House Unanimously Rejects Senate Grift Attempt

 

In a rare unanimous 426-0 vote, the House rejected a provision in an appropriations bill that would allow several Republican senators to sue the Department of Justice for at least $500,000 if their phone records were accessed without notification.  One of the Republican senators pushing for the grift is nasty little Sen. Lindsey "Huckleberry" Graham (SC), whose phone records were accessed by former special counsel Jack Smith as part of the investigation into the Malignant Fascist's attempt to have fake electors cast votes to overturn the 2020 election, which he lost to President Biden. From CNN:

"Tucked into one of the appropriations bills,  the language comes after Senate Republicans released FBI records related to an investigation called 'Arctic Frost,' which pertained to the fake elector scheme from 2020 where Donald Trump allies pressured GOP electors to register Electoral College votes for Trump from states that former President Joe Biden won.

It’s caused bipartisan furor on Capitol Hill and spotlighted a rare divide between the top Republican leaders. House Speaker Mike Johnson said he was blindsided by the measure, while Thune has resolutely stood behind it.

'We’re striking the provision as fast as we can, and we expect the Senate to move it,' Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas told CNN Tuesday. 'We believe there’s a fairly sizable growing majority over there that believes that they should strike it. [snip]

Sen. Lindsey Graham on Wednesday said he plans on suing DOJ in his case for 'far more' than $500,000, and advocated for expanding the measure to include private citizens.

'You want to make sure that people who are going to issue subpoenas in the future against private citizens to get their phone records without a court order, I mean, without a warrant, have to think twice, and if the government doesn’t pay, you’re going to get more of this,' he told CNN."  (our emphasis)

Sure, Huck.  It's the principle of the thing, not about a windfall tied to your failed efforts to rig the electoral vote in the 2020 elections, right?  Given the overwhelming vote in the House, some Republican senators are having second thoughts about the optics of cashing in on their misdeeds while voters are having grocery and health insurance premiums going up, with no relief from the Malignant Fascist's regime.