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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWell, look at this. Now Republicans are interested in Burisma again.
GOP chairman plans first subpoena in Burisma, Biden probe
Johnson sent a letter to members of his committee on Sunday saying that it is his "intention to schedule a business meeting to consider a committee subpoena" to a former consultant for Blue Star Strategies, which Johnson noted worked as a U.S. representative for Ukraine gas company Burisma Holdings.
"As part of the committee's ongoing investigation, it has received U.S. government records indicating that Blue Star sought to leverage Hunter Biden's role as a board member of Burisma to gain access to, and potentially influence matters at, the State Department," Johnson wrote in the letter to committee members.
Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), the top Democrat on the committee, has notified Johnson that he objects to issuing the subpoena over concerns that it could bolster Russian disinformation efforts. Without Peters's support, Johnson will need a simple majority of the GOP-controlled panel to vote to issue the subpoena.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/485469-gop-chairman-plans-first-subpoena-in-burisma-biden-probe
(Mods - if this should go in Primaries forum, I will repost)
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)This is all they can do to win elections. Smear, swiftboat, ratf*ck, gerrymander, and voting suppression. That's ALL they do.
JHB
(37,128 posts)..."Trashed the White House" redux, Filegate redux, Hairgate redux every other puffed-up horsesh*t "scandal" over the last quarter century redux, ad nauseum.
It's all about generating headlines, a great fogbank of steam rising off a mountain of bullsh*t that they can point to and say "where there's smoke...".
Me.
(35,454 posts)Subpoena Jared
jayfish
(10,035 posts)Joe Biden was VPOTUS during this and turnabout is fair play.
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)However, the Repubs will hypocritically call this obstruction of congress and smear Joe until the cows come home.
jayfish
(10,035 posts)Roll the tapes! Also, we need to hoist the Lynch/Clinton tarmac meeting on the same petard. According to the current administration the POTUS can tell the AG to do whatever. So...
C_U_L8R
(44,889 posts)The hypocrisy and stupidity of Republicans is boundless. Congress has no authority thanks to them.
underpants
(182,271 posts)I was thinking this weekend- well were going to hear about Hunter Biden again
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)Last edited Mon Mar 2, 2020, 04:04 PM - Edit history (1)
Subpoena, subpoena, whats a subpoena?
Do those things work anymore?
Just spin it around like a Ballerina
And toss it right into the drawer!
Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,274 posts)say that it's up to Congress to get someone to honor them?