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July 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM

Do Not Subpoena Dr. Jill

Doug Watt
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Congressional hearings are a chance for politicians to show the folks back home that they are actually doing their job. It is not enough to bring some money back to their fiefdoms for some obscure museum.

The optics of Jill Biden sitting in front of a group of legislators with a box of Kleenex to wipe away the tears are not going to help Republicans in the midterm elections.

All the claims of the Fifth Amendment made by the political hacks in the past week are more than enough to expose the corruption of trying to hide the mental state of Joe Biden for four years. Yes, I know they haven't been convicted by a jury, but one doesn't plead the Fifth if they haven't done something wrong. The presumption of innocence applies to the seating of jurors; the rest of us can draw our own conclusions.

Speaking of fifths, I need one every time I listen to any number of Democrats in a congressional hearing.

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    Henry Racette@HenryRacette·1y

    Agreed.

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    Some Call Me ...Tim@SomeCallMeTim·1y

    Good advice, which I am sure they will ignore.

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    Arahant@Arahant·1y

    Let's hope someone has a bit of sense about this. (I'm not holding my breath.)

    Doug Watt (View Post):
    Congressional hearings are a chance for politicians to show the folks back home that they are actually doing their job.

    But that's not what they do. Instead, they grandstand.

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    Arahant@Arahant·1y
    Doug Watt (View Post):
    Yes, I know they have haven’t been convicted by a jury, but one doesn’t claim the fifth if they haven’t done something wrong.

    Not necessarily. In a hostile "Star Chamber" type of setting, I can imagine doing so.

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    EODmom@EODmom·1y

    “They” may now feel they have bigger fish. Video of her taking the 5th no long much of a scoop. Now Obama ……..

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