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Republican House Speaker PANICS Over Investigation As Sabotage Truth Surfaces
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8:59Now PlayingRepublican House Speaker Mike Johnson proves how panicked he is over internal GOP investigations by the independent watchdog that probes members of the House of Representatives after complaints, as Johnson's attempts to block and delay the new administration's Office of Congressional Conduct from existing get exposed. Yasmin Kahn and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Complaints Languished as Johnson’s Delays Hobbled House Watchdog
"In the first three months of this year, the independent watchdog that investigates members of the House of Representatives received more than 4,000 messages from the public, some accusing lawmakers of serious misconduct.
Not a single one was examined, because Speaker Mike Johnson had yet to constitute the office charged with doing so.
Under House rules, the Office of Congressional Conduct cannot start inquiries, hire staff members or take formal action on public complaints without a board named by the speaker. Mr. Johnson did not do so until this month, the longest delay since the office was created in 2008. And even now, he has yet to install a full complement of board members, hobbling its ability to act.
Mr. Johnson has not explained why he waited until May 13 to empower investigators to begin their work, and his office has not responded to questions about it. But the delay has mired the lone in-house independent overseer of congressional conduct in quicksand at a time when the Trump administration has been conducting a full-scale assault on independent watchdogs within the federal government.
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