members of congress were still dodging the disgraced ex-president s phone calls on the floor of the house. kevin mccarthy was still cutting back room deals, negotiating with his hostage-takers, trading away everything but the gavel so he could ascend finally, at long last, to the speakership. now less than one week into republican rule of the house of representatives, here we are, one newly minted republican of the house, george santos, is facing multiple open investigations and mounting evidence that he is both a pathological liar and a potential campaign finance violator among other things. speaker mccarthy is dangling the possibility of expuning one of the disgraced ex-president s impeachments. republicans are unleashing a so-called weaponization with mccarthy. democrats of the house are now receiving death threats like this one against congressman eric swalwell. getting your kicked off the committee is the least of your problems. the american people aren t going to be
talking to people who were, you know, close to both the former president and his allies as well as those who may have had contact with participation in the scheme in various states. so, you know, i think that there was a little frustration on our part as the committee early on. was doj doing anything? of course as a congressional committee, our role is different than the department of justice. but now that we have completed our work, presented, you know, a comprehensive story of january 6th to the public and passed that information on to the department of justice, i feel they are continuing to act and move forward with that as a framework. i mean, they didn t need us to conduct an investigation. they didn t need us to issue, you know, criminal charges. but we made recommendations about, you know, the referrals of what we gleaned from our information. they have subpoena power and a way to compel witnesses beyond what a congressional committee can do, and therefore from all observation,