Top Democrat Poised to Chair Oversight Committee Drops Blunt 2-Word Warning to Trump and GOP
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Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) issued a blunt two-word warning to President Donald Trump and his Republican allies on Tuesday night after Democrats swept to major victories in the midterm elections – “LAWYER UP.”
The Democrat, who is poised to become chairman of the powerful House Oversight Committee, delivered the message as his party moved to reclaim control of Congress, setting the stage for a wave of investigations into the Trump administration.
Garcia, currently the committee’s top Democrat, released the statement after his party secured enough victories to regain the House majority. The committee has sweeping investigative powers, including the authority to summon witnesses, demand government records, and issue subpoenas.
In a November 3 interview with Punchbowl News , Garcia laid out an aggressive investigative agenda targeting Trump’s business dealings, alleged corruption within his administration, and the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
“We’re not starting from scratch here,” Garcia said. “There’s an enormous amount of work that has happened that is public, and there’s an enormous amount of work that’s happened that we’ve been quietly working on for many months.”
Garcia said the committee would investigate the “Trump crypto schemes,” “the ‘Red Wedding’ of Don Jr. ,” and how Trump family members, including Jared Kushner , are “sitting on boards and getting contracts.”
He also promised “quick action” on an investigation into “the pay-to-play schemes and allegations around [former DHS Secretary] Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski .”
The incoming chairman said lawmakers would “launch right into having real public hearings” on the Epstein scandal that would “center the survivors.”
Garcia also warned that “anyone who has been in bed with the Trumps” would have “no choice but to respond to our questions.
Democrats will take control of House committees when the new Congress convenes in January, ending two years of Republican control over congressional investigations.
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Donald Trump, Trump Jr, Eric Trump, Jared Kushner, Todd Blanche, Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, Steven Miller, Steve Witkoff, Kristi Noem, Susie Wiles, all these and more must now face serious investigation for corruption and wrong doing. It would be a disservice to the American people to do anything less, and it would be immoral to to do anything less.
I want to see investigations but I also want to see legislation passed to overturn the big ugly bill, restore Medicare/Medicaid and SNAP, overturn Citizens United, and end the stupid, ugly, fucking war. Oh...and end all aid to Israel. If they want bombs they can buy them with their own money
I want to see legislation passed to prevent any other POTUS POS from getting away with what Trump has gotten away with.
While its semi-covered in removing POTUS immunity, I would add remove POTUS ability to pardon on their own, make all pardons require a second branch of government approval like a supermajority vote in the Senate. No more handing out pardons like Halloween candy in the Hamptons to criminals who attacked police just because they did it at the behest of the President.
Find some way to prevent pardons for friends and family without Congressional approval. Also block Trump's "pay for pardon" policy.
I want Americans to be able to recognize an obvious lying piece of shit lowlife thief so we never end up in this position in the first place. It was those assholes that enabled every horrific thing Trump has done.
We will have to 'help' democrat leaders (through our calls, letters, emails, communications of all sorts) to stay on message and tasks! Trump and his cadre of MAGA supporters intend to use their distraction/distortion/explain to "me" a thousand times plus to SQUANDER AND PISS AWAY the next two years. One truly NEGATIVE effect to warn the democrats in power about is TALKING TOO MUCH on camera. . . as even a fool can discern that whatever they intentionally or unintentionally say will be fodder in 2028 ads and more importantly attempted to be used to tie democrats that speak up in courts (for two years) on a 'point of order' and such.
Democrats stay off the news channels (unless it is serious and to your proper advantage and watch what you say even when you do! Do not play any republican/conservative 'game' to get you to EXPLOIT (and 'cancel/dilute') your power in the eyes of the public. . . and Courts.
CAUTION: Trump and MAGA supporters have one more 'trick' up their sleeves: The 'one' about OVERSATURATION.
Oversaturation. . .it got Trump on the 'outs' with the public. . . and it can do the same to democrats (if they are not wise, discerning, and disciplined for the next two years). . . that is, just like the tea-party did over Obamacare. . . they will try to drive a topic (viral) and keep it on the television screens for two years running. . . in attempt/s to keep democrats defending themselves and one issue (it will be time-consuming, eating up productive time in the offing) and WORSE - the impression to the public which won't take time to understand the 'flashes' on their television sets. . . they will just vote out of haste and confusion.
Agree but is seems many(if not most) politicians seem to feel they know more about what their constituents want than the ones that voted them in.
And that is the 'fog' that needs to be brushed aside. . .as we are de facto. . . the stewards of the votes that matter (literally count/add up). . .and, more to the point. . . we just demonstrated across party lines. . . we know how to collect ourselves and vote en mass to solve problems that politicians won't (dare) touch.
How's that going to make groceries and gas prices lower? If Dems expend all their energy on their own revenge tour they'll get voted out of office too. ...and If you think the Republicans in the Senate are going to help the House Dems in impeachment proceedings you're delusional. It's best the Dems roll up their sleeves and work at governing and passing budgets.
The only drawback to relentlessly investigating the Trump administration would be that I suppose it would encourage Trump to veto legislation the new Congress sends him. In other words, in that scenario Trump is allowed to blackmail the legislature.
There is absolutely no reason that investigating Trump would prevent passing legislation to help the people. They can both get done , easily.
Impeachment would depend on the findings. I think it also depends on how Trump acts and behaves in the coming months.
He's going to try to do that regardless. Dems will have to work across the aisle to pass more than continuing resolutions and that means not making a circus out of their committee assignments.
They have a majority, not a super majority and if they go in there like they do, they will fail.
Impeachment is a political process.
What you are suggesting is letting all this wrongdoing get away scot free. If the Dems dont do it in 27 they will never do it. They wont hold hearings in 28 and after that all these people will be out of memory.
I'm saying the mandate from polling is the economy and ending the Iran war.
They can run their investigations, announce their findings and work to pass legislation to make it harder for the next person to get away with the same bullshit. They can do that without creating a circus out of it, by dragging every member of Trump's circle into public hearings and having weekly press conferences.
Congress can't prosecute criminally through the courts, but they can file a civil suit. If it's something so bad they think they can impeach that would be something different, but I don't think they do. Not in this political climate.
If anyone makes a circus out of it , it will be people like Jim Jordan and other MAGA apologists in Congress that will do it. The Trump family is making tens of millions of dollars off the Trump presidency . There is no good reason they should be allowed to get away with that.
We'll see.
Again, there are ways to govern, including passing laws to close the spigots, without looking like vindictive populist politicians.
I cannot agree. I want to see and believe wholeheartedly the atrocities this administration has forced upon the working and middle classes MUST be addressed.
Sure... let's do Benghazi Democrat style... That will lower grocery prices. /s
I'm not saying shit shouldn't be addressed, I'm saying let's not make retribution the centerpiece of the next two years. It didn't work for the Reps it's not going to work for the Dems. I guarantee the dems will lose independents in 28 if they do. Exit polls talked about the economy, the war and immigration.
with about 260 democratic congress persons in the house, I'm sure leadership can spare a few reps that have prosecutorial experience while the rest fix our government. after all, this current session has only worked about 70 days so far this year. not exactly a high bar to clear.
with some cooperative work on the 2027 legislative schedule, it shouldn't be that difficult for the new congress to get the country's wheels back on the road while still dealing with the criminal element in our government. I'm afraid that a slap on the wrist, a finger wagged in the face, and a stern warning not to do that anymore, isn't going to cut it. americans want to see some accountability. it can either be provided within the gov't controlled legal structure, or there's a pretty good chance it will happen spontaneously, for quite awhile. let the law run it's course.
It's about perception and results. Putting Trump nutters on the news everyday won't persuade people who can't afford their medications to vote for Dems in 2028.
Holding Trump accountable should be part while they do everything they can to address prices, healthcare, etc.
I agree, but I think with the transfusion of new women and minority representatives that multi-tasking will take place. for the next 2 years, democrats in the house and senate need to proceed without getting bogged down in republican obstruction efforts. in other words proceed as if they don't exist and schedule the work in the house accordingly. only 218 votes in the house are needed to pass legislation. a few rule changes in the senate can hamstring what's left of the maga 4th reich there.
in the short term, the 2 most important things will be for the democrats to get organized as a governing unit with a defined agenda to hit the ground running on day one, and secondly to keep the current serving democratic members in DC engaged to thwart any 11th hour bullshit from maga republicans in the legislature, although I'm sure there will be a lot of sore losers not showing up for work or maybe a few showing up to cast retribution votes against the party of whom they may blame for their unemployment.
I'm saying it shouldn't be turned into a circus. Issues address should be issues of substance and not just general grievances of Trump being a dick. The ballroom issue is Trump being a dick and not something Congress should spend time on vs how the IRS allowed DOGE dudes access to taxpayer data without proper vetting and oversight.
They don't need to be holding daily press conferences on how shitty Trump is. Everyone knows it already. Let Der Emperor hang himself with his own rope on Truth Social while the Dems do the dirty work in the background. Push for responsible budgets across party lines instead of more continuing resolutions.
If Dems spend more energy on recovering lost civil rights and less on punishing Trump they'll do well in the next election. They need to win the next election to hire the next two SC justices.
I agree. They need to do this very carefully.
My view, though, is that it is crucial to hold Trump and his accomplices accountable.
I've been following everything you said here. I think you're completely right. What I expect though, is exactly the prediction you fear. Trump tried to BS his way through his presidency by doing things that were popular to his base. I think the Dems are going to do exactly the same thing, now that they have power. It's what they've done in the past and, likely, what Republicans will also do going forward. That is, policy will be more about making caricatures out of political opponents and getting people to focus on that rather than policies that actually help the common person. It will continue to be all torches and pitchforks. Our country seems to have taken the movie "Idiocracy" as a roadmap. I don't see anything that convinces me that it's going to change.
First of all, if any living person deserves to be negatively caricatured it is Donald Trump. Secondly, it is entirely possible to hold Trump to account AND work on the best policies for average people.
most of maga doesn't believe their imperial POS/POTUS should be bound by the law or his oath of office ...
Agree. The question is will they do that or will it be 90% of their time going after Trump and complaining they can't get anything done in the other 10% of the time because of Trump and the Republicans.
The democrats better get things done. . .or forget 2028 being a banner 'crop' year for the Democratic Party. We have seen enough of the public's 'playbook' (swapping out the two parties) to know how these things work now. Indeed, it is evident by what Trump is doing: Appointing Steven Miller as his 'firebrand' Chief of Staff. . . and Todd Blanche as his DOJ "go-between" - enforcer. . . that he plans to use the 'STIFLE CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS. . . and so they eteter be preopared to not get stuck or allow Trump to OVERSATURATE the airways for two years running!
Yep
Yep, make promises, don't keep them and the power shifts.
Maybe, but will the dems play along?
I hope you are right but I am not holding my breath.
Thank you for sharing. . .we have reached a broad agreement on a matter. And it feels, well, swell.
It is important to hold people accountable. Failing to do so just encourages more bad behavior from others down the road. Trump has set absolutely horrible precedents. If he is not held accountable, he has effectively lowered the bar on corruption, lawlessness, decorum, integrity, etc.
While still a long shot, impeachment of Trump should be (quietly) investigated. It takes 2/3 of the quorum for the Senate to convict. The low end for a quorum is 51. So at the extreme, the Ds alone could convict Trump if the Rs were absent.
That will never happen, but following suit, with a quorum of 80, the Ds and Is alone can convict. 20 GOP senators who do not want to vote to convict can simply not attend and the conviction could happen. Given the proof (yesterday) of how damaging Trump is to them and their party, it might just be possible that we see some GOP senators who would vote to convict. Especially given how egregious Trump is in so many dimensions. The case against him is stronger than any presidential impeachment case in history.
I do not see getting 13 GOP senators to vote to convict. So with a full quorum, conviction seems very unlikely. But given the sentiments of GOP senators, it is not necessarily out of reach. It is something to quietly pursue. I do not support another impeachment show. But I would absolutely support impeachment if there is a realistic chance of conviction.
Rachel Maddow called for prosecutions.
Damn well better hold people accountable. But what I am expecting is endless investigation and a whole lot of whining.
Impeachment is the only punitive measure Congress has. Congress is required to send criminal referrals to the Dept. of Justice which would obviously be a dead end. The only thing Congress can do other than impeach is endlessly investigate and whine.
So, there is an expectation that Democrats will hold people accountable - but - a Democratic Congress doesn't have any way to do that. See where this is headed?
FYI - Congress can file civil suits.
Only for injury to Congress caused by an illegal action. And civil litigation does not impose criminal penalties.
the executive branch usurping congressional authority and defying the separation of powers is an injury to congress ...
americans have been paying for the nixon pardon for decades ...
That is what people mean when the say the lesser of two evils. They often don't wait until after an election to say it.
The man whose ass Trump lusted after crying as he gave his concession speech in the Ohio senate election.
His wife is thinking in that moment, "This is for the best honey, you can stop whoring yourself out to that moron now and I can stop hearing about your ass on the news every day, literally. This is what's best for our family and what I prayed for last night, thank you lord Jesus!".
good one
Remember the 2016 election and the cons made fun of the criers? hahaha
I cry whenever you attempt arithmetic ...
that's a real knee slapper right there...
Steve Bannon Cooks Up New Phony Doomsday Scenario After Midterm Massacre
They can't help but lie with impunity
especially when it's seasoned with racism or xenophobia ...
I cannot wait.
“LAWYER UP.
Let's hope! Best thing Democrats can do is spend two years holding investigations and engaging in lawfare that ultimately accomplishes nothing (apologies to the people who will spend their life savings defending themselves in these farces).
It's their rage and shortsightedness that will keep them from accomplishing much that can do long term damage to the country. If Democrats wanted to actually accomplish policy goals, they could probably have Trump eating out of their hand if they just played nice. That's been obvious since he was sworn in in 2017. B
but all lawfare will accomplish is keep anything from being done, which is fine by me.
You're forgetting one very important fact though. The people that are going to be investigated did actually commit crimes which will be exposed.
It's hilarious to me that Republicans claimed all this supposed "lawfare" when Trump was indicted, tried and convicted of multiple felonies. His supporters screamed and yelled about it, but the fact was, he was fucking guilty and the DA proved it to a court that convicted him of felonies. Those are FACTS.
Then Trump and his miserable nut suckers screamed about how Democrats and Biden committed all these crimes and they were going to throw everyone in jail. Trump comes in, pardons a bunch of actual criminals who attacked police and vandalized the capital and then went after a bunch of Democrats and political opponents and a former FBI director with indictments and even claimed Obama was guilty of something and Biden and everyone was going to go down and the dip shit moron Trump supporters were grinning from ear to ear.
So where are the convictions? Where are all the Democrats behind bars? Why isn't Biden or Obama convicted of felonies by now? The facts show that they aren't convicted of any felonies because Republicans don't have any actual evidence of a crime no matter how much tired brain-dead bigots wish there was.
Trumps DOJ has lost so many cases, had multiple grand juries refuse to bring charges which is almost unheard of and extremely embarrassing for anyone who understands the legal system at all. Trump and his cadre of poorly educated inept deluded sycophants is shrinking by the day, I almost feel bad for the stupid shmucks and just sad losers still shilling for him.
That's fkng hilarious. Wash and repeat nonsesne.
What's hilarious are those sitting around thinking Obama is a criminal when he hasn't even been charged with any crimes (regardless of whether conservatives think his skin color makes him guilty) while they suck off their convicted felon dear Leader. Too funny.
Obama will go down in history as one of the best Presidents America has ever had, while Trump will be the shit-stained side note of what not to do for kids learning about civics. Trump will forever be remembered as the worst, the lowest IQ, the most criminal, the most corrupt President with near inhuman levels of stupidity and narcissism. And his followers will get mentioned as the even dumber bigots who enabled such a disaster.
maga will forever be synonymous with moron ...
M orons A re G overning A merica
Where did I mention him? And you expect to be taken seriously.
One would think that after a decade of investigations that turned up absolutely nothing they would realize they're failures.
It's not like they have the votes to get anything accomplished anyway.
Just more hilarious lies.
On top of that Trump was convicted of 34 felonies THAT STILL STAND BECAUSE THEY WERE LEGIT. How his dumb shit followers can't understand simple facts would no doubt be extremely embarrassing for them if they had even a shred of shame left. But I get it, nobody with their head firmly shoved up Trumps ass will ever admit to the facts, apparently Trump's balloon knot tightens around their necks anytime they try to extricate their craniums.
funny how maga republicans think that if you hide or destroy the evidence of crimes, then no crimes took place ...
And somehow it all seem to be factual.
Is that from the Obama / Clinton instigated Russian Hoax? Do better.