Now that the Democratic Party has flipped both chambers of Congress in its favor, its voters are waiting to see what it will do next. They ran on affordability and healthcare, but will they be successful in driving costs down and making sure people aren’t in danger of becoming destitute every time they suffer a serious ailment?
But voters are also waiting to see accountability for what has been the most observably corrupt administration in most of our lifetimes. Will congressional Democrats push for investigations into the out-of-control lawfare President Donald Trump has waged against his many political rivals, albeit unsuccessfully? Will the president and his accomplices in the Justice Department see the inside of a courtroom for how they abused their power against elected officials, former officials, and civilians alike? Will Trump be made to answer for the way he has demonstrably used his position to enrich himself or settle lawsuits filed against the branch of government he runs, granting himself and his family immunity from prosecution? How about the administration’s violent and chaotic immigration enforcement and its many attempts at election interference? (Again, unsuccessful attempts, but still.)
I mean, the U.S. military killed nearly 200 schoolchildren when it blew up an elementary school in Iran. I don’t think it’s so wild and unreasonable to say somebody should probably go to prison for that.
Well, at least one top Democrat seems confident those civil and criminal investigations will, indeed, happen. In fact, Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia, who is set to become the next chair of the House oversight committee, has two words for Republicans and the Trump administration on Tuesday: “lawyer up.”
I’m just going to go ahead and leave this here for dramatic effect.
“Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement after Democrats secured a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives,” House Democrats wrote in a statement. “Following this win, Garcia will become Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, where he has vowed to take on the Trump Crime Family, corporate corruption, DHS and ICE abuses, and the cover-up of the Epstein files.”
Source: Top Democrat Has One Message For The Trump Administration Following Blue Wave: ‘Lawyer Up’
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