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Not what you might think.
The title “Crime of the Century” came from a line in an article about US Attorney Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation of the Mueller report. Trump had claimed that Durham was going to uncover the Crime of the Century.[1] Nothing. Well, not exactly nothing. One FBI attorney was found guilty of doctoring an email. He received probation. BTW The agent wasn’t found out by Durham. The DOJ made the discovery. Two others were charged and found not guilty. The Mueller Report’s findings were validated.[2] That’s it. Three-year investigation.
What do you think that cost? Well, for one thing they burned a source that the FBI had been using for 3 years. So there’s that. The Durham investigation has cost $6.5 million so far.[3]
Well, the Ken Starr six-year criminal investigation of the Clintons cost a cool $70 million.[4] His investigation led to President Clinton being impeached for lying about getting a blow job. He was not convicted by the Senate.
One Republican committee, a select committee, spent 2 years and $7 million investigating Hillary Clinton over Benghazi.[5] Nothing. There were a total of ten investigations of Benghazi including 5 other House committees. No evidence of wrongdoing on her part. Guess who was one of the members of the select committee?[6]
Jim Jordan.
Really!
Republicans are forming committees to open all sorts of investigations.[7] One committee to investigate government is to be headed up by none other than coup plotter Jim Jordan.[8] (Yes, you read that right. The government.) You know, the guy that inquired about people getting pardons from then President Trump after the January 6 attack on our Capitol. The guy now being investigated by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for his role in the coup attempt. He wants to know what evidence that the DOJ has on him. That guy.
Another coup plotter, House Republican Neofascist Andy Biggs, wants to investigate First Lady Jill Biden in addition to Hunter Biden.[9] Biggs is also one of those that voted against McCarthy for Speaker.
They are going to investigate Covid.[10] Hint. It came from China. Now, in order for them to investigate and receive any meaningful information they would have to have access and information from the Chinese government. No problem there. They just need the formality of an investigation. No problem for any of their investigations really.
They already have the answers.
[1] https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-durham-probe-exposing-crime-century-just-beginning
[2] https://www.justice.gov/archives/sco/file/1373816/download
[3] https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/23/durham-special-counsel-russia-costs/
[4] https://www.foxnews.com/story/gao-clinton-probes-cost-70-million
[5] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/two-years-7-million-800-pages-later-gop-benghazi-report-lands-with-a-thud
[6] https://www.congress.gov/114/crpt/hrpt848/CRPT-114hrpt848.pdf
[7] https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/10/politics/gop-investigations-new-congress/index.html
[8] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-gop-wants-jordan-led-committee-to-oversee-active-federal-criminal-investigations/vi-AA169SUX?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=1be73c7119fc42139eacb5e8575ba53b&category=foryou
[9] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jill-biden-faces-call-to-be-investigated-by-gop-house-rep-compromised/ar-AA16aNsx?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=1be73c7119fc42139eacb5e8575ba53b
[10] https://news.yahoo.com/house-republicans-launch-subcommittee-investigate-133249975.html