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FBaggins

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4. The actual answer is "they aren't really even doing it now"
Mon May 5, 2025, 02:56 PM
May 5

This is just a press release saying that they are not happy. There's no actual congressional "probe" or "investigation"

They've written a couple sternly-worded letters asking for responses/information... but they have no power to compel it.

As the article admits at the end - "It is unclear whether any of Hegseth, Wiles, Gabbard and Patel plan to reply to the Democratic committee members' letter. The members' powers to compel documents are weakened as they are only a minority of the committee and don't have the support of any Republican members."

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