Democrats prepare to probe Trump's FBI headquarters plan - Rep Connolly

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

POLITICS DECEMBER 4, 2018 / 3:38 PM / UPDATED 6 MINUTES AGO

Exclusive: Democrats prepare to probe Trump's FBI headquarters plan - Rep Connolly

Mark Hosenball, Ginger Gibson
5 MIN READ

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s role in decisions about a new FBI headquarters will face intense scrutiny when Democrats take control of a key U.S. House of Representatives committee in January, one of the panel’s leaders said on Tuesday.

Democratic U.S. Representative Gerald Connolly told Reuters in an interview that the Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation last year of plans to build a new FBI headquarters in the Washington suburbs are a “prime subject for exploration.”

Connolly would likely lead such an inquiry if, as expected, he becomes chairman of a House Oversight subcommittee.

He said the FBI building project is a top investigative priority for him and fellow Democrat Elijah Cummings, who is expected to chair the full House Oversight committee.

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[SCantiGOP]

1. Keep the pressure on him

Maybe when he realizes that he can make more money out of the White House he will pardon everybody he knows and get the hell out of town.

[murielm99]

2. It has be be made to appear that

45 "wins" by resigning. Let him say he won, then get him out of office. If he leaves with that delusion, that will be fine with me, just as long as he leaves!

[SCantiGOP]

3. I figure he will use the usual lie:

Make himself out to be a hero because he is pardoning his kids from the horrible, political witch hunt and will sacrifice his office for their sake.
I agree with your basic premise - he must find a way to leave that he can keep his delusional self-image of himself intact.

[murielm99]

4. We will have to help him keep the delusion,

or, members of his own party will have to help him with that. It's one way of saving our democracy.