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What was the "legitimate legislative purpose" of the Benghazi investigation? (Original Post) StarfishSaver May 2019 OP
You mean 9 Benghazi investigations. applegrove May 2019 #1
There were none. And you know what ... there doesn't HAVE TO BE ... mr_lebowski May 2019 #2
Exactly StarfishSaver May 2019 #4
I knew you knew :) mr_lebowski May 2019 #5
Ditto on 2 and 4 yonder May 2019 #6
Right? It's nothing but made-up bullshit mumbo-jumbo ... mr_lebowski May 2019 #7
None. n/t GP6971 May 2019 #3
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
2. There were none. And you know what ... there doesn't HAVE TO BE ...
Wed May 15, 2019, 11:12 PM
May 2019

The very concept is MADE UP BULLSHIT from the BULLSHITTER IN CHIEF.

Oversight means Oversight. IOW, it's whatever Congress decides constitutes Oversight ... that's the only f***ing REQUIREMENT.

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
4. Exactly
Wed May 15, 2019, 11:29 PM
May 2019

Legislative purpose is left solely up to Congress, therefore if Congress says there's a legislative purpose, by definition, there is.

yonder

(9,662 posts)
6. Ditto on 2 and 4
Wed May 15, 2019, 11:42 PM
May 2019

Like asking a judge "Your honor, what exactly is your judicial intent?"

A quick way to jail with a contempt charge.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
7. Right? It's nothing but made-up bullshit mumbo-jumbo ...
Wed May 15, 2019, 11:47 PM
May 2019

"Legitimate Legislative Purpose"?

This term appears nowhere in any law/reg/SCOTUS decision/the Constitution/etc in any pertinent way to the situation at hand here.

Congress has responsibility to both Legislate, AND to Conduct Oversight. TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

Imagine that?!?

Time to get this into a court room and lay these assholes to waste.

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