House Democrats take the majority in January, and their newest members are already promising to bury the Trump administration in subpoenas. Congress has the power to investigate. It does not have the power to investigate just to expose people and punish them. Jenny Beth Martin, Paul Teller, and Robert McNeily take apart the White House counsel's warning letter, 100 years of Supreme Court rulings on investigations, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's impeachment talk, the fight over who leads the Democrats, the 52 days Senate Republicans have left, and the socialist movement's first move toward 2028.
Guests: Paul Teller, who served in President Trump's first White House and spent years working on Capitol Hill, and Robert McNeily, co-host and Director of Broadcasting and Grassroots Engagement at Tea Party Patriots Action.
Today's topics:
• Subpoenas "like Mardi Gras beads": Representative-elect Analilia Mejia of New Jersey says that is how she plans to hand them out in January. Another new member said "like candy," and Rashida Tlaib posted, "Lawyer up." Not one of them named an actual crime.
• The White House letter: on Monday, White House counsel Will Scharf wrote to Congressman Robert Garcia, the Democrat expected to chair the House Oversight Committee, warning that an investigation designed merely to abuse or instill fear may cross the line into criminality.
• Where the line is: in 1957, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote that there is "no congressional power to expose for the sake of exposure." In Trump v. Mazars in 2020, the Supreme Court held that a congressional subpoena must serve a valid legislative purpose.
• What it looks like from the receiving end: Tea Party Patriots was one of the groups the IRS targeted under the Obama administration.
• The Epstein files: the House Oversight Committee's Republican majority released its report on the Epstein and Maxwell cases, and Congressman Thomas Massie says he has 218 signatures to force another House vote on releasing the files.
• Impeachment and the Court: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells CNN that impeaching President Trump is on the table and says the Supreme Court has "kind of legalized a lot of his criminality."
• Who runs the Democratic Party: 5 incoming Democratic Socialists will not commit to Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker, Bernie Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez will not back Chuck Schumer, and a Senator-elect wants Medicare for All passed.
• The grassroots and the Senate: Scott Presler and Senator Ron Johnson on the Republican losses, and why the SAVE America Act, the election integrity bill requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote, is still waiting with 52 days left before the new Congress is sworn in.
• The calendar: Senator Rick Scott says confirming President Trump's judges would take just over 200 hours of Senate floor time, and government funding runs out December 11.
• Mississippi: Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith conceded on November 11 to Democrat Scott Colom, who ran against "Cindy High Prices." What should the election teach the conservative movement?
• Still counting: Alaska's ranked-choice count is November 18, and Louisiana holds 2 congressional runoffs on December 12. In Louisiana, November 12 is the last day to register in person or by mail, and online registration runs through November 21.
• 2028 starts now: the Democratic Socialists of America open their process to endorse a candidate for President, and their New York City chapter votes on a resolution called "Run AOC Run."
• Young men: Axios reports men under 30 swung 36 points toward Democrats since 2024. New White House chief of staff Stephen Miller wants them back.
• Your assignment: go to TeaPartyPatriots.org and take the Post-Election Supporter Survey. Tell Tea Party Patriots Action what went wrong and what comes next.
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