Turns out that disgraced former President Trump’s successful efforts to use government resources ratfuck his first impeachment are going to come back and bite Kevin McCarthy and his gang of idiots in the ass, as Politico have resurfaced a Bill Barr Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel opinion that says, specifically “We conclude that the House must expressly authorize a committee to conduct an impeachment investigation and to use compulsory process in that investigation before the committee may compel the production of documents or testimony” and “The House had not authorized such an investigation in connection with the impeachment-related subpoenas issued before October 31, 2019, and the subpoenas therefore had no compulsory effect.”
The fat bastard ignored the subpoenas anyway after Pelosi formalized the inquiry, fought the production of evidence, and eventually the “jury” nullified the verdict in the Senate (It didn’t matter the second time he got impeached because it happened so fast and there was no inquiry). But forgetting to rescind this opinion after that is going to end up costing the Trump 2024 campaign.