investigate kamala communism a post not secrets in america, up into reality, it conducted investigations based mainly on conspiracy and paranoia, including communism in hollywood and recommended the internment of japanese americans in world war ii. flash forward to december 12th, 2016, in the final day of the house select committee on benghazi, led by the south carolina representative, trey galaxy. the end of a seemingly endless investigation undertaken by republicans, which began at least on the surface, as an investigation into the 2012 terror attacks in libya that killed the u.s. ambassador, chris stevens. which immediately turned into a political sideshow meant to inflict political damage on the venn secretary of state, hillary clinton. as a reminder, you don t need to take my word on that. everybody thought hillary clinton was unbeatable, right? but we put together a benghazi special committee, a select committee, what her numbers today? her numbers are dropping. we re going t
that man and current speaker, kevin mccarthy, in a moment. it s important to note that in addition to extremist political investigations, congressional committees do also do important and historic work, then it s a, feel the watergate committee. the multiple committees investigating iran contra. the committee which investigated the teapot dome scandal, which found corruption within president warden g harding s cabinet. the teapot dome best occasion also read to the revenue act of 1924, which granted congress the right to subpoena and obtain any americans tax records, which has played a central role in the not successful congressional efforts to obtain the tax records of america s twice impeached former president. speaking of which, there is also, of course, the house select committee on the january 6th attack, which disbanded only weeks ago. that era is now over. then the republican-led house is vowing investigations into the investigation of the insurrection. our list cheney and adam
sheila jackson lee of texas. she is a senior member of the judiciary committee. she is a member of the homeland security and budget committees. congresswoman, good to see you again. thank you for joining us this morning. a pleasure to be with. you could. morning on that crazy night of the 15th ballot, that finally elected kevin mccarthy, you and i spoke because there was an image in one of those many ballots of you going up to matt gates and having a conversation with him. and i think a lot of people didn t know the context of that, but you have served with math gaetz on committees, and you mentioned to me that night that you don t agree with math gaetz on a lot of stuff, but when you re on a committee together, gonna work together. tell me a little about the context of that. first of all, it s good to be with you. i want to start off by saying america is better than this. all the shenanigans that are going on, the american people do not deserve. that evening, we were already int
By Claire Leavitt Assistant Professor of Government, Smith College Melbourne, Dec 26 The Conversation After 18 months, more than 1,200 interviews and 10 public hearings that presented 70 witnesses testimony, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack released its 845-page final report late on Dec. 22, 2022.The report recommended that the Department of Justice prosecute former President Donald Trump on four criminal charges, including conspiracy and incitement of insurrection.It also contained several legislative recommendations, including reform of the process to count electoral votes in presidential elections.
After 18 months, more than 1,200 interviews and 10 public hearings that presented 70 witnesses’ testimony, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack released its 845-page final report late on Dec 22. The report recommended that the Department of Justice prosecute former President Donald Trump on four…