Monday, July 25, 2022

J6

I keep seeing and hearing bits and pieces about the congressional hearings around J6, and It's raised some questions. 1. It seems as though the Justice Department is actually conducting an investigation of J6 as well. Isn't DOJ better equipped to conduct this sort of investigation than the house? 2. Isn't the DOJ actually in a position to bring criminal charges and punish those found guilty? 3. Isn't the DOJ staffed with (theoretically) non partisan, non political, investicgtors and lawyers who are actually trained in both US criminal code, as well as in how to do an investigation? 4. Given the makeup of the J6 committe, in what way is this an impartial panel that is deciding the outcome? 5. What exactly are the rules and how are the accused guaranteed due process? 6. Do the accused have actual defense counsel to represent them and advocate on their behalf? 7. Who on the J6 committe has actual experience in any sort of criminal investigation? 8. Aren't the members of the committe, and their staff, by definition both partial and partisan? 9. Don't these congress members have anything better to do, like legislate?

2 comments:

Marshal Art said...

Actually, Congress has no Constitutional authority for this at all. It's a separation of powers issue given they're not the judicial branch of government.

Craig said...

That could well be True. I also wonder if there aren't going to be issues with admissibility of evidence if there ever is a criminal trial, because the evidence wasn't obtained according to legal standards.

It seems like political theater designed to damage Trump if he chooses to run. I could see something like this if DOJ chose not to investigate or something, but to be running this concurrently with an active DOJ investigation seems stupid.