'Regular Order' Investigation Of Russian Meddling Will Not Suffice

This morning Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell shrugged off calls for a Select Committee to investigate intelligence agencies' meddling in the election while reassuring everyone that he was sure North Carolina Senator Burr would convene an investigation via regular order.

Calling the allegations of Russian meddling “disturbing,” McConnell said the intelligence panel should take the lead, dismissing calls by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and others for a special select committee to review the matter.

He said the Intelligence Committee is “more than capable of conducting a complete review of this matter.”

“We’re going to follow the regular order. It’s an important subject and we intend to review it on a bipartisan basis,” he said.

This is not sufficient. Rewind with me back to 2013, when Ginni Thomas' Groundswell cabal was hitting up Darrell Issa in midnight meetings to appoint a Select Committee to investigate Hillary Clinton and Benghazi for political gain. They had very specific reasons for wanting a committee, and they put it on the record.

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