MAGA Mike Cancels Hearings as He Loses Control!!!

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What actions is MAGA Mike Johnson taking to avoid accountability?

Ben Meiselas 0:00
it was not a good day for maga mike johnson and we've learned that he and james comer who runs the house oversight committee they're trying to shut down under oath hearings in the house of representatives now and move towards more informal roundtables and specifically They're afraid that Democrats are using some of the formal committee hearings in order to issue formal subpoenas and to pressure Republicans to join them in these subpoenas regarding the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. And because MAGA Mike Johnson and James Comer are so desperate to cover up the Epstein files and Donald Trump's dark past, they're trying to figure out ways to just shut down committee hearings in general and move towards informal roundtables.
Ben Meiselas 0:54
So not only is MAGA Mike Johnson... constantly sending the House into recess for these long vacations. By the way, while we still have a partial government shutdown right now, no one's really talking about that, but now they're trying to shut down committee hearings as well. Maga Mike's also trying to cover up massive misconduct by lots of Republican Congress members. I'll get to that in a moment. And this all also coincides with the news that Republicans are working very hard behind the scenes with Donald Trump to try to get Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon. Now, James Comer, who chairs the House Oversight Committee, admitted on the record to Politico that lots of Republicans would like to see Ghislaine Maxwell pardon and that Republicans are working with Donald Trump to get Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon.
Ben Meiselas 1:46
Folks, I'm not being hyperbolic or exaggerating. It's basically a direct quote from Comer that lots of Republicans want to see Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted child sex trafficker, get a pardon. I'll show you that in just a moment. So here's some photos, though, of MAGA Mike on the Hill today as he was running away from reporters. And then we got the scoop from Politico. Oversight Chair James Comer told me members of his panel are open to a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, saying that that will help her share information with Congress. We must give her a pardon. And here's the direct quote from Comer. When asked whether it was a favorable deal to issue a pardon in return for Maxwell's testimony, Comer told Politico,

Why are Republicans trying to cancel formal committee hearings?

Ben Meiselas 2:35
A lot of people do. My committee is split on that, he added, declining to name who on the House Oversight Committee wanted to give Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon. He says, I don't speak for my committee. You quite literally speak for your committee. You are the chair of the committee, meaning you speak for the committee and you are saying that it's split. So if it's split, that pretty much means all Republicans favor it because all Democrats have come out and said they don't favor giving Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon. Democratic Congress member Robert Garcia, who does speak for the Democrats on the committee, said none of us support a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. What the hell are you even talking about now?
Ben Meiselas 3:22
This is the part where we learn about MAGA Mike Johnson then working with James Comer to stop subpoenas from being issued by House committees, especially as it relates to the Epstein investigation. So they want to give Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon, number one. They don't want to allow subpoenas to issue. And again, I'm just giving you objective facts. I'm not speaking in any political terms. This is just the reality of what's happening. Politico reports that James Comer, working with MAGA Mike Johnson, their workaround for trying to avoid subpoenas in the Epstein investigation is to hold roundtables on various issues within the panel's jurisdiction rather than hearing. And they got this idea. from Pam Bondi.
Ben Meiselas 4:14
Remember when Bondi refused to show up to her subpoena deposition and instead she wanted to do a round table where not under oath, she can just spew the Donald Trump talking points. Democrats are getting aggressive though about this and calling it out. Democratic Congress member Robert Garcia as the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee and other House Democrats called this out

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