Comer agrees it could be politically unsustainable to investigate Kushner

[+OverSword]

WTH?

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Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, agreed that it could be politically unsustainable to investigate Jared Kushner — former President Trump’s son-in-law who served as a senior adviser in the White House — in a new profile by The New York Times.

The Times, which interviewed Comer for six hours, said the Kentucky Republican did not rule out probing Kushner’s business dealings but agreed with a reporter who suggested it might be politically unsustainable for him to investigate Kushner.

 

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“I don’t disagree with the Democrats and their criticism of the previous administration. We have a problem here that needs a legislative solution. That’s why this Biden investigation is so important. There’s a legislative solution to this, and it can be bipartisan,” Comer said. “The Democrats complained about Kushner’s foreign dealings. Republicans are certainly complaining about the entire Biden family’s foreign business dealings.”

 

Edited March 21, 2023 by OverSword

[+Desertrat56]

What does politics have to do with upholding the law???!!!   It is the reason Trump isn't in jail, and many  many other politicians.   So, we don't have royalty but we are still serfs with different laws for us and those who have control of resources.   It makes me wonder what Jeffry Epstein did to p*** off those with more money than he had.

Edited March 21, 2023 by Desertrat56

[+and-then]

Annnnd that's the first signal that nothing is really going to be done about the corruption of the Bidens.  IMO the only thing that will ever "fix it" at this point is nuclear fire.  That monster would have to be nuked from space to really clean it out.

[+and-then]

2 minutes ago, Desertrat56 said:

It is the reason Trump isn't in jail,

After all of those years of investigation?  Do you honestly think that someone in DC was holding back, or taking it easy on Trump?  These people didn't spend all that time, ink, effort and money just to enjoy their hate party.  They were - and are - going after him in a genuine attempt to destroy him, utterly.  Did it ever, even once, occur to you that maybe he didn't do anything worthy of all that?  Even once? 

The situation with the Bidens has been proven over and over with actual evidence and we have a media that refuses to report it negatively and the number two Republican in charge of investigating it is now publicly hedging, like there is some valid comparison.  

[+Desertrat56]

7 minutes ago, and-then said:

After all of those years of investigation?  Do you honestly think that someone in DC was holding back, or taking it easy on Trump?  These people didn't spend all that time, ink, effort and money just to enjoy their hate party.  They were - and are - going after him in a genuine attempt to destroy him, utterly.  Did it ever, even once, occur to you that maybe he didn't do anything worthy of all that?  Even once? 

The situation with the Bidens has been proven over and over with actual evidence and we have a media that refuses to report it negatively and the number two Republican in charge of investigating it is now publicly hedging, like there is some valid comparison.  

Dog and pony show to keep people passified, believing something was being done.   You are deluded if you think Trump hasn't commited tax fraud and other frauds.  How many law suits were pending when he started running for president?   You think he won those law suits?    But it is civil law not criminal law that keeps his lawyers busy, because he is apparently, like a lot of politicians, untouchable.   I am not singling Trump out, I am sick of hearing all the bull***t that is in the news about him and what he said or may have done.  It is total mind numbing distraction, emotional manipulation to keep us at each other's throats instead of holding our elected officials to the standards we need them to meet.

P.S.  I didn't see you at the protest in NYC.   Why didn't you go?  You would have made the "crowd" number 5.  

Edited March 21, 2023 by Desertrat56

[+Desertrat56]

40 minutes ago, and-then said:

Annnnd that's the first signal that nothing is really going to be done about the corruption of the Bidens.  IMO the only thing that will ever "fix it" at this point is nuclear fire.  That monster would have to be nuked from space to really clean it out.

They are ALL crooks and corrupt.  If we quit voting for Republicand AND Democrats we might be able to clean house, but that is not going to happen any time soon, though there are people who can make it happen starting to work on it.

 

[+Desertrat56]

https://independentvoting.org

I got this in email from the independentvoting.org newsletter.  I couldn't bring it up on the website so here it is.

Independents Take Note

A Note from Editor of The Hub - By Gwen Mandell

Here are some interesting events I noticed as the political season heats up and we head towards 2024:   When The Forward Party was started –Andrew Yang, former Governor Christine Todd Whitman (Renew America) and former Congressman David Jolly (Serve America Movement) announced the formation of a “new kind of political party in American politics" last summer – the effort was immediately attacked. Democratic Party strategist James Carville told CNN’s Jim Acosta that it was a “stupid idea,” and dubbed the move “performance art.” As Acosta proudly pointed out, Carville “helped Bill Clinton beat a guy named Ross Perot.” Carville went on to list other independent presidential candidates who he regarded as spoilers for the Democratic Party presidential nominees.   When Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema declared that she would be leaving the Democratic Party to become an independent in December, the barbs and questions about her “ulterior motives” were severe and targeted, with this opinion piece in The New York Times being just one example. (Listen to Independent Voting President Jackie Salit’s appearance on KJZZ-Arizona below for a different perspective.)   Then, the organization No Labels began to file petitions to create independent lines on the 2024 presidential ballot in all 50 states as "an insurance policy in the event both major parties nominate presidential candidates that the vast majority of Americans don't want." The announcement was immediately met with backlash from some in the beltway. Democratic Party strategist and CNN political commentator Paul Begala wrote that "organizing a moderate third-party candidacy for president in 2024 would, despite their stated intentions, likely reward the most extreme, most divisive, most angry forces in our politics." Begala (and Ed Kilgore, in "The Intelligencer" column of New Yorkmagazine) cite a report written by the think tank Third Way that argues that a No Labels third-party candidacy would "kneecap Biden" and "re-elect Trump."   Whatever one thinks of each of these various strategies – the formation of the Forward Party, Sinema’s decision to go independent or No Labels' intention to get on the ballot in all 50 states – the message from the political establishment to voters is clear – "stay away from them!" Whenever something appears on the political terrain that is outside two-party control, powerful voices are raised against it. Currently, the majority of attacks have come from the Democratic Party, no surprise. It’s currently the party in power in the White House and doesn’t want anything in its way that can upset the apple cart.  Meanwhile the country is reeling from ineffectuality and partisan control of the two-party system.    So what are independents to do? How independents might shape and participate in various strategies for 2024 are open questions. And there might be many different answers. I think we need to keep building and making ourselves visible. Read below about some of the many activities that independents and reformers are involved in across the country to do just that.

[Tatetopa]

We talk about corruption and how bad it is in government.  Every year there are literally dozens of state, local, and federal officials charged with some form of corruption and violating the public trust. It does not end our society to prosecute corrupt officials, it strengthens it.

There are systems set up by the Constitution, for separation of powers and for protection of the rights of states.  It is all baked in to our founding documents just as sacred and God given as 1A and 2A.

There are rules of evidence and procedures that the prosecutors must follow, there is a robust system of higher appeals courts and a Supreme Court.   A good defense lawyer can  still prevent prosecutorial wrong doing.   

The rich take care of themselves, it is only poor people that get railroaded.  

Trump can pay the best lawyers.  If he is innocent, they will prove it in court. 

 

[Tatetopa]

58 minutes ago, and-then said:

Annnnd that's the first signal that nothing is really going to be done about the corruption of the Bidens.  IMO the only thing that will ever "fix it" at this point is nuclear fire.  That monster would have to be nuked from space to really clean it out.

First of all, Jared is Trump's son in law, not Biden's.  Jared is not being investigated because rather than allow the Constitution to function as designed, the Republicans want to weaponize the

federal government, override states rights to protect the Trump family.  If they were innocent, the Republicans would not need to go to that extreme.  Except perhaps for the fact that many of them are accessories. 

Jeff Sessions got fired because he thought he was supposed to follow the law.  Yes, Barr got the idea and very much protected Trump.  

 

57 minutes ago, and-then said:

The situation with the Bidens has been proven over and over with actual evidence and we have a media that refuses to report it negatively and the number two Republican in charge of investigating it is now publicly hedging, like there is some valid comparison.  

This is a MAGA problem, confusing evidence with media stories, they are not the same.  Biden has been roundly criticized in the media for the last 2 years, he has not gotten a pass. 

[Sir Wearer of Hats]

1 hour ago, Desertrat56 said:

What does politics have to do with upholding the law???!!!   It is the reason Trump isn't in jail, and many  many other politicians.   So, we don't have royalty but we are still serfs with different laws for us and those who have control of resources.   It makes me wonder what Jeffry Epstein did to p*** off those with more money than he had.

Epstein started to call in favours, I bet.