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Just to recap: The Speaker showed a video of the #Tennessee3 on the floor.Rep. Clemmons raised several pts: 1) who took the video? It was not authenticated.If taken by a House member on the floor, whoever took it has themself violated a rule of the House. 
2) He asked how much of the video was taken after the Speaker had ruled the House in recess. If they were in recess, then no rule violation.
3) Another member of the Black caucus asked about past procedure for expulsion. Issue sent to an ad hoc committee to investigate. Full body received report of the Committee and then voted. None of that has happened here.
So I've seen some people question whether or not the House can legally expel @VoteGloriaJ, @brotherjones_ and @Justinjpearson, and by what authority can they do it, so I did a little research (because I'm chronically working, apparently).
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As stated in all three resolutions seeking to expel the so-called #TennesseeThree (or is it #Tennessee3?) cite Article II, Section 12 of the Tennessee Constitution:
According to the Permanent Rules of Order for the 113th General Assembly (capitol.tn.gov/Archives/House…) the Speaker is charged with maintaining "order and decorum" in the House (Sec. 2)
“My top-level, expert legal analysis of the [Trump Mar-a-Lago FBI search] affidavit is: Why ain’t this dude in jail? What does this man have to do to go to jail?”
@ElieNYC @DrJasonJohnson @CrossConnection
#TrumpStoleClassifiedDocuments #TrumpESPIONAGE
@ElieNYC @DrJasonJohnson @CrossConnection
#TrumpStoleClassifiedDocuments #TrumpESPIONAGE
“Just the classification markings referred to in this [redacted Mar-a-Lago search warrant] affidavit — made the hair on the back of my neck stand up… Literally human lives can be at stake.” @FrankFigliuzzi1
@NicolleDWallace #TrumpStoleClassifiedDocuments
@NicolleDWallace #TrumpStoleClassifiedDocuments
“There is a feeling here that [if] Merrick Garland decides not to prosecute Trump, how do you hold anyone else accountable for violating classification rules going forward in the U.S. government?”@JaxAlemany
@NicolleDWallace #TrumpStoleClassifiedDocuments
@NicolleDWallace #TrumpStoleClassifiedDocuments
