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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[–] 114 points 4 months ago (7 children)

"Preparation, letters, and research." You better watch out, Trump administration. You've got some strongly worded letters COMING IN HOT. The concern that Democrats are feeling right now will be fucking PALBABLE from coast to coast.

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    [–] 69 points 4 months ago (14 children)

    All the jaundiced takes aside, this is what they should be doing right now.

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  • [–] 31 points 4 months ago (9 children)

    Seriously, it feels like people think Dems should be building an oubliette right now. The process of rooting out and punishing corruption/incompetence starts with investigations (if you don't have absolute power) - so they'd better be damn ready to hit the ground running

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  • [–] 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    The problem was nearly four years of "this time we're really gonna get Trump" in the context of the J6 investigation, the documents he hoarded in his bathroom, etc, and not a damn thing actually happened. The man is white and wealthy and we had four years to see what white and wealthy gets you - teflon skin apparently.

    So it's a little bit hard to imagine dems coming out hard enough to secure consequences of any kind for him. I'm hopeful, sure, and I'm glad they are planning. What I lack faith in is the effectiveness of the plans.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    I think a big problem is people saying "the Dems" like politicians, the party, fundraisers, and everyone else are in lockstep.

    That's how it used to work, but we quit that shit over a year ago. For good reason. A giant organization controlling everything is the antithesis of the Democratic party.

    But yeah, we can't afford to pull another Biden where day 1 we "start to discuss if we should investigate if it's time to worry about ____".

    New congress is 7 months away, and they've got midterms and 2 months of vacation between now and then.

    We don't have as much time as people think, we absolutely should have shit ready.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    building an oubliette

    An oubliette is where you put someone to forget about them, and these shitheels should be remembered forever as cautionary tales, both on what can happen if you get too casual about letting corrupt fucks into positions of power, and on what can happen to you if you're a corrupt fuck and you try to fuck around too corruptly and get caught with your dick in the cookie jar.

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  • [–] 18 points 4 months ago

    I think everyone agrees, we just don't have faith that it'll bear fruit. There's been someone in the party doing this since Trump won his first primary, but they've always been stopped at some level by ANY degree of opposition, from thinly veiled foot dragging to blatant corruption.

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    [–] 45 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Maybe prosecute for the myriad of blatantly illegal shit that's already public knowledge, then investigate the rest once he's already in prison?

    We're going to be investigating this fucker's crimes for the next 50 years.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    If and when we take back the power that’s being gerrymandered out of our grasp currently, we’ll begin investigating his actions and ultimately applaud ourselves when we confirm what is already very, very obvious. He might be dead of natural causes but at least we investigated. Meanwhile, every one suffering the wrath of his ego and the cruelty of his minions just needs to sit tight and trust the process.

    Nah Robert, fuck you and your plans. Fuck your party and your committees. You’re useless sacks of shit who’ve squandered power in the past and will squander it again once (if) you take it back while the innocent suffer and die at the hands of this regime. Too little, too late. I hope history records for posterity that the ineptitude of the Democrats, while not equal to the crimes of MAGA, is like modern day Chamberlains. Ya fucked around and the rest of us have to be the ones who found out.

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  • [–] 24 points 4 months ago

    Great, laying the groundwork for 10 years worth of beuarecratic foot dragging. The dems suck at doing this sort of thing.

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  • [–] 22 points 4 months ago

    Just wait for the Mueller report guys. Trust me. Justice takes time.

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  • [–] 22 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    -teenage me explaining my intentions to work on homework before locking myself in a room with my Xbox to play halo all night

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    [–] 19 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Trump investigations? That's it?

    How bout a fucking tribunal for Hegseth?

    How about establishing a Robinhood reimbursement committee.

    Start there.

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  • [–] 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    They had nearly a decade to do ANYTHING about Trump, the Epstein files, etc. nothing is going to functionally change because these people are complicit. Enough of them on both sides are also compromised and implicated or simply bribed.

    The same song and dance they’ve been putting on for decades. “Oh we can’t do anything unless we control the house and the Senate! Just wait till we’re in charge! We’re gonna fix everything” And then comes the infighting, lack policy, and eventual capitulating to corporate interests.

    What makes you think they’re gonna do anything about any of the shit now?

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    [–] 17 points 4 months ago

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

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, I'd really like to hear what the plan is to un-fuck everything if they retake Congress. And Jesus tittyfucking Christ, stop focusing only on Trump. There's a whole horde of gouls pulling the strings behind him, and they need to be stopped. Trump is just a pedophile figurehead.

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    [–] 15 points 4 months ago

    Much questioning takes place. Much time is wasted. Many strong statements issued. Democrats fail to make real change or prevent the situation from worsening.

    Nothing happens.

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Another opportunity? The last time you fucking clowns did absolutely nothing.

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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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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    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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    [–] 11 points 4 months ago

    So as to appear to be doing something?

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    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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    [–] 10 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Just focus on not deporting all of us or making us all into slaves. That would be a positive.

    I got stopped by a cop on my way to my home after a long ass day of challenging work. Now, after not being murdered by that cop, I drive an extra few Miles to evade the location where that cop always parks.

    C'mon! What the fuck! OK so he didn't punch me or kill me this time. What about tomorrow? Should I always drive at 25mph everywhere just to make sure that cop doesn't stop me?

    They stopped me because I forgot my little registration sticker.....wrong! Nobody can pick out a registration sticker that quick. They just saw my brown face and wanted an easy stop.

    But yeah, how about the cops not murdering me in public? I would gladly vote for that.

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    [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    I'll believe it when I see it.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    Virtually everyone in this administration should be arrested.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    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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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    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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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (10 children)

    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 means going after everyone who breaks the law whether they are in your party or in office or not.

    Everyone of every party who has supported this genocide belongs impeached, in shackles, and in jail. Our standing laws say so.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago* (7 children)

    investigations

    Maybe we should go ahead and treat Trump the way he's treated the American citizenry? Particularly immigrant or marginalized groups? Tell me again why an investigation is necessary?

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    [–] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    The orange utan has full immunity, courtesy of the corrupt SCOTUS. The dems should just stop the gesticulating already.

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