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andym

(5,443 posts)
Sat May 25, 2019, 05:55 PM May 2019

A Presidential Obstruction Select Committee?

Perhaps the House should create a "Presidential Obstruction Select Committee" similar to the Watergate Select Committee 45 years ago, before proceeding with impeachment hearings. The focus will be on acts of the Chief Executive to obstruct investigations by the Special Prosecutor and Congress. The key difference in the structure was that the Watergate Select Committee was in the Senate and this would be in the House, but the House can create such committees as they did with Benghazi. Thoughts?

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A Presidential Obstruction Select Committee? (Original Post) andym May 2019 OP
Would be great wryter2000 May 2019 #1

wryter2000

(46,023 posts)
1. Would be great
Sat May 25, 2019, 06:10 PM
May 2019

I don’t know if that sort of committee is the purview of the Senate only, but the more investigations the better

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