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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      Trump specifically should have been in prison for blatant crimes well before he ever even ran the first time in 2000. It was already public knowledge by the time i was in high school in the 00’s. And thats what i, a stupid kid not in NYC knew.

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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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      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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      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.