Having secured Democratic capitulation on a deal fat with empty promises, Senate Republican leader John Thune made sure that the deal also addressed one of the president’s most important issues—whitewashing the insurrection of January 6, 2021. And, needless to say, he did so with the tacit approval of seven Democratic senators. It is, as they say, a “bipartisan” bill. From Politico :

In an interview Monday evening, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)—who claims he was one of the lawmakers to have his data subpoenaed as part of former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into President Donald Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 election—said Thune was responsible for the inclusion of provision. “Leader Thune inserted that in the bill to provide real teeth to the prohibition on the Department

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