Tuesday, August 28, 2018

What Causes Republicans to Wake Up In a Sweat


This is kind of precious. Congressional Republicans have compiled a list of what awaits them and their president if the Democrats win control of the House in November. They've even logged it all in a spreadsheet.

Publicly, House Republicans are putting on a brave face about the midterms. But privately, they are scrambling to prepare for the worst. This document, which catalogs requests Democrats have already made, is part of that effort.
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It has churned Republican stomachs. Here are some of the probes it predicts: 
President Trump’s tax returns 
Trump family businesses — and whether they comply with the Constitution's emoluments clause, including the Chinese trademark grant to the Trump Organization 
Trump's dealings with Russia, including the president's preparation for his meeting with Vladimir Putin 
The payment to Stephanie Clifford — a.k.a. Stormy Daniels 
James Comey's firing 
Trump's firing of U.S. attorneys 
Trump's proposed transgender ban for the military 
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's business dealings 
White House staff's personal email use 
Cabinet secretary travel, office expenses, and other misused perks 
Discussion of classified information at Mar-a-Lago 
Jared Kushner's ethics law compliance 
Dismissal of members of the EPA board of scientific counselors 
The travel ban 
Family separation policy 
Hurricane response in Puerto Rico 
Election security and hacking attempts 
White House security clearances
The spreadsheet is said to list 100 items that the Republicans would rather see unexplored.
Thanks to their control of Congress, Republicans have blocked most of the Democrats’ investigative requests. But if the House flips, the GOP loses its power to stymie. Lawyers close to the White House tell me the Trump administration is nowhere near prepared for the investigatory onslaught that awaits them, and they consider it among the greatest threats to his presidency.
If you were Paul Ryan you too might want to beat feet out of Washington, or at least Capitol Hill, while the getting is good.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lawyers close to the White House tell me the Trump administration is nowhere near prepared for the investigatory onslaught that awaits them.

Sounds like they're confident that gerrymandering, vote suppression, cyberops, media false equivalences, and the usual GOP ratfuckery will allow them to hold on.

Cap

The Mound of Sound said...


How America has fallen, Cap. It deeply saddens me.