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StarfishSaver

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9. No.

Reply to kentuck (Reply #8)

Tue May 25, 2021, 02:13 PM

May 2021

Speaker Pelosi can appoint a select committee to do most of the things a commission would do, many of which DOJ can't.

Under Merrick Garland, DOJ is doing everything a Special Counsel would do.

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If the Senate does not approve a 1/6 Commission, the AG should appoint a Special Counsel? [View all] kentuck May 2021 OP

Nope....need hearings on TV to publicly and finally settle the issue. tableturner May 2021 #1

A Special Counsel cannot do what a commission would have done without authorization from Congress StarfishSaver May 2021 #2

A Special Counsel needs authorization from Congress? kentuck May 2021 #6

Mueller was appointed by the AG to carry out an investigation that was within the AG's jurisdiction StarfishSaver May 2021 #7

If the Senate does not approve a Commission...? kentuck May 2021 #8

No. StarfishSaver May 2021 #9

Will Jim Jordan be on the Select Committee? kentuck May 2021 #11

Depends. StarfishSaver May 2021 #12

So, the Select Committee would be easily sabotaged. kentuck May 2021 #13

No. StarfishSaver May 2021 #14

"No process will be perfect..." kentuck May 2021 #15

At this point, Speaker Pelosi should establish a House Select Committee gohuskies May 2021 #3

Nope, Pelosi can then move forward with a House Select Committee, just like Benghazi. Fiendish Thingy May 2021 #4

We are the party in power. We need to act like it. If not now, when? Chainfire May 2021 #5

We ARE acting like it StarfishSaver May 2021 #10