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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
You'd have the criminal authorities handle a non-criminal matter dealing with House membership and discipline?
Where would the justice department's authority come from? My understanding of Article I has been that these issues are reserved entirely to the House itself. If the House wanted to appoint an independent special prosecutor, since it is the Speaker who is at issue, that would seem to make sense, but I think that is what they want to avoid. If the House just says, we'll let Justice handle the criminal issues, who is handling the non-criminal issues?
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I raised this issue earlier. I could be wrong, but I believe that Justice has the authority to investigate the matter, including the cover up. I'm not convinced that there may not be some sort of aiding and abedding thing going on here. But if there ultimately is no criminal violation by leadership, then I do think it's appropriate for there to be a house investigation/impeachment/censure, etc. depending on the level of involvement. However, I think that is premature.
