We welcome back our resident Constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, who gives us his take on the January 6th hearings, how they compare to the Watergate, and Iran Contra, why the Democrats seem to be holding back, and what the Department of Justice needs to do to live up to its name with regard to the crimes of Donald Trump.
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The question I would of asked (is to me most obvious)- Why is the congress select committee contain 13 members who believe that Trump is 100% guilty. This is a biased committe that breaks every norm from Watergate to Benghazi.?
I’ll give you my answer, Donald, which is not an expert one. But as I recall, the Republicans rejected an independent commission, leaving the House with no choice but to do their own investigation. And then McCarthy tried to stack the House panel with people who were actually implicated in the insurrection, support the Big Lie, and voted to decertify the election i.e. Jordan and Banks, then withdrew all Republican names from the committee once Pelosi rejected those two, leaving only Cheney and Kinzinger, who were willing to defy McCarthy and serve on the committee. As a result, this plays out more like a Grand Jury proceeding where the prosecutors are presenting a case to illustrate to the American public (the grand jury) that a crime has been committed. It’s up to the DOJ to take action after that. Every single second of testimony has come from close Trump supporters and long-time Republicans. All the Trump associates who one might think would present exculpatory testimony or spin a different story i.e. Eastman and Flynn have pleaded the Fifth or like Bannon and Meadows have defied the subpoenas. Bruce and Ralph (both around and participants in the Watergate saga: Bruce as a young deputy in the DOJ and Ralph as one who sued over the Saturday Night Massacre) argue that the committee hasn’t been tough enough in subpoenaing Pence and Trump and for allowing Cipollone to claim an attorney/client privilege he doesn’t actually have as a White House lawyer.
Thanks Steve. Your facts makes sense and it would of been nice if Pelosi followed through with a Supeona for Trump. Peter Navarro who was arrested for claiming executive previllege said the committe needs to speak to Trump befoe he will testify. The dept of justice needs to call Trump or the entire Jan 6th hearing will be a waste of time and a win for Trumps 2024 presidential campaign.
HIPPOCRITES!!
So the Dems don’t want to “set a precedent” of investigating, and prosecuting to the fullest, as needed, crimes against the constitution? I’m hardly surprised! They need to invoke section 3 of Amendment 14 against THEMSELVES.
Why don’t we have a class action lawsuit joined by ALL concerned and damaged Americans who recognize that the powerful elite in Congress are colluding to keep us out of our democracy and away from economic parity? I for one will join any lawsuit which calls into question the integrity of a two party only system that sets it’s own rules for elections. They will never reform from within when the current corruption benefits them all.