Former President Trump — now a criminal defendant — has consolidated control over the House GOP, scrambling the majority's agenda and cementing his status as the true power behind the gavel.
is pushing Republicans to revitalize their weaponization subcommittee and other investigative panels — coordinating with Trump in the process.of their committee work, including briefing him on the investigations into Bragg.
McCarthy, Jordan and House Oversight Chair James Comer are holding a call this week to discuss next steps to hold Bragg accountable, Comer told Fox News.While McCarthy personally attacked the indictment and arrest, House GOP leadership so far has avoided distributing coordinated talking points and messaging guidance in response to the charges.
One Republican stressed to Axios that they believe McCarthy has intentionally kept silent to avoid putting vulnerable members in a tough spot.Screenshot: NRCC fundraising emailHouse Republicans — including the National Republican Congressional Committee — are seizing on Trump's arrest for fundraising appeals, temporarily sidelining issues such as inflation and crime that helped propel them to the majority.
Democrats, sensing vulnerability, have blasted out fundraising emails flipping the script on Republicans by accusing them of seeking to "defund the police."
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