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Democrats Plan 52 Investigations If They Take House

August 25, 2018 at 11:11 am ET By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“If Democrats win control of the House of Representatives in November, they will gain the most important tool available to investigate the Trump administration: subpoena power. And Democrats on the House oversight committee, that chamber’s main investigative panel, are prepared to use it,” the HuffPost reports.

“Democratic members on the committee have asked the Republican majority to issue subpoenas related to the administration’s conduct 52 times during the first 20 months of Donald Trump’s presidency. Republicans turned down each of those 52 requests. If Democrats held the committee gavel, the subpoenas would be approved.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign, House of Representatives

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