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BumRushDaShow

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21. And so what would you suppose Congress should do?
Fri May 14, 2021, 11:09 AM
May 2021

We watched 2 years of refusals to honor subpoenas (once Democrats took the House back), which resulted in a myriad of court cases, many of which are still outstanding, active and not yet resolved (not withstanding the McGahn one that finally got some kind of "agreement" this past week, for what will probably result in testimony of "nothing" ).

Right now, the real investigations are going on in the Executive Branch (not the Legislative Branch) with DOJ and the grand juries working on indictments of the people who actually participated in the insurrections. There is evidence galore that is housed within DOJ regarding what happened and it will take some time for the info from their processes, to be completed. What they are finding and/or have already found, would actually provide some substantial information that would be applicable for what Congress is embarking on.

So nothing will happen if it is 5Ds and 5Rs? MerryHolidays May 2021 #1
I'm in agreement with you. sdfernando May 2021 #3
All "Commissions" do is gather information and summarize it in a "report" BumRushDaShow May 2021 #6
Yes that is tue sdfernando May 2021 #18
And so what would you suppose Congress should do? BumRushDaShow May 2021 #21
I'm in agreement with you. sdfernando May 2021 #4
Generally the only thing that a "Commission" does is gather info BumRushDaShow May 2021 #5
I guess that's finally the point MerryHolidays May 2021 #13
"It would have been better to have a select Committee of either house," BumRushDaShow May 2021 #19
And just to add MerryHolidays May 2021 #14
Most Commissions are "toothless" because they are not designed to be prosecutorial BumRushDaShow May 2021 #20
But again, as with the Ervin Commission, there would be an investigation with witnesses MerryHolidays May 2021 #31
Remember that after the Whitewater fiasco BumRushDaShow May 2021 #43
A few things MerryHolidays May 2021 #49
LOL Well to unpack that BumRushDaShow May 2021 #50
January 6th had nothing to do with any of the summer protests, and if the Democrats agreed to allow JohnSJ May 2021 #2
It doesn't appear in the scope. mahina May 2021 #8
agreed, and it isn't clear from the OP if that will be included, because if it is, then in my JohnSJ May 2021 #11
Actual prosecutions of the insurrectionists will go much farther in bullwinkle428 May 2021 #23
The Heritage Foundation gab13by13 May 2021 #7
Investigating people who crapped, peed and smeared Marthe48 May 2021 #9
Thank goodness. Hooray. mahina May 2021 #10
December? Why not say August? Geez, we really are taking our time now aren't we? machoneman May 2021 #12
Nothing will come of this except 2 competing reports. lark May 2021 #15
Compared with other commissions, gab13by13 May 2021 #25
Utterly disappointing Fullduplexxx May 2021 #16
Agree!!! Wuddles440 May 2021 #30
People responsible for the insurrection make up half of the commission! Mr. Sparkle May 2021 #17
Prosecutions and convictions will tell the tale bucolic_frolic May 2021 #22
Exactly BumRushDaShow May 2021 #24
So if subpoenas require GQP approval, gab13by13 May 2021 #26
Is December 31, 2021 Enough Time DallasNE May 2021 #27
And, Oh, how easy it makes avoiding actually KPN May 2021 #38
So, no subpoenas Miguelito Loveless May 2021 #28
This is all about 2022 at this point... Moostache May 2021 #29
That's about it at most. No accountability. KPN May 2021 #35
I think the key is 2022 survival... Moostache May 2021 #40
It doesn't really matter either way though. Elessar Zappa May 2021 #41
Even the ground rules for this commission - OK, I'll dignify it with "mission statement" are a shock BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #32
FFS Snackshack May 2021 #33
"New leadership needs to be seriously considered.Both Schumer and Pelosi have been very ineffective" BumRushDaShow May 2021 #39
Um, Elessar Zappa May 2021 #42
How to neuter a body before it is put to work. KPN May 2021 #34
So let's see here, Traildogbob May 2021 #36
Funny, but no current members of Congress can serve SouthBayDem May 2021 #46
Yes, Traildogbob May 2021 #47
GQP already knows their results of Tourist Day. keithbvadu2 May 2021 #37
Wait, the accomplices to murder get 1/2 the seats on the murder investigation? Comfortably_Numb May 2021 #44
9-11 Style Kid Berwyn May 2021 #45
Al Capone and Elliot Ness agree to form bipartisan anti-crime committee Bucky May 2021 #48
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