Senate Republicans see a special grand jury investigation into President Trump
Republicans think the investigation will only further deepen partisan divisions over the former president and believe that even if he s indicted, it won’t diminish him as a political force in 2022 and beyond.
GOP lawmakers say a lot depends on what Vance is able to prove in court if he brings a criminal case against Trump, his business associates or the Trump Organization itself.
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But they say it’s too early to assess whether a criminal indictment against Trump or even a conviction will inflict any serious damage on Trump’s popularity among Republican-leaning white working-class voters who are the core of his base.
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In his letters, Toomey pointed to a series of studies, papers and blog posts from each of the banks examining race in the economy, many of which he said suffered from severe bias for assumptions that racism was ubiquitous and required government intervention to fix. Some may welcome these events as useful or needed discussions, but it is perplexing as to why they would be undertaken by a regional Federal Reserve Bank, Toomey said, adding that while racism was abhorrent, the subject of race and the economy was fraught with ideological assumptions and interpretations.
Toomey requested both written materials and briefings on the matter in the second week of June.
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