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1/2: #DOJ: #FBI: Wray defines Speaker McCarthy & What is to be done? Andrew McCarthy, NRO; Thaddeus McCotter, American Greatness.

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🗓️ 2 June 2023

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1/2: #DOJ: #FBI: Wray defines Speaker McCarthy & What is to be done? Andrew McCarthy, NRO; Thaddeus McCotter, American Greatness.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/05/fbi-director-wray-doesnt-have-a-leg-to-stand-on-in-contempt-fight/

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0:00.0

This is CBS I On The World.

0:05.6

I'm John Bachelor, joined by my colleagues.

0:08.6

That is MacArthur of American Greatness in Andrew McCarthy, writing at the National

0:13.0

Review Online about a momentary mystery.

0:17.8

Christopher Reyes, the director of the FBI, a member of the Department of Justice, an

0:22.7

esteemed lawyer and a man who is in charge of an operation that is vast at the same time.

0:29.6

John McCarthy is the speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy has power that is beyond

0:35.3

the FBI's, as have I understand it, the FBI's, is a creation of the Congress.

0:41.9

And therefore this looks like a mismatch, but I learned from Andrew McCarthy's new column

0:45.9

in the National Review Online.

0:47.9

That Mr. McCarthy is demanding, with subpoenas mention, demanding information that is said

0:55.4

to be in the possession of Christopher Re, about the president of the United States, demanding

1:00.8

that that information be turned over to Congress, in particular to the House Oversight Committee

1:05.7

chaired by James Comer.

1:07.9

And he has come with this puzzle.

1:11.2

Kevin McCarthy has a great deal of power.

1:14.2

And right now, according to the news, and your reporting, Christopher Re is resisting

1:19.4

that power.

1:20.6

That seems odd, discordant in a relationship that is so pyramid, and with McCarthy at

1:27.2

the top, how did this come about?

1:29.2

Good evening to you.

1:30.6

Good evening, John, and that is, well, John, you know, Kevin McCarthy does have an enormous

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