing on articles of impeachment. The House has launched an impeachment inquiry, and I am appearing to discuss the history and purpose of such inquiries. I have previously stated that, while I believe that an impeachment inquiry is warranted, I do not believe that the evidence currently meets the standard of a high crime and misdemeanor needed for an article of impeachment. The purpose of my testimony today is to discuss how past inquiries pursued evidence of potentially impeachable conduct.
My testimony also reflects the fact that I do believe that, after months of investigation, the House has passed the threshold for an inquiry into whether President Joe Biden was directly involved or benefited from the corrupt practices of his son, Hunter, and others. Since my testimony focuses on the historical and legal aspects of this inquiry, I will leave much of the discussion of the evidence to my fellow witnesses and to the Committee members themselves. However, I believe that the record has developed to the point that the House needs to answer troubling questions surrounding the President. As discussed below, polls indicate that most of the country shares those concerns while expressing doubts over the Biden Administration investigating potential criminal conduct.</blockquote>
And while most of the outlets covering the impeachment hearing did include Turley&#8217;s full remarks in the copy, their headlines left context to the imagination.
Turley went on to outline the key points that he said pointed directly to the need for further scrutiny in the form of an impeachment hearing.
&#8220;Turley said, in [the] same breath, &#8216;I also believe the House has passed the threshold for an impeachment inquiry.&#8217; He cited &#8216;three inescapable facts&#8217;: i) Speaking &#8216;falsely&#8217; about business dealings; ii) Biden was &#8216;focus&#8217; of influence scheme; iii)&#8217;Biden may have benefited&#8217; from scheme,&#8221; RealClearNews White House reporter Philip Wegmann said.
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Turley said, in same breath, &quot;I also believe the House has passed the threshold for an impeachment inquiry.&quot; 
He cited &quot;three inescapable facts&quot;: i) Speaking &quot;falsely&quot; about business dealings ii) Biden was &quot;focus&quot; of influence scheme iii)&quot;Biden may have benefited&quot; from scheme <a href="https://t.co/MA9jmx96sq">https://t.co/MA9jmx96sq</a>
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Media Outlets Run With ‘Bombshell’ Jonathan Turley Comment — But They Leave Out One Thing

Media Outlets Run With 'Bombshell' Jonathan Turley Comment — But They Leave Out One Thing

Jonathan Turley

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Hunter Biden sued Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday, alleging the former lawyer of President Trump played a central role in the &#8220;total annihilation&#8221; of Biden&#8217;s digital privacy and data related to his infamous laptop computer.
Biden filed the <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.899829/gov.uscourts.cacd.899829.1.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">15-page complaint</a> in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, which also named Giuliani&#8217;s companies and attorney and former federal prosecutor Robert Costello, who reportedly represented Giuliani as a defendant, accusing them of violating the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Attorneys for Biden seek a court order to prevent the Defendants from accessing, tampering with, manipulating, or copying Biden&#8217;s data and returning any content related to the laptop to the president&#8217;s son.
&#8220;For the past many months and even years, Defendants have dedicated an extraordinary amount of time and energy toward looking for, hacking into, tampering with, manipulating, copying, disseminating, and generally obsessing over data that they were given that was taken or stolen from Plaintiff&#8217;s devices or storage platforms, including what Defendants claim to have obtained from Plaintiff&#8217;s alleged &#8220;laptop&#8221; computer,&#8221; Biden&#8217;s attorneys wrote in the complaint.
The suit also alleges the defendants admitted their possession of the content came from an &#8220;external drive&#8221; rather than an actual laptop reportedly left at a computer repair shop in Delaware in 2019. The data was &#8220;manipulated, altered and damaged&#8221; before the contents were copied and sent to Giuliani and Costello, the suit claims with &#8220;further alterations and damage to the data&#8221; unknown to the president&#8217;s son.
In the weeks leading up to the 2020 election, Giuliani disseminated emails, pictures and videos, and other data from Hunter&#8217;s laptop to the New York Post that implicated President Joe Biden in a Ukrainian business deal that placed Hunter on the board during his father&#8217;s time as Vice President during the Obama administration.
After initially claiming the laptop that he was accused of abandoning at the shop was either hacked, stolen, or some form of Russian disinformation campaign to hinder his father&#8217;s 2020 presidential candidacy, Hunter Biden finally admitted in a sitdown interview with CBS that it &#8220;certainly&#8221; could have belonged to him.
Then, amid working out a plea deal for a criminal probe, Biden finally admitted that the laptop packed with scandalous content was, in fact, his, according to the Post.
Ted Goodman, spokesman for Giuliani, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/26/hunter-biden-sues-rudy-giuliani-over-infamous-laptop.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> CNBC in a statement, &#8220;Hunter Biden has previously refused to admit ownership of the laptop.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m not surprised he&#8217;s now falsely claiming his laptop hard drive was manipulated by Mayor Giuliani, considering the sordid material and potential evidence of crimes on that thing,&#8221; Goodman said.
House Republicans recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-announces-formal-impeachment-inquiry-against-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opened a formal impeachment inquiry</a> against Biden after lawmakers accused him of using his vice presidency to dissuade Ukrainian prosecutors from investigating the company. GOP officials also claim to have uncovered millions of dollars funneled to members of Biden&#8217;s family from foreign nationals.
Biden has repeatedly claimed he never spoke with his son about foreign business dealings.
The latest lawsuit from Hunter Biden comes after a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-sues-former-trump-wh-staffer-over-infamous-laptop" target="_blank" rel="noopener">separate case</a> filed by his legal team accused former Trump White House staffer Garret Ziegler, the founder of the nonprofit Marco Polo, of violating California and federal computer privacy laws by publishing thousands of photos and emails from the laptop.
Ziegler worked for Trump during the last two years of his term as a policy analyst. His nonprofit created a new website in June, unveiling controversial content from the laptop to bring &#8220;truth and transparency&#8221; to America&#8217;s first family.

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Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-fetterman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Fetterman</a> (D-PA) made it clear on Wednesday that he would hold Congressional decorum hostage if he could leverage it to make political demands from the opposing party.
Fetterman, whose apparent inability to abide by the upper chamber&#8217;s longstanding dress code inspired Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to officially declare a &#8220;relaxation&#8221; of its enforcement, posted on X about what it would take to get him to wear a suit to work.
&#8220;If those jagoffs in the House stop trying to shut our government down, and fully support Ukraine, then I will save democracy by wearing a suit on the Senate floor next week,&#8221; he said.
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If those jagoffs in the House stop trying to shut our government down, and fully support Ukraine, then I will save democracy by wearing a suit on the Senate floor next week.
&mdash; Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenFettermanPA/status/1704517579795022038?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;New Democratic strategy: more $ for Ukraine or won&#8217;t wear pants in the Senate!&#8221; attorney Robert Barnes replied to the post — and he was not alone in his assessment of the situation.
&#8220;He&#8217;s milking this to a cringe level now,&#8221; nationally syndicated radio host Dana Loesch added.
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He&#39;s milking this to a cringe level now <a href="https://t.co/EwbzXD6fGe">https://t.co/EwbzXD6fGe</a>
&mdash; Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) <a href="https://twitter.com/DLoesch/status/1704540893821198560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The Democrat Party of 2023: a senator who refuses to wear pants while voting tries his best to jumpstart nuclear war,&#8221; Trump adviser Stephen Miller <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenM/status/1704541655347462251" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
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&#8220;No one has been this proud of being a slob since a muppet lived in a trash can,&#8221; Washington Times columnist Tim Murtaugh added.
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No one has been this proud of being a slob since a muppet lived in a trash can. <a href="https://t.co/jJCAriwW5O">https://t.co/jJCAriwW5O</a>
&mdash; Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimMurtaugh/status/1704553329773121650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The Pennsylvania Senator&#8217;s point was driven home when he opted to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fetterman-presides-over-senate-wearing-short-sleeve-shirt-no-tie-and-shorts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">preside over the chamber</a> on Wednesday wearing shorts and a short-sleeved shirt.
Fetterman had previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/john-fetterman-delivers-nasty-insult-to-gop-leaves-msnbc-host-stammering" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attacked House Republicans</a> during an MSNBC interview, telling host Chris Hayes that they should compromise on their demands for spending cuts in order to avoid the looming government shutdown.
&#8220;The House, the whatever they call themselves Team America or whatever they call themselves, I am just like – hey, I am just like, bring your vote, you know, otherwise they need to go hump a different leg,&#8221; he said, leaving Hayes momentarily stunned and apparently speechless.
&#8220;Um — the – you were in – uh — you drove your — I think it was a Ford …&#8221; Hayes stammered as he tried to get the conversation back on track.

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Fetterman Milks Dress Code Brouhaha, Says He’ll Wear A Suit If House ‘Jagoffs’ Meet His Demands

Fetterman Milks Dress Code Brouhaha, Says He'll Wear A Suit If House 'Jagoffs' Meet His Demands

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John Fetterman

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Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/john-fetterman-clearly-struggles-through-questions-at-senate-hearing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Fetterman</a> (D-PA) delivered a nasty insult to House Republicans during a Monday interview, leaving MSNBC host Chris Hayes apparently shocked and struggling to redirect the conversation.
Hayes asked Fetterman to weigh in on the looming potential <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-congressman-makes-case-for-why-we-should-not-fear-a-government-shutdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">government shutdown</a> – and ongoing battles among House Republicans over whether to work out a compromise or push for more spending concessions from their Democratic counterparts — and the Pennsylvania senator lashed out at the ones who were choosing to fight.
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Fetterman: &quot;The House, the whatever they call themselves Team America or whatever they call themselves, bring your vote otherwise they need to go hump a different leg.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Hh6DGO8mfi">pic.twitter.com/Hh6DGO8mfi</a>
&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1703943080938807441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 19, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;How things have operated since that deal was – a bipartisan deal was struck for certain topline spending numbers for all of the funding bill that have to be passed to make the budget, keep the government running,&#8221; Hayes began.
&#8220;The Senate has basically been delivering those, and passing them by big, 91-7 bipartisan majorities,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The House today looks like it&#8217;s falling apart, you&#8217;ve already got 17 no votes in that House Republican Caucus saying we&#8217;re not passing anything — what do you think&#8217;s happening here?&#8221;
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Fetterman responded by praising his colleagues in the Senate, saying that they were &#8220;really about governance&#8221; and that he was proud to work alongside them.
&#8220;The House, the whatever they call themselves Team America or whatever they call themselves, I am just like – hey, I am just like, bring your vote, you know, otherwise they need to go hump a different leg,&#8221; Fetterman said, apparently referencing the House Freedom Caucus.
For a moment, Hayes said nothing at all — and then he appeared to have a hard time redirecting the conversation. &#8220;Um — the – you were in – uh — you drove your — I think it was a Ford &#8230;&#8221;
Fetterman has been the topic of a number of discussions of late, particularly since his penchant for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-fetterman-rule-senate-cuts-dress-code-enforcement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hoodies and athletic shorts</a> recently inspired Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to sign off on a relaxation of the Senate&#8217;s longstanding dress code.

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MSNBC

Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis">Ron DeSantis</a> said over the weekend that Republican members of the House of Representatives should do what they promised to do when they campaigned and not worry about what the Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate might be willing to accept.
DeSantis made the remarks during a Fox News interview on Sunday with Howard Kurtz on &#8220;Media Buzz.&#8221;
&#8220;Well, here&#8217;s what I would just recommend they do. They campaigned on certain things. Our voters did give them the House — not by big majorities, but they give it to them,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So just do what you say you&#8217;re going to do. The Senate can do what they&#8217;re going to do. I understand that there&#8217;s to be negotiations after that. But what I don&#8217;t think they should do is say, &#8216;oh, well, you know, the Senate won&#8217;t accept what we&#8217;re going to do, so we&#8217;re not going to do what we believe in.'&#8221;
&#8220;Do what you believe in because the country is going insolvent, and they&#8217;ve got to show a better way,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And even if they don&#8217;t ultimately succeed on everything, at least they put the flag in the ground and showed, after 2024, if we have unified Republican control, we have a path to get this nation back to fiscal sanity. And part of it is the dollars and cents, but the debt — I mean, you&#8217;ve covered it, how much the debt has gone up just in the last five or six years. And it is under both parties, 100%.&#8221;
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ICYMI: DeSantis pushed the House GOP to hold firm on spending 
“They campaigned on certain things, our voters did give them the House…so just do what you say you’re gonna do!”
“Do what you believe in, because the country is going insolvent” <a href="https://t.co/FYp0FAKc4H">pic.twitter.com/FYp0FAKc4H</a>
&mdash; John Hasson (@SonofHas) <a href="https://twitter.com/SonofHas/status/1703532404130869576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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DeSantis later signaled that he did support the House&#8217;s impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, saying: &#8220;The corruption is really, really troubling when you have that many millions of dollars flowing into his family&#8217;s coffers.&#8221;
&#8220;They are totally within their right to do it,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I mean, look, we could sit here and talk about the proper role of the impeachment, but they opened this on Trump based on a phone call to Ukraine. There&#8217;s way more evidence for this one, and they&#8217;ve got a lot of investigatory work to do, but I think they should pursue it.&#8221;
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DeSantis comes out in favor of the impeachment inquiry: 
“The corruption is really, really troubling”
“They opened this on Trump based on a phone call…there’s WAY more evidence for this one.” <a href="https://t.co/r6ILGSGeQ9">pic.twitter.com/r6ILGSGeQ9</a>
&mdash; John Hasson (@SonofHas) <a href="https://twitter.com/SonofHas/status/1703531210603901131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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DeSantis To House Republicans On Spending Fight: ‘Do What You Say You’re Going To Do’

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Ron DeSantis

U.S. House of Representatives

GOP lawmakers on Wednesday released more than 20 examples alleging President Joe Biden&#8217;s past involvement with his family&#8217;s foreign business dealings as they accused &#8220;Democrats and their corporate media allies&#8221; of ignoring the &#8220;mounting evidence.&#8221;
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Republicans issued a <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/blog/evidence-of-joe-bidens-involvement-in-his-familys-influence-peddling-schemes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news release</a> claiming Biden allegedly influenced peddling schemes to enrich his family from foreign sources, including China, Russia, and Ukraine when he served as vice president in the Obama administration.
&#8220;We have evidence of President Biden&#8217;s involvement in influence peddling schemes.&#8221; committee member Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) said in an <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAndyBiggsAZ/status/1701957684772118713" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X post</a>. &#8220;To say there&#8217;s &#8216;no evidence&#8217; is foolish. We&#8217;ve examined Suspicious Activity Reports, bank records, depositions, and more. The evidence continues to point us to the &#8216;Big Guy&#8217; aka Joe Biden.&#8221;
Hunter Biden&#8217;s former business partner, Devon Archer, told the House Oversight Committee during a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-oversight-members-confirm-president-biden-was-present-during-sons-foreign-business-phone-calls" target="_blank" rel="noopener">closed-door hearing</a> in July that Biden was on speakerphone for more than 20 calls with his son during business deals dating back to 2014.
&#8220;Archer described how Joe Biden was &#8216;The Brand&#8217; and was used to send &#8216;signals&#8217; of power, access, and influence to enrich the Biden family from foreign sources,&#8221; the committee wrote in the news release.
Republicans claim Biden and his family made millions of dollars from shell companies, including an energy company in Ukraine, a private equity firm in China, and consulting for a Romanian real-estate magnate. The investigation has also alleged Hunter pulled in an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-oversight-releases-memo-alleging-hunter-biden-received-millions-from-oligarchs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">estimated</a> $20 million through 20 shell companies and fake accounts while his father served as vice president.
The president has claimed he did not speak with his son about foreign business dealings.
The committee&#8217;s move comes amid House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) directing the House committees to open a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-announces-formal-impeachment-inquiry-against-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">formal impeachment inquiry</a> into President Biden after months of House Republicans uncovering &#8220;serious and credible&#8221; allegations into President Biden&#8217;s conduct that he referred to as a &#8220;culture of corruption.&#8221;
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But while the GOP seeks to return a similar impeachment treatment that Democrats gave former President Donald Trump, the Biden White House disseminated a memo to several legacy media outlets urging them to &#8220;ramp up &#8230; scrutiny&#8221; against the House Republicans&#8217; impeachment inquiry, adding it was &#8220;based on lies.&#8221;
&#8220;When even House Republican members are admitting that there is simply no evidence that Joe Biden did anything wrong, much less impeachable, that should set off alarm bells for news organizations,&#8221; the memo said, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/4201615-white-house-urges-news-networks-to-increase-scrutiny-of-gops-biden-impeachment-inquiry/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Hill.
White House spokesman for oversight and investigations Ian Sams <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1701948037118021878" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> CNN on Wednesday morning the GOP effort to remove President Biden from office &#8220;is part of the right-wing&#8217;s misinformation machine to try to confuse people about what the truth is.&#8221;
&#8220;The truth is that the president — as he has said publicly for years — calls his family every day to check in,&#8221; Sams said. &#8220;He calls his son every day to check in; he calls his other family members to check in to see how they&#8217;re doing.&#8221;
&#8220;He loves them,&#8221; Sams added. &#8220;They are a tight-knit family.&#8221;

House Oversight Chair Comer Speaks To The Media On Investigation Into The Biden Family

House Republicans Accuse ‘Democrats And Their Corporate Media Allies’ Of Ignoring Evidence Of Biden Family Corruption

House Republicans Accuse 'Democrats And Their Corporate Media Allies' Of Ignoring Evidence Of Biden Family Corruption

Devon Archer

Executive

House Oversight Committee

House Republicans announced on Friday that members of the media and other qualified individuals will have access to view security footage from the U.S. Capitol breach on January 6, 2021.
“House Republicans are continuing to deliver on our promise to bring transparency and accountability to the People’s House by increasing access to security footage of the U.S. Capitol from January 5th and 6th, 2021,” Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/congress-to-grant-limited-access-to-jan-6-security-footage-house-gop-says/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> said in a statement.
GOP lawmakers first <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-announces-new-round-of-journalists-receive-unfettered-access-to-j6-tapes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> earlier this year they would begin to slowly roll out to individual news agencies more than 40,000 hours of security footage from the Capitol breach to networks to counter the “politicization” fostered by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the January 6th Committee.
The Committee on House Administration published a set of guidelines that would allow members of the U.S. media, government-focused nonprofit organizations, and attorneys for defendants facing charges related to the January 6 to submit requests to view the footage.
“This announcement stands in stark contrast to the previous Democrat leadership, who blocked access to the footage and only showed carefully edited clips to the public,” Loudermilk, who chairs the administration committee’s oversight subpanel, added.
According to program rules, those seeking access to the security tapes would need to set an appointment that limits them to watch the footage for three hours at a time, once a week. Spectators are prohibited from recording the tapes from secured terminals inside the Capitol building and may only be given portions of the footage at the committee’s discretion.
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For more than two years, U.S. citizens have called on lawmakers to release the footage to the public, expressing concerns over how media outlets curate the timeline of events.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) announced in May that three news media outlets received footage from the Capitol breach to bring the American people more transparency about what happened that day.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) released “unfettered access” of the Capitol security footage to investigative journalist and Just the News founder John Solomon, senior writer for American Greatness Julie Kelly, and an unidentified third news outlet.
McCarthy first gave the exclusive surveillance footage to former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who reported on several tapes showing two Capitol police officers escorting Jacob Chansley, known as the “QAnon Shaman,” throughout the building.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called from the Senate floor for Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch to pull Carlson off the air, and reporters from several sites hounded McCarthy for giving Carlson’s team access to the video.
Schumer accused McCarthy in a February letter to his colleagues of potentially causing another “attack” on the Capitol by releasing the security footage from January 6, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3870181-schumer-blasts-mccarthy-for-giving-jan-6-footage-to-fox-news/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Hill.
“The speaker is needlessly exposing the Capitol complex to one of the worst security risks since 9/11,” Schumer said in a letter to Senate Democrats. “The footage Speaker McCarthy is making available to Fox News is a treasure trove of closely held information about how the Capitol complex is protected and its public release would compromise the safety of the Legislative Branch and allow those who want to commit another attack to learn how Congress is safeguarded.”

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House Republicans Unveil Instructions To Access January 6 Capitol Footage

House Republicans Announce Media, Defendants Charged In January 6-Related Crimes Can Access Capitol Riot Footage

Capitol Riot

Chuck Schumer

January 6

January 6 Committee

Kevin McCarthy

US Capitol

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House</a> has been staffing up in preparation for a possible <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> over allegations of corruption.
A couple of dozen lawyers, legislative aides, and communications staffers have been brought together as part of a &#8220;war room&#8221; to fight against GOP investigations, according to multiple reports in recent days. Though the construction of Biden&#8217;s defense effort has been underway since Republicans took over control of the House early this year, the new reports from <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/04/white-house-biden-impeachment-00113824" target="_blank" rel="noopener">POLITICO</a> and <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/white-house-war-room-gop-impeachment-inquiry-joe-biden-rcna102766" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a> about its growing roster emerged after some lawmakers signaled that the impeachment process <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-says-biden-impeachment-inquiry-imminent-as-republicans-call-for-action" target="_blank" rel="noopener">could soon begin</a> and as the 2024 election cycle heats up.
Biden&#8217;s team includes defense attorney Richard Sauber; Russ Anello, former staff director of the House Oversight Committee; and former Building Back Together spokeswoman Sharon Yang. The endeavor will also have incoming White House counsel Ed Siskel, who has <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/22/politics/ed-siskel-white-house-counsel/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">experience dealing with</a> GOP investigations ranging from the Benghazi probe to the Solyndra inquiry.
Already, White House spokesman Ian Sams has been busy firing off pointed retorts against Republicans who have been speaking out in favor of impeachment. In response to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1697397823875018936" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warning</a> that she would not vote to continue funding the government unless certain demands are met, including when it comes to impeachment, Sams claimed her comments revealed the impeachment push is a <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/01/white-house-calls-marjorie-taylor-greene-impeachment-talk-a-stunt.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;partisan stunt</a> driven by the most extreme, far-right members.&#8221;
Across committee-level investigations, House Republicans have uncovered a pattern of millions of dollars flowing from foreign nationals to members of Biden&#8217;s family, raising concerns about bribery and influence peddling. Biden has dismissed the allegations of corruption as a <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/08/fbi-tip-says-burisma-bribed-bidens-prez-asks-wheres-the-money/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;bunch of malarkey&#8221;</a> while his Democrat allies in Congress have been more focused on <a href="https://democraticleader.house.gov/media/press-releases/schumer-jeffries-joint-statement-fourth-indictment-donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drawing attention</a> to charges against Donald Trump. Both Biden and Trump are seeking a second presidential term.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) recently <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/09/01/mccarthy-details-impeachment-inquiry-process-if-we-move-forward-would-occur-vote-house-floor/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Breitbart News</a> that the House moving forward with an impeachment inquiry would be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-details-how-impeachment-inquiry-into-biden-would-start" target="_blank" rel="noopener">done with a floor vote</a>, which would require a simple majority — a contrast to how former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mccarthy-says-biden-impeachment-inquiry-need-house-vote-departure-pelosi-democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unilaterally announced</a> the first impeachment effort against former President Trump.
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But such an endeavor faces some headwinds while McCarthy has to contend with a rules package that allows just one member to bring a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-house-of-representatives-kevin-mccarthy-us-republican-party-0938c7358f41c83759246f8949ac7c15">&#8220;motion to vacate&#8221;</a> that could lead to a vote to remove the speaker.
A formal vote to launch an inquiry could prove fatal to the cause as a sufficient number of GOP lawmakers who are vulnerable in upcoming elections <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/vulnerable-republicans-arent-sold-impeaching-biden-rcna98638" target="_blank" rel="noopener">may balk</a> at the opportunity, while Democrats are likely to rally behind Biden. On McCarthy&#8217;s other flank is the House Freedom Caucus — where a prominent member, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), warned on Saturday that <a href="https://twitter.com/chiproytx/status/1698504692613996985" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;hiding&#8221; behind impeachment</a> would not bode well if the &#8220;status quo&#8221; on spending is not addressed while a deadline to fund various arms of the government looms at the end of September.
As it stands now, a slim majority of voters — 52%— oppose impeaching Biden, while 41% support it, according to a Wall Street Journal poll <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/bidens-age-economic-worries-endanger-re-election-in-2024-wsj-poll-finds-67a7bba8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> on Monday. Even if there were a successful vote to begin an inquiry, other hurdles would come into play when it comes to the House approving potential articles of impeachment and then reaching the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mcconnell-says-impeachment-ought-to-be-rare-as-biden-inquiry-looms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two-thirds vote threshold</a> to convict in a Senate controlled by the Democrats.
Still, McCarthy <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/speaker-mccarthy-biden-turned-us-politics-culture-corruption-impeachment-inquiry-inches" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Fox News</a> that the American public &#8220;deserves&#8221; to know if the Biden family has become steeped in a &#8220;culture of corruption.&#8221; An impeachment inquiry would provide Congress &#8220;the apex of legal power to get all the information they need,&#8221; he added.

Biden’s ‘War Room’ Takes Shape As Impeachment Probe Looms

Biden's 'War Room' Takes Shape As Impeachment Probe Looms

White House

House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan demanded on Tuesday that the Biden Administration disclose details about its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-counsels-office-met-with-top-aide-for-jack-smith-fbi-agent-weeks-before-trump-indictment-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meeting</a> with Special Counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s office and an FBI agent two months before Smith indicted former President Donald Trump in the classified documents case.
&#8220;This new information raises serious concerns regarding the potential for a coordinated effort between the Department and the White House to investigate and prosecute President Biden&#8217;s political opponents,&#8221; Jordan wrote in a duplicated <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-08-29-jdj-to-zients-re-bratt-wh-meetings.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to Attorney General Merrick Garland and White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients.
Smith indicted Trump on June 8 in the classified documents case that the Justice Department had appointed him to oversee as special counsel. The visitor logs don&#8217;t provide details about the meeting between Smith&#8217;s aide, the White House counsel&#8217;s office, and the FBI. Trump pleaded not guilty to 40 counts relating to his handling of classified documents seized during the FBI raid of Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on August 8, 2022.
Smith&#8217;s top aide, Jay Bratt, met with Caroline Seba, deputy chief of staff for the White House counsel&#8217;s office, on March 31, according to White House visitor logs — as first reported by The New York Post. Danielle Ray, an FBI agent in the Washington, D.C., field office, also joined Bratt and Seba at the meeting.
A spokesman for the special counsel told the Post that Bratt was at the White House for a &#8220;case-related interview,&#8221; and the FBI declined to comment on the meeting.
Bratt also reportedly met with an advisor to White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain in September 2021 and a second time two months later with other Biden officials related to &#8220;national security,&#8221; according to Jordan&#8217;s letter.
Jordan requested federal authorities disclose all relevant documents on Bratt&#8217;s three known meetings or other visits to the White House or the Executive Office of the President&#8221; and those &#8220;between the Executive Office of the President and the Department of Justice referring or relating to the investigation and/or prosecutions of Special Counsel Jack Smith.&#8221;
Two months before the August FBI raid on Trump&#8217;s Florida compound, Bratt reportedly visited and interacted with the former president.
According to The Washington Post, Bratt then pushed for a warrant for the unannounced raid on Trump&#8217;s property. Bratt&#8217;s temper flared during the meeting when he told FBI agents they could no longer trust the former president or his lawyers.
Bratt allegedly also &#8220;improperly pressured&#8221; a lawyer representing a Trump employee &#8220;to induce the lawyer’s client to cooperate with the Department’s prosecution&#8221; of the former president, according to the letter.
The letter claims Bratt told the lawyer believed the lawyer &#8220;would do the right thing&#8221; because he wasn&#8217;t a &#8220;Trump guy&#8221; and appeared to bribe him by saying his application for a D.C. judgeship would be received more favorably if he cooperated with the prosecution.
&#8220;These facts reinforce the serious concern that Mr. Smith is not running an impartial and unprejudiced investigation and prosecution,&#8221; Jordan&#8217;s letter reads.
Smith also indicted Trump on additional felony charges for his alleged role in seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election, pointing to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot as an &#8220;unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy.&#8221; Smith was appointed special counsel in both the classified documents case and the 2020 election case by Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Zach Jewell contributed to this report.

House Judiciary Committee On Oversight Of Department Of Homeland Security

Jordan Demands Details On WH Counsel’s Meeting With Jack Smith Aide, FBI Agent Ahead Of Trump Indictment

Donald Trump

Jack Smith

Jim Jordan

Mar-a-Lago

Merrick Garland

A border patrol sector chief has been reinstated to his previous position after he was reassigned following an interview with congressional lawmakers, according to House Republicans. 
Gregory Bovino was reinstated to his position as chief patrol agent for the El Centro Sector, <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairmen-green-comer-celebrate-reinstatement-of-border-patrol-el-centro-sector-chief-gregory-bovino/#:~:text=Chairmen%20Green%2C%20Comer%20Celebrate%20Reinstatement,Committee%20on%20Oversight%20and%20Accountability" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a press release from House Homeland Security Committee Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mark-green" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Green</a> (R-TN) and House Oversight and Accountability Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY). The Republicans said that there were credible allegations that Bovino had lost his position at the El Centro Sector, near Imperial, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a>, due to retaliation over testimony on the border. 
“The credible and unacceptable allegations of retaliation against Chief Bovino for simply shining a light on the Biden administration’s historic border crisis confirms the importance of our Committees’ crucial oversight effort on behalf of the American people. Any retaliation against witnesses who cooperate with Congressional inquiries will not be tolerated,” a statement from Green and Comer said. 
“We are deeply grateful to Chief Bovino and all the Border Patrol Sector Chiefs who have shared with us first hand insight into the devastating conditions on the frontlines of the Southwest border. Amid this administration’s national security and humanitarian crisis, we owe an immense debt of gratitude to the men and women in green who work tirelessly to defend the homeland and secure our sovereign borders,” the statement continued. 
The reinstatement comes after Green and Comer <a href="https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Joint-letter-to-CBP-07-21-2023.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent a letter</a> to acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Troy Miller over the incident, noting that a whistleblower had informed that Bovino was being retaliated against after his <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000189-5475-dfe6-a3db-7dfdae700000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transcribed interview</a> before House lawmakers in July. 
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&#8220;The whistleblower indicates that this pattern is consistent with a common CBP practice to get rid of employees perceived as problematic by high-level officials by forcing those employees, out of frustration, to relocate, retire, or resign,&#8221; Comer and Green’s July letter said. 
A representative from CBP previously <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/07/21/el-pasos-chief-border-patrol-agent-relieved-of-his-command-after-talking-to-congress/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that any accusations of retaliation were “categorically false.” 
“This temporary personnel assignment is entirely unrelated to any Congressional testimony or appearance, and was in process prior to the Chief’s transcribed interview,” a representative told the New York Post in July. 
The Biden administration has faced constant criticism over its handling of the southern border, as millions of illegal aliens have crossed into the U.S., many of whom are processed and then released into the U.S. with a distant court date.

Michael Cohen Hearing

Border Sector Chief Reinstated After Pushback From Republicans Over Retaliation Claims

California

Illegal Immigration

James Comer

Mark Green

Southern Border

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-republicans">House Republicans</a> are exploring ways to restrain prosecutors who have cases against former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> as he runs for another term in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house">White House</a>.
The most recent offering came from Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), who on Monday <a href="https://clyde.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1004">announced</a> a pair of amendments that would use the appropriations process to defund federal and state prosecutions of any major presidential candidate in the lead-up to the 2024 election. The congressman specifically called out what he said were the &#8220;sham&#8221; Trump cases in his press release.
&#8220;We must use the power of the purse to protect the integrity of our elections, restore Americans’ faith in our government, and dismantle our nation’s two-tiered system of justice,&#8221; the congressman <a href="https://twitter.com/Rep_Clyde/status/1696251662594138500">said in a post to X</a>. &#8220;I’m proud to lead this effort, and I hope my GOP colleagues will join me.&#8221;
Trump is facing several criminal and civil cases. On the criminal side, Trump is facing a documents case and a 2020 election case led by special counsel <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jack-smith">Jack Smith</a>. There is also a hush-money criminal case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and a 2020 election case in Georgia spearheaded by Fulton County District Attorney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fulton-county-prosecutors-have-another-recording-of-trump-pressuring-georgia-house-speaker-to-overturn-election-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fani Willis</a>. Trump broadly denies any wrongdoing, setting the stage for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-trumps-trial-schedule-lines-up-with-the-2024-election-calendar?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=conservnewsd">trials across the primary calendar</a>.
The amendments pitched by Clyde, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, face hurdles much like other proposals by Trump allies in Congress seeking to stymie the inquiries they have condemned as politically motivated.
Most prominent is the fact that the Senate is controlled by Democrats, who are likely not to support any legislation geared toward stymying the Trump inquiries.
“As a nation built on the rule of law, we urge Mr. Trump, his supporters and his critics to allow the legal process to proceed without outside interference,&#8221; said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in a <a href="https://democraticleader.house.gov/media/press-releases/schumer-jeffries-joint-statement-fourth-indictment-donald-trump">recent statement</a>.
Even more immediate, GOP leadership in the House and a sufficient number of votes would be needed to pass anything through the lower chamber.
Still, those high bars have not stopped some prominent Republican lawmakers from trying their hand at pushing for some kind of action as Trump remains the clear front-runner in GOP primary polling ahead of what could be a general election rematch against President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a>.
For instance, House Judiciary Committee Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) has suggested Congress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-unveils-budget-wishlist-to-fight-weaponized-federal-agencies">should stop any funds for “politically sensitive” investigations</a> until the Department of Justice establishes a policy requiring non-partisan career staff to oversee them. More singularly focused on the Smith investigations, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) announced legislation last month that would <a href="https://gaetz.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-matt-gaetz-introduces-legislation-defund-special-counsel-jack">defund the special counsel</a>. And Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) has pushed <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAndyBiggsAZ/status/1695518162685472897">forward legislation</a> to defund taxpayer funding from the Fulton County District Attorney Office.
Then there are investigations into the investigators. House Republicans are conducting inquiries into the Department of Justice (DOJ), <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/media/in-the-news/house-republicans-launch-probe-fulton-countys-politically-motivated-trump">Willis</a>, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-launch-probe-into-manhattan-das-unprecedented-abuse-of-office-to-target-trump">Bragg</a>, seeking to root out any potential coordination or other improper conduct.
One area in which the trials will not be affected is if the government undergoes a shutdown if spending bills fail to pass by the September 30 deadline, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/shutdown-wouldnt-halt-trumps-trials-republicans-seek-rein-prosecutors-rcna102152">as explained by NBC News</a>. While the state prosecutions would not be directly impacted, Smith&#8217;s office <a href="https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-07/Special%20Counsel%27s%20Office%20of%20John%20L.%20Smith%20-%20Statement%20of%20Expenditures%20-%20November%2018%202022%20to%20March%2031%202023_FINAL_7.5.23%20v1.pdf">is funded b</a>y a “permanent, indefinite appropriation for independent counsels,” and a DOJ memo in 2021 said <a href="https://www.justice.gov/jmd/page/file/1015676/download">criminal litigation &#8220;will continue&#8221;</a> assuming the Judicial Branch keeps on operating.
Whatever may come of the House Republican endeavors, in the meantime the criminal and civil cases against Trump have drawn a good deal of media attention and money — much of which has been <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-donations-legal-bills.html">directed to legal bills</a>.

Rep. Jim Jordan with Reps. Andrew Clyde and Lauren Boebert

House Republicans Propose Ways To Stifle Trump Prosecutors

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