DOJ Confirms Plan to Make It Easier to Prosecute Corrupt Members of Congress | The Gateway Pundit

DOJ Confirms Plan to Make It Easier to Prosecute Corrupt Members of Congress

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The Department of Justice has confirmed a plan that will make it easier to prosecute corrupt politicians.

Under plans currently being drawn up, the DOJ would be able indict members of Congress without approval from lawyers from its Public Integrity Section, known as PIN.

The plans were first reported by The Washington Post and confirmed by a DOJ official.

The Post explains:

Under the proposal, investigators and prosecutors would also not be required to consult with the section’s attorneys during key steps of probes into public officials, altering a long-standing provision in the Justice Department’s manual that outlines how investigations of elected officials should be conducted.

If adopted, the changes would remove a layer of review intended to ensure that cases against public officials are legally sound and not politically motivated.

Career prosecutors in the Public Integrity Section guided and signed off on the criminal investigations into alleged corruption by New York Mayor Eric Adams (D) and former Democratic senator Bob Menendez.

A Justice Department spokesman confirmed the proposal and said that no final decisions have been made. The three people familiar with the proposal spoke on the condition of anonymity because they fear reprisals.

According to a DOJ spokesperson, the main issues lies with the power afforded to PIN, which has already shrunk significantly from 30 prosecutors under the Biden regime to just five under Trump.

“The point of the review is to ensure that equal responsibility is held in the field at U.S. Attorney’s Offices as opposed to centralizing all authority in PIN,” they explained.

PIN was created in 1976 in the wake of the Watergate scandal with the goal of reinforcing DOJ’s credibility in policing official misconduct.

According to the Justice Department’s guidelines, prosecutors in the Public Integrity Section must give formal approval—not just input—before charges can be filed against lawmakers in cases tied to their official roles or campaign conduct.

Nonetheless, the ultimate decision to proceed with an indictment rests with the attorney general.

If implemented, the changes could make it easier for the DOJ to prosecute corrupt politicians including California Senator Adam Schiff and former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney, both of whom commited an array of crimes in their failed campaign agaisnt President Trump.

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Congress Announces New Oversight Committee To Oversee Government Oversight Committee | Babylon Bee

WASHINGTON, D.C. — With faith in government oversight at an all-time low, Washington Democrats announced a new oversight committee to oversee the government oversight committee.

“We’ve had government oversight committees for years and they never reported the kind of waste and abuse Elon Musk is talking about,” said Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. “That’s why I had this brilliant idea to establish a new government oversight committee to oversee the current government oversight committee.”

“I’m really smart,” she added.

The committee, formally established as the Committee on Overseeing Government Subcommittees (COGS), will take on a watchdog role, overseeing the various subcommittees under the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. It will then report to the original government oversight committee, which will take its findings under advisement and launch its own investigation to verify said findings.

“This committee marks the end of government waste and abuse — if there even is any,” said Representative Nancy Pelosi, who serves as ranking member. “We are going to get to the bottom of all this so-called government waste with this new committee to oversee the committee that should already be doing that. No matter how long it takes, or how much extra money it costs, we will get to the bottom of whether or not the oversight committee is overseeing anything.”

“Who watches the watchmen? I do!” Pelosi added proudly. “I mean we do!”

At publishing time, DOGE had exposed possible fraud in COGS, and a new government oversight committee was created to oversee the overseeing committee that oversaw the original committees. The Committee on Overseeing Committee Watchdogs (COW) will also report its findings to the original committee in the interest of full transparency.

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https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-announce-new-oversight-committee-to-oversee-government-oversight-committee/