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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(130,357 posts)
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 03:25 PM Apr 2023

Republicans Vowed to Grill Bragg About Trump, but It's Not So Simple

WASHINGTON — As Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, prepared to bring criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, House Republicans rallied to Trump’s side, vowing to use their power in Congress to haul in Bragg and force him to turn over documents and answer questions.

The reality, they have privately acknowledged, is much more complicated.

For weeks, top House Republicans and their lawyers have been grappling with how to move forward in their investigation of Bragg amid legal and institutional concerns about overreach and how to enforce a subpoena in court. The situation is a reminder for the new majority, which has promised aggressive inquiries into the Biden administration, that its gavels do not guarantee easy investigative breakthroughs.

Led by Rep. Gym Jordan of Ohio, the Judiciary Committee chair, GOP lawmakers have yet to issue a subpoena for Bragg’s testimony, opting instead for exchanging a series of strongly worded letters.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-vowed-grill-bragg-trump-113217721.html

Gym Jordan is pretty simple.

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Republicans Vowed to Grill Bragg About Trump, but It's Not So Simple (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2023 OP
Does Gymbo think he's smart or just a tough guy? NoMoreRepugs Apr 2023 #1
If he does, I bet they are crotchless. ret5hd Apr 2023 #3
How do they figure they have any right to inquire into a *state* investigation? Ocelot II Apr 2023 #2
Pomerantz hates Trump's guts agingdem Apr 2023 #4
Yup. Pomerantz quit because he thought Bragg *wouldn't* proceed with the case. Ocelot II Apr 2023 #5

NoMoreRepugs

(11,702 posts)
1. Does Gymbo think he's smart or just a tough guy?
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 03:27 PM
Apr 2023

I’m guessing he wears his old wrestling tights as undies.

Ocelot II

(128,029 posts)
2. How do they figure they have any right to inquire into a *state* investigation?
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 03:29 PM
Apr 2023

Bragg and Pomerantz should tell them to fuck right off and stuff their subpoenas where the sun doesn't shine.

agingdem

(8,673 posts)
4. Pomerantz hates Trump's guts
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 03:43 PM
Apr 2023

if Jordan thinks Pomerantz is going to trash Alvin Bragg and Trump's 34 count indictment he's wrong..this isn't "the enemy of my enemy is my friend"...

Ocelot II

(128,029 posts)
5. Yup. Pomerantz quit because he thought Bragg *wouldn't* proceed with the case.
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 03:51 PM
Apr 2023

But now that Bragg has done it, accomplishing what Pomerantz wanted him to do, he's certainly not going to throw sand in those gears. Because Gym Jordan is both vindictive and profoundly stupid, he apparently assumes Pomerantz will want to get even with Bragg in some way. But he won't. In fact, I would expect Pomerantz to hang Gym's subpoena in his bathroom in an appropriately convenient location and offer him a big pail of sand to pound.

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