They may not have the gavels yet, but House Democrats are laying the groundwork for a number of investigations into Donald Trump should they win control of Congress in November.

Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif. — who’s set to chair the House Oversight Committee in a Democratic majority — told MS NOW that his team is “already preparing and gearing up.”

“We’ve got a team on Epstein, we have a team on [Trump] family corruption, we have a team on DHS and ICE,” Garcia said. “Those teams are actively working on preparation, letters, research.”

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    If they want to be trusted again they should investigate Bidens ignoring of the Leahy laws as well. we need to be a nation of laws again and that meas going after everyone who breaks the law whether they are in your party or in office or not.

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    Why investigate Trump at this point? Go after everyone around him with state charges. There are a bunch of criminals around him. Right now they are not afraid of doing crimes for the orange man.

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      26 years really, If they would have slowed down the consolidation of power in media empires…. And prevented an administration from cozying up to Fox News to advocate for torturing prisoners. The marriage of politicians and media has been going wrong my whole life: they don’t care they abuse it too.

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      They had 10 years really. If they took the Russian thing seriously, they would’ve prevented Facebook from providing Russian propaganda to the masses during election season to the tune of billions of dollars… they instead, invested in Facebook and enjoyed the gains on all of this

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      Biden and the neoliberals had four years, and they did what anyone with a brain predicted.

      Which included Biden naming a DNC chair in 2021 that would rig the 2024 primary, which also happened.

      But because Republicans won the 2024 election, DNC voting members got to pick their own chair in 2025.

      Blaming the current chair for what happened 2021 thru 2024 with the party makes as much sense as blaming Obama in 09 for what GW did 04-08…

      I’m not trying to be a dick, it’s just very hard to explain such a basic concept in a way that doesn’t come off condescendingly.

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    Investigations like they had last time that went nowhere? More pre election preformative bullshit. How anyone could still support them is baffling as fuck

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    Enforced by who? They can literally ignore subpoenas without consequences.

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    How about prepared to throw him in jail in an immigrant detention center indefinitely while we take 10 years to bring up charges? Good enough for a random Iraqi but not the president?

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    Just vote for us one more time bro, please bro, we’ll totally investigate the high crimes of DC insiders bro just more votes bro just this one more time PLZ!!!

    I actually lol at “actively working on…letters”

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    They’re bought and sold. They’ll investigate nothing. No one will be prosecuted. We can call this maneuver the Obama Forward Look. During the OFL, the Democrats will probably pass one symbolic bill that seems like something good but is in reality a handjob under the desk of corporate America. The light of the USA will dim further.

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    Republicans: Investigate Trump’s personal enemies, Democrats, and transform the government into a fascism machine.

    Democrats: Investigate Trump, do nothing else.

    What a fantastic plan.

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      Democrats: Investigate Trump, do nothing else

      If you told me you are a bagel last week, I’d be an absolute idiot to think that was all you’ve eaten in a week

      Yet you seem to think if you hear about 100s of people doing 1 thing, it means that is all all of those people are doing…

      Some people are really only capable of one single task at a time, the problem is those people don’t understand how unique they are, and they assume everyone else is the same.

      Shit man, I’m preparing for dozens of things constantly, and I’m acutely aware of 10x the things I can’t do shit to prepare for. But I’m still cognizant they’re probable situations I may have to deal with.

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        I’m sure the Democrats would do something if their voters ever held them to account 🤣🤣🤣 thankfully they have you guys to do this shit all the time

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        🤣🤣 that’s a lot of words to hallucinate a reality where the Democrats haven’t been investigating Trump for the last 10 years. Kind of undermine the judicial stronghold and the lack of enforcement the dems would face. Inappropriate optimism strikes again. And you turned it into a self glazing too 🤣🤣🤣