There are some eye-opening provisions in the text of the GOP’s proposed “select subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government” that will get a vote next week.
One explicitly authorizes the review of “ongoing criminal investigations.” docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/…
Another gives the panel authority to access any classified/national security information that would go to the House Intelligence Committee. docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/…
An earlier version of this proposal didn’t include these provisions and also limited the probe to a specific subset of agencies. docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/…
But the version scheduled for next week would permit a review of *any* executive branch agency, including intel community.
It appears some of these changes may have been part of the ongoing negotiation that occurred to get Speaker McCarthy the gavel. The metadata on the updated document shows it was last modified at 5:40pm yesterday, in the midst of final intense negotiations.
The earlier version was dated 1/2.
NEW: A proposed GOP select committee — negotiated as part of a deal between McCarthy and his GOP detractors — would be explicitly empowered to probe “ongoing criminal investigations.”
politico.com/news/2023/01/0…
IMPORTANT: Under the proposal, Judiciary chairman Jim Jordan — not the chair of the select subcommittee — would be the one with the power to authorize subpoenas for the panel. politico.com/news/2023/01/0…
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