The intrigue: The “Rule of Five” law allows any five members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to request federal agencies to provide information about “any matter within the jurisdiction of the committee.”

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    3 days ago

    Fall back on the sovcit playbook: claim that it’s outside their jurisdiction and stall for time until they come up with another excuse to protect toddler-tupper Trump.

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      3 days ago

      This is literally what I expect them to do. They’ll claim governmental affairs nor homeland security have any reason to be involved in this case.

      They’ll have their stooges argue this on Fox news as well and twist the knife saying “Democrats are wasting your money on a witch hunt instead of working to improve your lives!”