[Butter]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

Investigating things like security clearance problems, contracting corruption, immigration detention, etc. isn't going to help Trump, and the congress has an obligation to investigate. I'm frustrated that too much of the decision is being driven by political standards of what might happen if.

Do what you think is right and let the chips fall where they may.

Originally Posted by molson

It's kind of like if a prosecutor had evidence that the police chief or mayor was engaged in corruption, but refused to charge or even open an investigation because the chief or mayor had too much support in the community, would probably avoid consequences, and it could harm the prosecutor's career or risk re-election.

We'd call the prosecutor spineless and part of the problem in that scenario.

Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

Yup. Both of these. To some degree, it's this kind of thinking that got us Trump in the first place. It's the same issue I had with more than a few "Christians" in 2016. They were more concerned about winning an election than doing the right thing, so they voted for him.

Joining, co-signing.