The most famous Republican investigation for the house was the Benghazi investigation in Obama's second term. Some argue that that is why Donald Trump won the presidential election in 2016 because of the Hillary Clinton email scandal driving her numbers down by just enough. If Jim Jordan and Republicans investigate, and if they uncover something, where could this be headed? What might we see in 2023?
Maybe not, but you’re going to be hearing about them for a while anyway. Republicans are saying they’ll use them to investigate the Biden administration.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn and Victoria Chamberlain, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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