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The position of White House Counsel should be one of some dignity, yet in service of this president, they so soon begin to sound like mob lawyers. – at McNair, VA
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It is a very clear sign of weakness when you have a deeply unpopular President threatening Congress with criminal prosecution for investigating his actions, and this letter will be exhibit 1 in any defense to attempts to bring politically-motivated prosecutions.
🚨BREAKING NEWS in @PunchbowlNews AM
The White House counsel warned Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the incoming House Oversight Committee chair, in a new letter that some of the new majority’s investigations could cross the line into criminal behavior.
It’s an audacious claim that signals the White House is taking an aggressive — and hugely controversial — stance toward Democratic oversight in the 120th Congress.
The letter, penned by White House counsel Will Scharf, says that Congress can only investigate matters for a legislative purpose — a position that Republicans have relied on and stretched in recent years.
Further, the Scharf letter, sent to Garcia on Monday, says that Democratic investigations are designed to “harass and aggrandize rather than to advance any legitimate legislative end.”
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❗White House's William Scharf letter to new Congressional majority threatens lawmakers with criminal prosecution.⬇
Legally repulsive, ignores Constitution (Speech or Debate Clause), may trigger law on "corruptly" by "threatening letter or communication" obstructing Congress.
ALT "Beyond being inconsistent with the clear, well-recognized constitutional limitations on your investigative functions, threats to executive branch officials designed to deter them from public service, or process designed merely to abuse or instill fear in the recipient may cross the line into blatant criminality. And issuing unlawful subpoenas with the intention of depriving citizens of their constitutional rights and privileges may warrant further investigation."
“The unproven claim that the boats are tied to terrorist organizations should be scrutinized — no evidence has been presented connecting the boats to drug cartels the Trump administration has designated as terrorist organizations, and narcotics trafficking does not qualify as terrorist activity under federal law.”
Was hoping this would post before the vote but, oh well ... Grounds for Investigation in the Hegseth Impeachment Case nationalreview.com/corner/gr…
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Hegseth has killed at least 199 people on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific. Not one was charged, tried, or even named. After one strike, the military went back and killed the survivors.
Under your logic, anyone suspected of touching drugs can be executed without a trial. Your own mother would have qualified. xitter.twitterapi.xyz/JDVance/status/2120193…
Has Pete Hegseth committed impeachable crimes? The question is absurd and the answer is: obviously not.
Like so much of Congress, impeachment has become a ridiculous show that stands in for actual policymaking. Congress has so many tools for registering its policy disagreements. Rather than use them, they're going to try to impeach Pete Hegseth. They did the same to Donald Trump. Legislation is hard. Impeachments are easy (and ultimately, inconsequential).
The irony is that legislators are most angry at Pete on the issues where he's most correct: repositioning forces away from Europe/Ukraine and reorganizing the general officer corps.
This isn't about Iran, this is about the fact that Pete took on the bureaucracy at the Pentagon.
Fasicst, not just fascistic. But yes!
“In the first meeting for DOJ’s field office leaders since since voters repudiated the Trump agenda at the polls, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Aakash Singh advised US attorneys and their first assistants to consider resigning if they’re not prepared for full-on battle and to obey the administration’s orders, said three people briefed on the call.”
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So maybe Trump's wrong about why the polls are off? He was even more hated on election day than the days prior...
Trump's approval is at 32% in a new Reuters-Ipsos poll of U.S. adults.
Only 21% approve of how he's handling the cost of living. 25% approve on the economy. Immigration, his best issue, is at 38%.
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There is no presidential term in history that comes remotely close in terms of the rampant corruption and profiteering. I think the SCT immunity decision, the lack of DOJ independence and the expectation of pardons for those loyal to Trump explains much of it too.
When you compare the mostly petty corruption of the first Trump term with the outrageousness of the second, the fact that Trump is 80 years old and term-limited feels like a central fact. | @baseballcrank
nationalreview.com/2026/11/t…
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Here's the difference between the two of us - you, apparently, believe what Hegseth and the Administration are telling you about these killings. Color me skeptical. But even if they are drug smuggling, arrest them and try them.
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