Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) nominates Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to be Speaker of the House during the House speakership election at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 3, 2023. | Francis Chung/POLITICO
Politico: Proposed GOP select panel would be empowered to review ‘ongoing criminal investigations’
The proposed “select subcommittee" would operate under the Judiciary Committee expected to be chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).
A proposed subcommittee to investigate “weaponization” of the federal government — a key demand of House conservatives who delivered Speaker Kevin McCarthy the gavel — would be given sweeping investigatory powers that include explicit authority to review “ongoing criminal investigations.”
The language of the proposed “select subcommittee,” which would operate under the Judiciary Committee expected to be chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), also gives the panel power to access any information shared with the House Intelligence Committee. That panel typically receives the highest-level classified intelligence and briefings of any committee in Congress.
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Update #1: Republican Freedom Caucus Pushes for New Committee to Investigate the Surveillance State (The Intercept)
Update #2: House GOP targets federal "snoops" (Axios)
WNU Editor: The Twitter Files gave us a glimpse on how US Federal agencies influenced social media companies on what political/news information was permitted on their platforms (link here). Even Facebook's Zuckerberg admitted there was interference .... Mark Zuckerberg Admits That Facebook Suppressed Hunter Biden Laptop Story After FBI Warning (August 25, 2022). My gut tells me that a lot of uncomfortable information is going to be known in the coming two years.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) will be heading this investigation.
Democrats are not happy .... Dem Rep. Krishnamoorthi: McCarthy Vowing to Investigate FBI ‘Not a Promising Indication’ (Breitbart). Even members of the media are against this .... Panic from MSNBC analyst over Republicans investigating federal agencies: ‘The insurrection platform’ (FOX News). But I think the reason why some in the media are uncomfortable with this investigation is the possibility that it may expose not only US Federal government interference in what social media companies can have on their platforms, but how they also influence reporters and news media organizations.
