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ELECTION INTERFERENCE: GOP House Oversight Chair says the quiet part out loud

ELECTION INTERFERENCE: GOP House Oversight Chair says the quiet part out loud

Representative James Comer (R-KY) has taken on an unofficial role in the public defense of Donald Trump against potential indictment(s) in the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation of hush money payments to Stormy Daniels, but he seemed unprepared to be hit with facts when he appeared on a less-conservative network, during his appearance on CNN‘s State of the Union this morning.

In fact, he cornered himself into threatening that, if prosecution proceeds, Republican District Attorneys will make it their business to interfere in Federal elections going forward.

It’s not the most prudent response when there are actually investigations underway to determine whether a prominent Republican, uncoincidentally the very man Comer is protecting, is guilty of election interference.

At this point, though, Comer’s first two arguments — that Manhattan D. A. Alvin Bragg should focus on crime, and that the alleged crime by Trump should be a Federal, not state matter — had already been effectively rebutted.

Host Jake Tapper quickly shut down the first argument by pointing out that white-collar crimes are also crimes, and that the potential indictment is apt to be for falsifying business records to cover up the payment, making it a state matter.

After several moments of a deer-in-headlights glaze, Comer settled on a response: warning that Republicans will respond with escalation.

Trump and his sycophants, including Comer, have argued that investigations of Trump’s encyclopedia-length list of alleged crimes are actually election interference since he’s running for office.

Still, actually announcing that their own party is willing to commit election crimes is a bold move, especially in response to an investigation hinging on the allegation that they already did.

Comer said:

“And…and…and look. If you open a can of worms here, here’s what’s gonna happen. You’re gonna have county attorneys in red areas, in parts of Kentucky, rural Kentucky, where I am, that  are gonna start trying to overreach into federal election laws.”

Pressed, Comer insisted that the statute of limitations has passed and that if there’s any evidence of criminality, the Federal government should be bringing the investigation and charges, rather than state or local officials.

Comer seemingly ignores the fact that House Republicans are also fighting against the Justice Department’s multiple federal investigations of Trump.

Meanwhile, in the realm of election interference, Kentucky prosecutors could be looking at Comer himself.

The Congressional Integrity Project has asked for an investigation of his involvement in an email leak from a law firm in 2015, seemingly timed to discredit an individual who had alleged that Comer abused a former girlfriend, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal. Comer was running for Governor of his state at the time.

Check out the video below.

Steph Bazzle covers politics and theocracy, always aiming for a world free from extremism and authoritarianism. Follow Steph on Twitter @imjustasteph.

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