Investigating the investigators: GOP's new 'weaponization' panel takes aim at the Justice Department
As House Speaker Kevin McCarthy struggled to attract the votes needed to secure the gavel, he offered to greenlight the formation of a select committee to investigate the “weaponization of the federal government” to appease his critics.The idea quickly became popular within a slim GOP majority that, thanks to the Democrats’ retention of the Senate, will be able to accomplish its oversight function but little in the way of legislation.
“So, why don’t we just be blunt here?” Rep. Jim McGovern said on the House floor. “Republicans claim to care about law enforcement. But this new committee is about attacking law enforcement.” The 1975 Church Committee, named for its Democratic leader, Sen. Frank Church, uncovered abuses within the CIA and other intelligence agencies and led to the creation of the modern Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
“It will investigate how the executive branch agencies work with and exchange information with the private sector and other government agencies to facilitate action against American citizens, how the executive branch agencies collect, compile, analyze, use or disseminate information about citizens of the United States,” Cole said.
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