The Denver Gazette reports that a U.S. House committee is now investigating whether the Biden Department of Justice sought private financial records belonging to Congresswoman Lauren Boebert as part of broader Trump-related investigations. The request, directed at a Colorado bank, stems from newly surfaced documents tied to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s probes into the 2020 election and classified documents case. fileciteturn12file0
According to the report, Republican lawmakers argue that federal authorities may have subpoenaed financial institutions for data connected to Boebert and other individuals during those investigations. Democrats, meanwhile, have maintained that such actions, if taken, would fall within standard investigative procedures, particularly given the scope of the Jan. 6-related inquiries.
The Bullet Point Brief
- A House committee is digging into whether the Biden DOJ sought Boebert’s private financial records. That is not exactly a small allegation.
- The request ties back to investigations led by Special Counsel Jack Smith into Trump and the 2020 election fallout.
- Subpoenas may have been issued to banks and telecom companies for records tied to multiple Republican lawmakers.
- Republicans are calling it “weaponization” of government agencies. Democrats say it is standard investigative work.
- The truth, as usual in Washington, is buried somewhere between outrage and denial.
My Bottom Line
I do not care if your political bumper sticker says Trump, Biden, Boebert, or “None of the Above.”
This should concern you.
Because once the machinery of government starts sniffing around the private financial records of elected officials, especially in the middle of politically charged investigations, you are walking right up to a line this country is not supposed to cross.
And here is the problem. Nobody trusts the referees anymore.
Republicans see political targeting. Democrats see routine process. The rest of the country sees a system that looks more and more like it plays favorites depending on who is in power.
That is how republics rot.
If this was legitimate, it should be transparent. If it was abuse, people should be held accountable. That is how this is supposed to work.
But let’s be honest with ourselves.
How often do the powerful actually face consequences?
How often do names get named, careers get ended, or anyone in the upper tiers of government get held to the same standard as everyone else?
Rarely.
And that is what fuels the frustration. Not just the allegation itself, but the growing sense that there are two sets of rules. One for the people running the system, and one for everyone else paying for it.
You can call that cynical. You can call it black-pilled.
Or you can call it what a lot of Americans are starting to feel.
A loss of trust.
And once that goes, everything else starts to wobble.
Source: The Denver Gazette
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