Reuters mentioned that Democrats are particularly worried about authorizing the Subcommittee to investigate "all criminal investigations being conducted by the executive branch", which are usually not supervised by Congress. Jerry Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said, "This violates the principle of separation of powers and is very dangerous".
There are forty or fifty surveys.
CNN 10 said that the House Oversight and Accountability Committee plans to conduct 40 to 50 substantive investigations into Biden's administration. A related investigation led by the Committee will focus on the business transactions of the Biden family. James10, Chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, bluntly told NBC, "Let me be clear: we are not investigating hunter biden, we are investigating Joe Biden".
202 1 the chaotic withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan is also widely regarded as one of the targets of Republican investigation. Voice of America 1 1 said that the House Oversight and Accountability Committee will lead the investigation together with other committees, and James has written to the Ministry of National Defense and other institutions to request information about the withdrawal. * * * Republicans want to investigate the process leading to the decision to withdraw troops.
In addition, the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives will investigate immigration policy issues, including Biden's failure in "protecting the border", the allegations that border patrol officers whipped immigrants in Texas, and the reduction of border enforcement actions and deportations. * * * Republicans said that the Biden administration's "open border" policy led to the influx of immigrants from Mexico into the United States.
Biden defended himself.
On June 5438+00, * * * and Republicans began to investigate the discovery of secret documents in the think tank office named after Biden. On 10, Mike Tenay, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, sent a letter to Haynes, Director of National Intelligence, demanding "an immediate review and loss assessment". Turner said Biden may have violated national security laws, including the anti-espionage law and the presidential archives law.
In this regard, Biden, who is attending the North American Summit in Mexico, told the reporter of 10 that he was "surprised" to learn that he had found government documents in the office of Washington think tank before, and he did not know the information contained in those confidential documents. He said, "My lawyer immediately called the National Archives Bureau after discovering the above documents and handed them in. We are fully cooperating with the review and evaluation and will have results soon. "
It is reported that US Attorney General merrick Garland has appointed Trump to appoint john law Bush, the federal prosecutor in charge of the Northern District of Illinois, to investigate this matter. Democratic Rep. Pete Aguilera called it "the most exquisite hypocrisy" to investigate Biden's behavior with Republicans. He said that when hundreds of documents were found in Trump's home, * * * and Republicans did not think that the investigation was a top priority.
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Who created Biden's "file door" at a delicate moment?
Straight to the news: Immediately after Mr. Chen and Mr. McCarthy took office as the Speaker of the US Congress, they set up the "Special Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and China", claiming that this was a victory for cross-party cooperation to restrict China. what do you think?
Special commentator Chen Bing: The establishment of this committee is regarded by the outside world as a rare tacit understanding between the two parties in the United States, which will make Qi Xin join forces to contain China, and may even compete. Which party's China policy will become more and more tough. We'd better first look at what this ad hoc committee does and what powers it has, and then we may know whether it can bind China and how effective it can be. According to the resolution of the House of Representatives, the only power of the Ad Hoc Committee is investigation. It has no legislative jurisdiction and has no right to take legislative action on any bill or resolution. In other words, the Ad Hoc Committee mainly provides ammunition for creating public opinion. It can summon witnesses and hold public hearings. At best, it is a "big horn". It can shout, but it has no legislative power. It can make legislative proposals, but it must be submitted to the Standing Committee for decision.
It can be said that the so-called "US-China Special Committee on Strategic Competition" cannot be compared with the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Military Committee of the House of Representatives, and it is not at the same level. Probably because the "US-China Special Committee on Strategic Competition" did not have much real power, the two parties passed it smoothly.
Speaker McCarthy, on the other hand, can't wait to declare that this is a victory of cross-party cooperation. He needs a victory to redeem his reputation that was badly damaged in the speaker election. Of course, we should also note that although the "US-China Special Committee on Strategic Competition" has no teeth to legislate, it will certainly make every effort to create public opinion, which will often affect public opinion and international relations, including the investment orientation of enterprises, so we need to pay attention to its remarks. On the real substantive issues, the possibility of struggle between the two parties in the United States is far greater than cooperation. I think this "US-China Special Committee on Strategic Competition" will probably be "all talk and no action" and will not become a climate.
On June 65438+1October 10 local time, US President Biden responded for the first time that his private office had confidential documents. Biden said he was surprised.
Direct news: When you talked about the struggle between the two parties in the United States, we saw that Biden's "document door" was also exposed after * * * and party leader McCarthy became the Speaker of the House of Representatives, which seemed to be a bullet for * * * and the party. What do you think of this? Will Biden be prosecuted?
Special Commentator Chen Bing: Biden's "File Gate" is now suddenly exposed. It is indeed * * * and the bullet of the party, and it seems that someone deliberately manipulated it. * * * After being elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, Democratic leader McCarthy first threw out five important investigations, four of which were aimed at Biden and the Democratic Party, including whether Biden's government used the Ministry of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation as political tools, and whether Biden and his son Hunter had unfair business transactions. , and "file gate" seems to be related to both of these problems.
Therefore, what happened when Biden was vice president has now been turned out. If * * and the party got the most valuable things, the House Intelligence Committee immediately took a stand and demanded "immediate review and loss assessment". Biden's "document gate" is often reminiscent of Trump's "document gate", which seems to provide the party and the party with a weapon to attack Biden. Therefore, this incident became the first battle between the two parties in the United States after the mid-term elections.
However, the two "file doors" are still very different. From the information we have seen so far, both cases involved confidential documents and were investigated by independent prosecutors. However, there are significant differences in the way these files are found, the number of files and their response methods. Trump has nearly 300 documents. He and his assistant boycotted the government to retrieve all the documents, while Biden only had 10 documents. His lawyer reported the problem, and the White House said it had fully cooperated.
These obvious differences will affect the legal consequences. The most important thing is to see if their improper handling of confidential documents is intentional. If you deliberately keep unauthorized confidential documents of national security, according to the provisions of the US Anti-Spy Law, it constitutes a crime and will be prosecuted and sentenced. Whether Trump will sue is still inconclusive, and the investigation of Biden is only preliminary, so it depends on what the final conclusion is. In any case, * * * and the party will seize this matter and launch an attack on Biden, not excluding other matters. Biden's "document gate" is the beginning of the fierce battle between the two parties, and it is also the beginning of the dispute between Biden and Trump. How to evolve will be a political drama.
Author Chen Bing, special commentator of Shenzhen Satellite TV's live broadcast in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.