Again, so what if it was a 'select committee'.old salt wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 2:49 pmThat was a select committee, formed to investigate a specific incident in depth.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2019 9:13 pmLike Benghaziold salt wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2019 6:07 pmNadler is calling Barr to tesify before his committee under their normal power of oversight for his department.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2019 10:58 am Salty,
Here's the limited aspect on which you and I appear to agree.
This isn't "routine" oversight.
Very serious stuff when you're looking at corruption in the Administration.
Whether corruption in the form of emoluments, or kompromat with a foreign adversary, or obstruction of justice, or the issuance of inappropriate security clearances, or any number of other forms of potential corruption or abuse of power, these are far from "routine" matters.
Impeachment is one remedy, but so too is sunlight.
Our system depends upon sunlight, whereas authoritarianism depends upon the suppression of truth and the total intimidation of opposition.
Questioning of Cabinet officers by staff, rather than by members, in such hearings, is without precedent,
To comply would be establishing new precedent, which will surely be abused again in the future.
If it's necessary to have Cabinet officials questioned by staff lawyers, (D) leadership needs to establish a select committee to investigate, or convene impeachment proceedings, where there is precedent for such questioning.
The premise for this is ridiculous. Barr has turned over much more than he is required to provide, To disclose more would be unlawful.
The (D)'s haven't even read the redacted portions which are available to them. They have access to 98 % of the report.
This is a transparent stunt, on it's face. A smokescreen to keep the controversy alive & make Barr the boogeyman.
You're too smart to fall for this stuff.
It was not routine Congressional oversight of an Exec Branch Dept, which is what Nadler's committee is.
This is unprecedented. It's Congressional overreach & should be resisted.
The (D) leadership should establish a select committee for a specific investigation or convene impeahment hearings if it's necessary for staff lawyers to question Barr.
The Trump Admin is right to resist. Let the (D)'s charge Barr with contempt & the Courts can decide.
The rules allow Nadler, as Chair, to set the format. Period, end of story.
The Executive Branch has zero say in the Article 1 authorities.
Stop whining about it.
But, ok, if you actually believe in the unitary authority of the Presidency, say so.
Authoritarianism.