House Republicans plan to give a new panel sweeping authority to investigate active criminal investigations, a mandate that could set up new fights with the Justice Department and national security agencies over sensitive records and probes.
That's according to a measure the House is expected to take up this week as part of Speaker Kevin McCarthy's agreement with a band of some of his most conservative colleagues,An updated version of the resolution -- which must first be approved by the House and which is part of the proposed rules that will govern the next two years of the chamber -- includes new powers for a judiciary subcommittee that would look into what Republicans call the "weaponization of the federal...
"We got more resources, more specificity, more power to go after this recalcitrant Biden administration," Roy said. "It is specifically designed to inject extremist politics into our justice system and shield the MAGA movement from the legal consequences of their actions," Nadler contended, calling the effort a "reckless partisan exercise fueled by conspiracy theories."
U.S. Rep.-elect Jim Jordan listens to voting in the House Chamber during the fourth day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building, Jan. 06, 2023 in Washington, DC., even though federal investigators seized his cell phone last summer as part of their work looking into Jan. 6 and the push to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
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