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It's been more than 6 weeks since Mitch McConnell has been seen and the FakeNews isn't saying anything. Mitch McConnell is the defacto head of the GOP right now and not one person from the GOP has seen the need for the Minority Leader of the US Senate to come to work.
Sen. Mitch McConnell treated for a concussion after fall at DC hotel
https://nypost.com/2023/03/09/sen-mcconnell-being-treated-for-a-concussion-after-fall/
Traitorous GOP Senate Judiciary members help Dems to advance radical Dem Biden Judges. Lindsey Graham leads the GOP assistance to Dems with Feinstein out. This is how LGBT treats the GOP…
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-advance-seven-biden-judicial-nominees-gop-support-feinstein-rcna80527
Once again Lindsey Graham fucks over MAGA.
The GOP Senate Judiciary Committee stopped the Dems from replacing Dianne Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee, then, led by Lindsey Graham, helped the Democrats advance their radical Judges nominated by Biden.
The US Senate is completely corrupt. There is no GOP or Dem Party in Congress. This is proof that the American People have no representation in the US Senate.
Democrats' Dianne Feinstein dilemma raises specter of RBG: ANALYSIS
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrats-dianne-feinstein-dilemma-raises-specter-rbg-analysis/story?id=98697728
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's monthslong absence from the Senate, and the mounting pressure from within her party to resign, raises the specter of the political conversations around Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Feinstein, who at 89 is the oldest member of Congress, was hospitalized with shingles in February and since then hasn't returned to Washington. As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Feinstein's absence has stalled President Joe Biden's nominees as the administration looks to reshape the judiciary. With only vague guidance about her possible return, some Democrats have called for her to retire. "We need to put country ahead of personal loyalty. While she has had a lifetime of public service, it is obvious she can no longer fulfill her duties," her fellow California Democrat, Rep. Ro Khanna, tweeted. She has resisted those calls. "I intend to return as soon as possible once my medical team advises that it's safe for me to travel," Feinstein said in a statement earlier this month. "In the meantime, I remain committed to the job and will continue to work from home in San Francisco." Looking back to President Barack Obama's second term, Ginsburg was in her 80s and had already had a bout with cancer. Calls for Ginsburg to retire were aimed at allowing Obama to pick her successor, a means of both maintaining a liberal seat on the nation's highest court and a perceived safeguard for Roe v. Wade. She, too, resisted. "I think one should stay as long as she can do the job," Ginsburg said in 2013 when asked whether justices plan their retirements so a president of the same party as the one who appointed them can select a replacement. Similarly, both women have occupied positions considered critical to progress on the Democratic agenda at politically precarious times. Ginsburg's resistance, coupled with the GOP blocking Merrick Garland, arguably cleared the way to Roe being overruled. Feinstein's resistance could stand in the way of judges Democrats hope will defend what's left of reproductive rights from attacks by the political right. Despite the implications for his administration's judicial efforts, Biden's White House has kept its distance. "This is a decision for her to make when it comes to her future," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday. Many other Democratic lawmakers have come to Feinstein's defense. "It's her right she's been voted by her state to be senator for six years. She has the right in my opinion to decide when she steps down," Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., told CNN. In the current deeply divided Congress, Senate Republicans, unsurprisingly, did not cooperate with Democrats' proposed fix a temporary replacement for Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee. "Let's be clear," Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on the chamber floor. "Senate Republicans will not take part in sidelining a temporarily absent colleague off a committee just so Democrats can force through their very worst nominees." A path forward for Democrats remains as unclear as a timeline for Feinstein's Senate return.
GOP leader McConnell returns to Senate after head injury
https://nsjonline.com/article/2023/04/gop-leader-mcconnell-returns-to-senate-after-head-injury/
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is back at work in the U.S. Capitol on Monday, almost six weeks after a fall at a Washington-area hotel and extended treatment for a concussion. The longtime Kentucky senator, 81, has been recovering at home since he was released from a rehabilitation facility March 25. He fell after attending an event earlier that month, injuring his head and fracturing a rib. McConnell arrived at the Capitol early Monday and is expected to work a full schedule in the Senate this week. “I am looking forward to returning to the Senate on Monday,” McConnell tweeted last week. “We’ve got important business to tackle and big fights to win for Kentuckians and the American people.” McConnell returns to the Senate ahead of a busy stretch in which Congress will have to find a way to raise the nation’s debt ceiling and negotiate additional aid for the Ukraine war, among other policy matters. And he comes back as several other senators have been out for medical reasons, raising questions about how much the Senate will be able to achieve in the coming months with a 51-49 split between the parties. Already, the GOP leader’s absence, along with those of Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein and John Fetterman, among others, have added to the Senate’s lethargic pace in the first few months of the year. Unlike the last two years, in which Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was able to push through key elements of President Joe Biden’s agenda with the help of a Democratic-led House, the Senate has been significantly slowed with Republicans now in charge in the House. And absences have made even simple votes like nominations more difficult. One immediate question for McConnell upon his return is whether to help Democrats temporarily replace Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee as she continues to recover in California from a case of the shingles. Democrats have become increasingly frustrated as the Democrat’s more than six-week absence on the panel has stalled confirmation of some of Biden’s nominees, and Feinstein has asked for a short-term substitute on the committee.
Democrats can’t do that, though, without help from Republicans, since approval of the process would take 60 votes on the Senate floor. Two GOP members of the Judiciary panel, Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, have already said they don’t believe that Republicans should help Democrats replace Feinstein. It is unclear when Feinstein, 89, will return to Washington. Her office has so far declined to say. Also returning to the Senate on Monday is Fetterman, who was hospitalized for clinical depression in February. He was treated for six weeks at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and his doctors say his depression is now “in remission.” Fetterman’s announcement that he was checking himself into the hospital earlier this year came after he suffered a stroke last year and has struggled with auditory processing disorder, which can render someone unable to speak fluidly and quickly process spoken conversation into meaning. The Pennsylvania Democrat, 53, now uses devices in conversations, meetings and congressional hearings that transcribe spoken words in real time. In a statement when he was released from Walter Reed late last month, Fetterman said the care he received there “changed my life.” “I’m excited to be the father and husband I want to be, and the senator Pennsylvania deserves,” said Fetterman, who won praise for his decision to seek treatment. McConnell visited his Capitol office on Friday ahead of his Monday return. In video captured by NBC News, h walked into the building without assistance as aides kept close by. This was the second major injury for McConnell in recent years. Four years ago he tripped and fell at his home in Kentucky, causing a shoulder fracture that required surgery. The Senate had just started a summer recess, and he worked from home for some weeks as he recovered. McConnell had polio in his early childhood and he has long acknowledged some difficulty as an adult in climbing stairs.
Just in: Appeals court halts House Republicans' interview with ex-Trump prosecutor
https://abc7ny.com/donald-trump-house-republicans-mark-pomerantz/13159359/
NEW YORK – A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked House Republicans from questioning a former Manhattan prosecutor about the criminal case against ex-President Donald Trump, the latest twist in a legal battle between Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office and the House Judiciary Committee. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an administrative stay late Wednesday, hours after a lower court judge ruled there was no legal basis to block the Judiciary Committee's subpoena to former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz. Committee chair Rep. Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, had sought to question him Thursday. In issuing the stay, Judge Beth Robinson noted that her order "reflects no judgment regarding the merits" of the case. A three-judge panel will ultimately weigh whether to uphold or overturn the lower-court's decision. Robinson, a Biden appointee, set an aggressive briefing schedule, ordering Bragg's office to file court papers detailing its appeal by Friday and for the Judiciary Committee to submit its response by Saturday. Bragg's office appealed to the 2nd Circuit hours after U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil rejected his request for a temporary restraining order, ruling Wednesday that Jordan had a valid legislative purpose in issuing the subpoena. "It is not the role of the federal judiciary to dictate what legislation Congress may consider or how it should conduct its deliberations in that connection," Vyskocil wrote in a 25-page opinion. "Mr. Pomerantz must appear for the congressional deposition. No one is above the law." Vyskocil, a Trump appointee, ruled after peppering lawyers on both sides with questions, asking them to parse thorny issues of sovereignty, separation of powers and Congressional oversight arising from Trump's historic indictment. Acknowledging the "political dogfights" surrounding the case, the judge said in her ruling that she "does not endorse either side's agenda." She encouraged both sides to speak and "reach a mutually agreeable compromise" on how Pomerantz's deposition will proceed. Jordan's spokesperson, Russell Dye, lauded Vyskocil's ruling, saying it showed that "Congress has the ability to conduct oversight and issue subpoenas to people like Mark Pomerantz." Bragg's office appealed, first asking Vyskocil to issue a stay - which she rejected - before finding success with the appeals court. Pomerantz once oversaw the yearslong Trump investigation but left the job after clashing with Bragg over the direction of the case. He recently wrote a book about his work pursuing Trump and discussed the investigation in interviews on "60 Minutes" and other shows. Bragg, a Democrat, sued Jordan and the Judiciary Committee last week seeking to block the subpoena. His lawyer, Theodore Boutrous, argued that seeking Pomerantz's testimony was part of a "transparent campaign to intimidate and attack" Bragg and that Congress was "invading a state" to investigate a local prosecutor when it had no authority to do so. Boutrous said House Republicans' interest in Bragg amounted to Congress "jumping in and haranguing the D.A. while the prosecution is ongoing." The Judiciary Committee started scrutinizing Bragg's investigation of the former president in the weeks that preceded his indictment. Jordan sent letters seeking interviews with Bragg and documents before subpoenaing Pomerantz. In her ruling, Vyskocil said she
would handle any legal fights that may arise from other subpoenas in the committee's investigation of Bragg. A committee lawyer, Matthew Berry, countered that Congress has legitimate legislative reasons for wanting to question Pomerantz and examine Bragg's prosecution of Trump, citing the office's use of $5,000 in federal funds to pay for Trump-related investigations. Congress is also considering legislation, offered by Republicans in the wake of Trump's indictment, to change how criminal cases against former presidents unfold, Berry said. One bill would prohibit prosecutors from using federal funds to investigate presidents, and another would require any criminal cases involving a former president be resolved in federal court instead of at the state level. House Republicans, Berry said, want to protect the sovereignty and autonomy of the presidency, envisioning a scenario where the commander in chief could feel obligated to make certain decisions to avoid having local prosecutors in politically unfavorable jurisdictions charge them with crimes after they leave office. For those reasons, Berry argued, Congress is immune from judicial intervention, citing the speech and debate clause of the U.S. Constitution.
IRS agent alleges Hunter Biden probe is being mishandled
https://news.yahoo.com/irs-agent-alleges-hunter-biden-150620860.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — An IRS special agent is seeking whistleblower protection to disclose information about what the agent alleges is mishandling of an investigation into President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, according to a letter sent to members of Congress. Mark Lytle, the attorney for the IRS whistleblower, wrote to lawmakers Wednesday that his client has information about a “failure to mitigate clear conflicts of interest in the ultimate disposition" of a criminal investigation related to the younger Biden's taxes and whether he made a false statement in connection with a gun purchase. “Despite serious risks of retaliation, my client is offering to provide you with information necessary to exercise your constitutional oversight function and wishes to make the disclosures in a nonpartisan manner to the leadership of the relevant committees on both sides of the political aisle,” Lytle said in a letter, obtained by The Associated Press, that was sent to the chairmen and ranking members of several House and Senate committees. The letter states that the supervisory special agent previously disclosed the information they are seeking to share with Congress internally with the IRS and a watchdog for the Justice Department. Lytle added that his client is able to contradict sworn testimony to lawmakers “by a senior political appointee." That appointee is not named. The special agent also wants to disclose “examples of preferential treatment and politics improperly infecting decisions and protocols that would normally be followed by career law enforcement professionals in similar circumstances if the subject were not politically connected," the lawyer added. The Justice Department declined to comment. Requests for comment from the IRS and Hunter Biden's legal team were not immediately returned. Hunter Biden’s taxes and foreign business work have been under federal investigation by a federal grand jury in Delaware since at least 2018. So far no charges have been filed. Additionally, his membership on the board of a Ukrainian energy company and his efforts to strike deals in China have long raised questions by Republicans about whether he traded on his father’s public service. Joe Biden has said he has never spoken to his son about foreign business. There are no indications that the federal investigation involves the president. The whistleblower letter, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, comes as House Republicans have opened their own investigations into nearly every facet of Hunter Biden's business dealings, including examining foreign payments and other aspects of his finances. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, recently reviewed financial transactions by members of the Biden family that were flagged for attention. Those financial reports are routine, with larger financial transactions automatically flagged to the government, and are not evidence on their own of misconduct. But Comer, who has been leading the various probes into Hunter Biden, said the whistleblower letter is further evidence of the importance of congressional inquiry into the president and his family. “It’s deeply concerning that the Biden Administration may be obstructing justice by blocking efforts to charge Hunter Biden for tax violations," Comer said in a statement Thursday.
Mark Lytle info (Mark Lytle is representing the IRS Supervisor whistleblower on the Hunter Biden case and he represented Yoel Roth, the fired head of safety and trust for Twitter)
https://www.nixonpeabody.com/people/lytle-mark-d
Mark is a seasoned white-collar attorney who has led trial teams on several cases of national acclaim. For more than five years, he was the Chief of the Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, where he supervised more than 15 federal prosecutors whose investigations and trials covered just about every white-collar matter possible, including: fraud, corruption, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, health care fraud, securities fraud, insider trading, defense industry procurement fraud, fraud instituted on the intelligence community, and financial institution fraud.
What Is the Senate Judiciary Committee Going to Do About Clarence Thomas, and When?
https://newrepublic.com/article/172068/senate-judiciary-committee-clarence-thomas-subpoena
>>18724581 IRS agent alleges Hunter Biden probe is being mishandled
>>18724502 Just in: Appeals court halts House Republicans' interview with ex-Trump prosecutor
>>18724429 Democrats' Dianne Feinstein dilemma raises specter of RBG: ANALYSIS
>>18724379 GOP Senate Judiciary members help Dems to advance radical Dem Biden Judges
What's really notable is how fast it happened. Things never move that fast in Federal Court. WTH is going on? Almost like [they're] fighting for their lives?
CORRUPT Antony Blinken Was Behind Gathering 50+ Members of Intel Community to Lie and Sign Bogus Letter on Hunter Laptop Being Russian Disinformation
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/04/reports-showing-that-antony-blinken-was-in-charge-of-getting-over-50-intel-people-to-sign-bogus-letter-on-hunter-laptop/
Current Secretary of State Tony Blinken was reportedly behind the effort to put together a list of government intel leaders to claim that the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation. This narrative was another liberal lie. According to a report in the New York Post yesterday, it was the current Secretary of State, Tony Blinken, who called an Intel insider to put together a list of Intel leaders who would sign a report stating the lie that Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation.
The New York Post writes:
In sworn interview, Morell has admitted it was Joe Biden’s presidential campaign that prompted the infamous letter in which Morell and 50 fellow former intelligence officials falsely claimed that material from Hunter Biden’s laptop published by The Post before the 2020 election was Russian disinformation, sources in the House Judiciary Committee have confirmed. Tony Blinken, now secretary of state, was the Biden-campaign foreign-affairs adviser who urgently phoned Morell in October 2020 to suggest the laptop was a Russian plant. This doesn’t surprise anyone who is aware of the corrupt US government Intel community.
The Post writes:
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan will release a report in the next couple of weeks tracing the origins of the “Dirty 51” letter, showing it constituted corrupt interference in the 2020 presidential election. TGP previously reported on the list of individuals from the Intel community who signed off on the lie that Hunter’s laptop was Russian disinformation.
If anon didn't know any better, anon would say some of the controlled [players] staged some sort of mini-coup against their handlers and got slapped down.
(Blumenthal/McConnell/Feinstein/Fetterman)