Posted on 01/26/2023 5:45:11 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton vowed that lawmakers would stall Biden government nominations until it handed over the materials the FBI recovered from both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.
"Until the administration stops stonewalling Congress, there will be pain as a consequence for them," Cotton said, according to The Hill. "Whether it's blocking nominees or withholding budgetary funds, Congress will impose pain on the administration until they provide these documents."
"I'm prepared to refuse consent to fast-track any nominee from any department or agency and to take every step that I can on every committee on which I serve to impose consequences on the administration until they provide these documents," he declared.
The administration has insisted that it may not share that information amid the special counsel investigations that Jack Smith and Robert Hur are pursuing into the Trump and Biden document episodes, respectively. Cotton rejected this argument, contending that relevant lawmakers needed to know what information may have been compromised.
"The administration is stonewalling Congress on the classified documents present at President Trump's residence and President Biden's residence and office, which is totally unacceptable," he insisted. "The members of the Intelligence Committee — for that matter, the members of Congress have an absolute right to this information so we can make an informed judgment about the risk, if any, these documents have posed to our national security by being improperly handled."
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Fine if you wish to publish them for every citizen to see.
After all Cotton, they’re all declassified.
Trump had them legally.
Biden didn’t.
Vice Presidents can’t remove the classified status.
While you are at it, lets see all Hillary Clinton’s
classified files. I mean, she can’t declassify them
either.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Walmart)
You can count on it.
Cotton has finally shown some back bone!
( Must be running for Presidency)
Good strategy!
Bingo - no ‘All Consent’ votes ...
Why is Cotton so adamant about this issue; he signed off on the Omnibus Bill without even reading it. Two faced.
It’s not as if anything will come of it, so it’s safe.
When are the FIB guys going to go through Dr. Jill’s underwear drawers?
Trump had them legally. National Archives knew exactly what he had as well. He also had them in a upgraded secure vault.
Yes, and he had communicated with the FBI to ask for anything
they wanted and he would supply them.
Never thought I’d say this, but that’s one department that
should be shuttered.
I’d cut back about 80% or more of the Justice Department also.
The Attorney General would be fired before I lowered my hand
after swearing in.
If feel like I’m leaving someone out in this area, but it’s
not coming to me at the moment.
I was listening to Levin today. He made the case that Congress can actually send out a Master of Arms and arrest the officials stonewalling them. It has not been used since 1930 but the precedent is there.
Have mercy!
That’s too nasty, even for FBI goons.
Interesting thought.
......YAWN......
As far as I know, Trump declassified his documents and had them in a secure room (skiff) at Mar-A-Lago.
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