U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) confirmed what many have been warning Republicans about, telling MS NOW that Democrats will lead an “aggressive investigation” into President Donald Trump once they have regained power in midterm elections.
“I played a clip of little Mike Johnson, as I like to call him, laying out how a Democratic majority in Congress would investigate the president, the cabinet, donors and friends,” host Jen Psaki said in the interview on “The Briefing” with the Democratic Socialist darling.
“It all sounds, I think, probably to a lot of people watching and a lot of people out there who were infuriated by the level of corruption, pretty good. But you’ve also talked about a lot of things you deeply care about: health care and affordable housing. I know there are many other things,” she continued.
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“What do you see as the right priorities, balance of things, especially as it relates to investigations and accountability? Where does that fall on how much time should be spent on that?” Psaki asked.
“I mean, I, of course, I spent many years on the…Oversight Committee in Congress, which is in charge of investigations during the first Trump administration,” Ocasio-Cortez replied.
“I helped on the investigation of Michael Cohen at the time, which led to a record-setting settlement from Attorney General Letitia James. But I think that it really is — it genuinely is a situation of we can walk and chew gum at the same time,” she continued.
“There are certain committees that I think will be spearheading real investigations into this administration. There has to be accountability, and it has to be because we cannot allow this level of corruption to consume our public service and our government ever again,” she said with a glaring lack of self-awareness.
“And the only way that you allow that or the only way that you set that precedent is by aggressive investigation and consequence,” AOC claimed.
“And oftentimes, some of the things that do come out in congressional investigations sometimes yield to, either state pursuits, etc. And, you know, Mike Johnson paints this as though it’s some partisan witch hunt, but if you don’t want to be prosecuted for crimes, don’t do crimes,” she added before blasting the handling of the Epstein files.
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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