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Democrats are expected to take back Congress in the midterm elections and Republicans are already plotting a preemptive strike ahead of that takeover to protect the White House.
President Donald Trump's scandals are stacking up, from the files related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, the push for a $1.8 billion slush fund, the bulldozing of the East Wing of the White House, the funding for the East Wing of the White House, the Kennedy Center debacle and a slew of other money-making schemes.
Semafor reported Thursday that one way Republicans could hit back is by conducting their own parallel investigations.
"Doing so would amount to an unusual assertion of power from the House minority, which historically has almost no ability to enforce any of its own investigative requests," reporter Nicholas Wu conceded.
James Mandolfo, a law firm partner who handled the GOP's investigation of then-President Joe Biden's family said, “If the Democrats take the House in November, the Republican minority will be among the strongest in history because they likely will have the Trump administration backing them on core issues that they remain aligned on."
Normally, the committees would have no power to enforce subpoenas or make demands to cooperate with a private GOP investigation. Mandolfo suggested Trump get his Justice Department involved and use the power of the federal government to go after anyone who refuses to do what he wants.
"The Trump administration could take action against those companies/institutions that don’t comply with any requests from the minority," said Mandolfo.
It's unclear what would happen if such individuals fought back in court.
Semafor explained that such a plan doesn't solve a problem Republicans could continue to face: division within their own party.
"There was friction between some Oversight Committee Republicans and the Justice Department earlier this Congress, after the GOP-controlled panel voted to subpoena then-Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation," the report said.
The Democratic investigations will likely be conducted within each congressional committee, but there could also be special investigative committees, similar to the Jan. 6 committee.
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[### Robert Stilson
Capital Research Center
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Robert runs several of CRC's specialized projects. Originally from Indiana, he has a BA from Hanover College and a JD from University of Richmond School of Law.Read more
[### DOGE and the Department of Housing and Urban ...
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Jan 23, 2025 — Robert Stilson. Robert runs several of CRC's specialized projects. Originally from Indiana, he has a B.A. from Hanover College and a J.D. from ...Read more
[### Articles by Robert Stilson's Profile | MSN, The Hill, National ...
Muck Rack
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Chris Murray, host of the Your Financial Editor podcast, interviewed Robert Stilson, CRC's senior research analyst. They discussed Robert's recent report, ...Read more
[### A conversation with the Capital Research Center's Robert ...
YouTube · The Giving Review
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A conversation with the Capital Research Center's Robert Stilson (Part 1 of 2). The Giving Review•113 views · 13:22. Go to channel Scotty Kilmer ...
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[### A conversation with the Capital Research Center's Robert ...
the Giving Review
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Feb 10, 2025 — Published late last month, Capital Research Center senior research analyst Robert Stilson's four-part series, “Thinking About Fiscal Sponsorship ...Read more
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[### DOGE and the Department of Defense
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Mar 11, 2025 — Robert Stilson. Robert runs several of CRC's specialized projects. Originally from Indiana, he has a B.A. from Hanover College and a J.D. ...Read more
[### Walter-Written-Testimony-1.pdf - House Oversight Committee
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Jun 4, 2025 — pdf. 17 Citations for all quotations are in Robert Stilson, “DOGE and the Department of Labor,” Capital Research. Center, January 9, 2025 ...Read more
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[### A conversation with the Capital Research Center's Robert ...
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Feb 10, 2025 — In 1st part of 2-part conversation, the Capital Research Center's Robert Stilson talks about fiscal sponsorship—including how it works, ...
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[### In Robert Stilson's new 4-part series, he looks at the world ...
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In Robert Stilson's new 4-part series, he looks at the world of fiscal sponsorships. Fiscal sponsorship lets groups without IRS tax-exempt ...Read more
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CRC SCOTT WALTERS MTG 2025
:{:{The Solidarity Center is by no means the only Labor Department grantee that deserves scrutiny by this Subcommittee and the Department of Government Efficiency. My Capital Research Center colleague Robert Stilson surveyed recent grants by the Department for our website TheDogeFiles.org and found other grantees of obvious political value to the Biden administration’s policy agenda and re-election campaign.[[7]](https://capitalresearch.org/article/scott-walters-written-testimony-to-house-doge-subcommittee/#_edn7) For instance, NextGen Climate America (aka, NextGen Policy) was awarded $6 million in 2024 for apprenticeship programs. This 501(c)(3) “charity”[[8]](https://capitalresearch.org/article/scott-walters-written-testimony-to-house-doge-subcommittee/#_edn8) is part of a network of nonprofits and PACs of similar name launched by Democratic megadonor Tom Steyer.[[9]](https://capitalresearch.org/article/scott-walters-written-testimony-to-house-doge-subcommittee/#_edn9)}:
After the 2024 election, NextGen’s executive director put out a statement declaring that the group was “incredibly disheartened” by Trump’s victory and that “clearly, this was not the outcome we hoped for.” Instead, he pledged the group would “fight for progressive policy change to address environmental, social, racial, gender, and economic inequities in California through justice-centered legislative advocacy, grassroots partnerships, and democratic civic engagement.”[[10]](https://capitalresearch.org/article/scott-walters-written-testimony-to-house-doge-subcommittee/#_edn10)}: