New Panel to Probe ‘Weaponization’ of Government Is Short-Term Solution, Will Not Restore Constitutional Rule: Expert

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) nominates House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for Speaker of the House of the 118th Congress during a speech in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 3, 2023 in Washington. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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The vote by the new GOP House majority on Jan. 10 to establish a select subcommittee, with broad subpoena powers, for the purpose of scrutinizing actions by the executive branch and the “weaponization” of the government for political ends is a welcome development, but may not go far enough toward restoring and preserving constitutional government in the United States, analysts and legal experts have told The Epoch Times.