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Ethics referral: DOA?

Many of us are stunned by the news that the House 1/6 select committee referred four criminal charges against Donald J. Trump to the Justice Department.

There happens to be another bit of news released today by the committee that held its final meeting before it is disbanded. It is the referral to the House Ethics Committee on four Republican House members for their refusal to testify before the committee.

The congressmen are Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan, Andy Biggs and Scott Perry. All of them received subpoenas by the House committee to testify. They all refused.

I must report that I fear that the Ethics Committee referral likely is dead on arrival. Why is that? Because the Republicans will take control of the House after the first of the year and they likely will toss the referral into the Dumpster.

That, of course, would be a travesty.

When a duly constituted congressional committee orders one to testify before it, you are obligated to follow the panel’s instruction. That’s the law. It is not normal to stiff a congressional committee by refusing to obey a summons when the committee issues it.

The House Ethics Committee, I also am saddened to report, traditionally has been a toothless beast. It rarely takes any serious action against members when it gets referrals such as what has been delivered regarding these four GOP blowhards.

That all said, I will not be holding my breath waiting for the GOP-controlled House of Representatives to take action against these four MAGA nimrods.

The House GOP caucus, we must remember, is populated by a cabal of cowards.

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Ronny Jackson: under suspicion

What does one make of this item? The U.S. House Ethics Committee — acting on a referral from an independent watchdog group — has decided to investigate a freshman Republican loudmouth congressman on unspecified (so far) ethics charges.

The loudmouth is Ronny Jackson, who moved to the Texas Panhandle a couple of years ago so he could run for Congress from the 13th Congressional District. Jackson has become something of a right-wing media darling, given his incessant Twitter barrage that makes profoundly stupid allegations against President Biden.

Jackson’s defense at the moment is that the referral to the House ethics panel comes from a so-called “liberal” outfit, the Office of Congressional Ethics, which he says makes a habit of targeting conservatives such as himself. What absolute crap!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ethics-panel-reviewing-rep-ronny-jackson-e2-80-99s-campaign-spending/ar-AAVYS2L?ocid=uxbndlbing

I suppose I should point out that these allegations — whatever they might turn out to be — are part of Jackson’s modus operandi. Donald Trump nominated Jackson, a former White House physician and retired Navy admiral, to become secretary of Veterans Affairs. Jackson withdrew his name from consideration after allegations surfaced that Jackson (a) drank on the job, (b) harassed White House staffers sexually, and (c) was a bit too generous with prescription drugs.

He got elected to Congress in 2020 and began harping continually about Joe Biden’s mental acuity.

The guy is an embarrassment. However, right-wing media talkers love the guy; he’s a regular on the Fox News Channel, Newsmax and One America Network broadcasts.

He’s actually a dipsh** carpetbagger who masquerades as a dedicated public servant.

I have no clue what the ethics probe will reveal. I am willing to give him a smidgen of a benefit of the doubt, given that the OCE and the House ethics panel haven’t yet divulged what the complaints entail. However, a major part of me thinks there’s something amiss with this rookie loudmouth congressman.

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