{"id":1827522,"date":"2023-01-29T07:50:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T12:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1827522"},"modified":"2023-01-29T07:53:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T12:53:33","slug":"republicans-on-new-weaponization-committee-lay-groundwork-for-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-on-new-weaponization-committee-lay-groundwork-for-investigations\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans on New Weaponization Committee Lay Groundwork for Investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-on-new-weaponization-committee-lay-groundwork-for-investigations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1827522&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"subheading\">Republicans on the newly established Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government met Friday for the very first time to start mapping out their investigative pursuits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">The closed-door meeting included all of the subcommittee\u2019s GOP members, aside from Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL), who was home recovering from a serious accident, according to a source present at the meeting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot for us to do. That\u2019s really clear, and that\u2019s just in the course of the discussion we had,\u201d As he walked out of the meeting room, Rep. Dan Bishop (R.-NC) stated these words.<\/p>\n<p>A partisan resolution created the subcommittee and gave it broad authority to investigate federal agencies like FBI and Justice Department for any alleged violations of civil liberties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) noted to reporters after the meeting, however, that the subcommittee\u2019s mandate was \u201cmuch broader\u201d These two agencies are superior.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cObviously Twitter was weaponized, and that\u2019s not DOJ only,\u201d Issa said.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jim Jordan, a member of the Judiciary Committee and chair of the subcommittee, met this week with Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter. He stated that he will dig into the matter. \u201cTwitter files,\u201d These revelations revealed that there was an intricate coordination between FBI and social media platforms in the run-up to the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">3. Twitter\u2019s contact with the FBI was constant and pervasive, as if it were a subsidiary.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtaibbi\/status\/1603857539178848280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jordan has also been vocal about his intentions to investigate the several whistleblower complaints he has vetted over the past year, including complaints related to DOJ\u2019s past handling of tensions at school board meetings, its approach to January 6 investigations, and other concerns about department bias.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">While it is unclear if those probes will take place through the Judiciary Committee or the new subcommittee, Issa said after the Republicans\u2019 meeting Friday that they had already scheduled \u201cseveral\u201d Interviews transcribed<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI would imagine that we will be, like most investigation committees, disproportionately doing transcribed interviews and depositions. \u2026 It\u2019s not about <em>showing<\/em> to the public,\u201d Issa stressed the importance of the word \u201cshowing.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s about real investigation, and then making it public,\u201d Issa said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23143118\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1241019663.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23143118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1241019663.jpg\" alt=\"UNITED STATES - MAY 17: Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., testifies during the House Rules Committee hearing to consider the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2022 and the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (Tom Williams\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Darrell Issa, Rep., speaks during a hearing held at the U.S. Capitol May 17, 2022. (Tom Williams\/CQ Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to a, Jordan said this to Republicans during Friday&#8217;s meeting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/01\/27\/politics\/republican-house-committees-subpoenas\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report<\/a> CNN reports that the subcommittee would also adopt a rule by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D\u2013MD), which allows for subpoenas to be issued without consulting Democrats. This indicates that the GOP plans to interview and depose its subjects aggressively.<\/p>\n<p>With 12 GOP members already elected, and nine Democrats appointed, the subcommittee has 21 members. Minority Leader Hakeem J. Jeffries (D-NY), will likely choose members of the subcommittee in coming days.<\/p>\n<p>Although Democrats appear to be ready to join the subcommittee they voted unanimously against it.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries has dismantled the panel. \u201cinsurrection protection,\u201d Rep. Jerry Nadler (D.NY), Judiciary Committee Ranking Member, has been elected to the position <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2023\/01\/10\/house-creates-church-style-panel-on-weaponization-of-the-federal-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contended<\/a>\u00a0It could also be used to demonize law enforcement \u201cprotect Donald Trump,\u201d The unprecedented FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago house last year was a surprise.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><em>Ashley Oliver can be reached at\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:aoliver@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">aoliver@breitbart.com<\/a>. Follow her Twitter @\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/asholiver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@asholiver<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans on the newly established Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government met Friday for the very first time to start mapping out their investigative pursuits. The closed-door meeting included all of the subcommittee\u2019s GOP members, aside from Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL), who was home recovering from a serious accident, according to a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1827525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[15845,12872,4384,14020,8327,3756],"class_list":["post-1827522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-lay","tag-weaponization","tag-committee","tag-groundwork","tag-investigations","tag-republicans"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1827522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1827525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1827522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1827522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1827522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}