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Winter is damn sure coming... and it's gonna be a busy one.


This Republican list of the corruption they've been ignoring under Trump is their November nightmare


Republicans have spent the past year and a half steadfastly refusing to conduct oversight or investigate even the most blatant corruption coming from the Trump administration, but if Democrats take the House, that could change in a big way. A spreadsheet of potential investigations to come under Democratic leadership details Republican nightmares, Axios reports.

The spreadsheet includes formal requests Democrats have already made—which Republicans have blocked—for information, committee appearances by administration officials, and documents about, among other things:

President Trump’s tax returns
Trump family businesses — and whether they comply with the Constitution's emoluments clause, including the Chinese trademark grant to the Trump Organization
Trump's dealings with Russia, including the president's preparation for his meeting with Vladimir Putin
The payment to Stephanie Clifford — a.k.a. Stormy Daniels
James Comey's firing
Trump's firing of U.S. attorneys
Trump's proposed transgender ban for the military
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's business dealings
White House staff's personal email use
Cabinet secretary travel, office expenses, and other misused perks
Discussion of classified information at Mar-a-Lago
Jared Kushner's ethics law compliance
Dismissal of members of the EPA board of scientific counselors
The travel ban
Family separation policy
Hurricane response in Puerto Rico
Election security and hacking attempts
White House security clearances

Again, that’s just a sampling, not the full list. Enough to make a House Republican or a Trump administration official wake up in a cold sweat. Enough to provide full employment for all Republican lawyers in Washington, D.C.

It’s simultaneously a reminder of exactly how complicit congressional Republicans have been in the Trump administration’s corruption and how much we have to gain from a Democratic House.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/8/27/1791276/-This-Republican-list-of-the-corruption-they-ve-been-ignoring-under-Trump-is-their-November-nightmare?detail=emaildkre