DOJ Tells GOP There Are “Limits” on Their Cooperation With Investigations

When the House GOP majority was being seated in 2018, Speaker McCarthy stated that there would be investigations. Many investigationsThe Democratic majority was curiously interested in subjects that were not of their interest. One of those areas was the political weaponization of the FBI and other elements of the Department of Justice and the intelligence community against Joe Biden’s political opponents. However, before they could begin this process, the DoJ prevented them. sent a letter this week Jim Jordan, the new head for the House Judiciary Committee who would be conducting this investigation. Jordan was informed in a letter by Carlos Uriarte (Assistant Attorney General), that there would be an investigation. “limits” What cooperation the committee could hope to receive. This seems like a very shady move from a group public servants that are supposed to be doing nothing wrong. (CBS News)

The Justice Department told House Republicans there would be strict parameters limiting its ability to fully cooperate with congressional probes into the department’s work.

In a letter Friday Rep. Jim Jordan is the new chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. The department stated that ongoing investigations must be protected.

“Consistent with longstanding policy and practice, any oversight requests must be weighed against the Department’s interests in protecting the integrity of its work,” Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte wrote. “Longstanding Department policy prevents us from confirming or denying the existence of pending investigations in response to congressional requests or providing non-public information about our investigations.”

The letter may have come from Carlos Uriarte, but you know he didn’t make that decision without getting a green light from Merrick Garland and, by default, the White House. They don’t want any scrutiny of how the FBI treated Biden-tagged people. “mega MAGA” When compared to major Democratic Party donors and supporters, conservatives are often viewed as more liberal than Democrats. When the GOP begins serious investigations into Hunter and Jim Biden’s business dealings, there will almost certainly be more talk of “limits” Like this.

The DoJ claim seems thin as tissue paper. Uriarte is saying that the DoJ can’t release information that might cause “interference in ongoing investigations.” They claim that their policy allows only such congressional oversight “extraordinary circumstances.” But with all of the bizarre and shady things going on in the executive branch these days, nearly everything they’re doing should qualify as an extraordinary circumstance.

It’s true that federal law enforcement typically won’t comment Send it to reporters About ongoing investigations. (Though they break that rule also when it’s convenient to them.) In some cases, public knowledge can cause problems during an investigation. But if Congress wants to know what they’re up to, the testimony could be moved to a closed session with no press access. And while we’re on the subject, I don’t recall the January 6 committee having any trouble getting people to come in and feed them information, do you? We didn’t hear any talk of “limits” These figures are from the last two years.

While I was working, CNN was on my TV in the background. Garland and his associates had already been covered by the usual suspects. The GOP-led investigation is underway “clearly political in nature” And “messaging sideshows.” (They’re directly parroting statements already put out by the White House with that last one.) McCarthy must push back against this DoJ nonsense. Voters narrowly gave the House Republicans the power to advance their agenda. Merrick Garland and Joe Biden don’t get to stand in the way of that just because they’re afraid the public will find out what they’ve really been up to.

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