A GOP Chairman’s Tricky Hypocrisy on ‘Political’ Probes
While Rep. James Comer (R-KY) has been tapped to steer congressional probes into what House Republicans characterize as the “weaponization” of government investigations, Comer is no stranger to weaponizing politically driven investigations.
Last week, Comer and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) fired off a controversial missive to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, claiming Bragg was flirting with “an unprecedented abuse of prosecutorial authority” in his reportedly pending decision to indict former President Donald Trump. The letter demanded funding records related to the probe and preemptively attacked any coming charges as “a politically motivated prosecutorial decision.”
But Comer has yet to answer for what appears to be a politically motivated prosecutorial decision from his past.