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From Mother Jones:

The possibilities are almost endless for the Democrats. A good chunk of Trump's Cabinet and Cabinet-level appointees (current and former)including Wilbur Ross, Ben Carson, Betsy DeVos, Scott Pruitt, and Ryan Zinkehave faced allegations of wrongdoing that warrant congressional scrutiny. In the coming weeks, House Democrats will have to sort out which inquiries to proceed with, while possibly dealing with the tricky issue of impeachment. But two committees are likely to take the lead in investigating the Trump crowdthe Oversight and Government Reform Committee and the Judiciary Committeeand the Democrats on each panel have for the past two years been keeping a list of all the matters they believe deserve investigation.

These lists offer a preview of what's ahead for Trump and his lieutenants.

In September, Democrats on the Oversight Committee, led by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), who presumably will become chair of the committee in January, posted a list of 64 instances when they requested the Republican-controlled committee subpoena the Trump administration and others for records related to various oversight issues. Each time, committee chair Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) and the Republicans said nyet to the request.


You can read the whole list. But here is a sampling of the topics Cummings and his Democratic colleagues have set their sights on:

• White House security clearances (involving Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, national security adviser John Bolton, and others)
• The controversial addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census
• The Trump administration's Muslim travel ban
• The State Department's decision to close its cyber office
• The Environmental Protection Agency's use of a political loyalty list
• The possible participation of Cambridge Analytica's foreign employees in US elections
• The deadly ambush in Niger that left four American soldiers dead
• The use of private email by White House officials
• Trump's response to the hurricane that devastated Puerto Rico
• The dealings of the Trump Foundation
• Potential conflicts of interest between Kushner's business actions and his policy advice
• Payments the Trump Organization received from foreign sources
• Russian intervention with state voting systems
• Former national security adviser Michael Flynn's contacts with foreign officials

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dajo9 said:

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Trump will take steps to destroy the investigation before the new Congress is seated in the ultimate Obstruction of Justice play.

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B.A. Bearacus said:

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We can relax. Republican-embraced lyin' Mushroom Dick Hitler has made it clear that he has never brought up the investigation with his choice for AG. Can we move on now?

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BearNIt said:

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Apparently the Angry One may have instructed his attorney to pay Stormy and McDougal per the WSJ article. Mueller must already know this and has witness testimony to substantiate the breaking of Campaign Finance laws. What will republicans do when confronted with the evidence and the start of the 2020 campaign just around the corner?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-played-central-role-in-hush-payoffs-to-stormy-daniels-and-karen-mcdougal-1541786601

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blungld said:

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Putin and Trump met in private again. How does he get aeay with that? Its like watching Wormtongue and Theoden and no one says a thing. Its just corruption and collusion so blatant that there is no consequence. Congress should have already made it clear to him, no contact with Putin/Russia until investigation is finished.

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bearister said:

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blungld said:

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Putin and Trump met in private again. How does he get aeay with that? Its like watching Wormtongue and Theoden and no one says a thing. Its just corruption and collusion so blatant that there is no consequence. Congress should have already made it clear to him, no contact with Putin/Russia until investigation is finished.

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I hope the judge selects the death penalty option under the treason statute. I would watch that on Pay for View.

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Another Bear said:

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America would never go for a public execution shooting. They might however go for a good flogging in the town square. I would of course add the public option...for a small donation you can pie the Orange Creep.

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bearister said:

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......and then there was Facebook:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-russia-election-racism.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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Robert Mueller appears to be outsmarting Donald Trump, filing dozens of sealed indictments before Trump appointee Matt Whitaker took over the Russia investigation.

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