re: Meanwhile: E-V-E-R-Y Dem just voted A-G-A-I-N-S-T Congress getting Russia DOJ docs

There are Dems at this hearing with RR and Wray arguing that they (congress) don’t..

Absolutely absurd.

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It is congress's constitutional duty to provide oversight.

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Actually as HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay pointed out, Constitution grants Congress implied powers to have oversight authority but it is not a specific authority that they are required to undertake. It’s obviously an important part of the checks and balances but it’s neither a explicit power nor is any power really necessary to weild (like the ability to impose taxes).

But as it pertains to DOJ oversight and ongoing investigations, the courts and Congress’s own oversight manual acknowledge that both sides have legitimate claims in fued’s like this, which are quite common actually. In the end, congress does have the authority but that doesn’t mean it’s always in the best interests to potentially expose evidence of an ongoing investigation, especially if it’s for more political purposes.

So to pretend that the moral authority is with the crooked politicians or the crooked investigators is a usually a lose-lose no matter what .