On in the present day’s episode of the 5 Issues podcast: Biden’s most vocal Republican antagonists emerge from the sidelines – with subpoena energy

USA TODAY Assistant Washington Editor Ledyard King explains how a pair of Republicans might current a headache for President Joe Biden. Plus, the World Financial Discussion board returns to Davos, Ukraine begins prison proceedings after Russia kills dozens of civilians in an residence advanced, questions stay about what triggered the Nepal aircraft crash, and USA TODAY Wellness Reporter Jenna Ryu talks about narcissism and pseudomutuality.

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Taylor Wilson:

Good morning. I am Taylor Wilson and that is 5 Issues you’ll want to know Tuesday, the seventeenth of January, 2023. Right now, Biden’s most vocal Republican antagonists, plus world and enterprise leaders collect in Davos, and extra questions stay after the Nepal aircraft crash.

Home Republicans spent years ignored or drowned out in a Democratic Congress, however revelations about President Joe Biden’s dealing with of categorized paperwork handed two of his fiercest critics ammunition to analyze simply as they turned committee chairmen. Producer PJ Elliott spoke with USA TODAY’S Assistant Washington Editor Ledge King to seek out out extra about Representatives Jim Jordan and James Comer.

PJ Elliott:

Ledge, thanks for becoming a member of 5 Issues.

Ledge King:

Thanks.

PJ Elliott:

So President Biden goes to have a tough time with this Congress, particularly with the GOP-controlled Home, and there is a few outspoken critics of the president with Jim Jordan and James Comer. Are you able to speak about who precisely they’re and how much energy they will have on this Home?

Ledge King:

Nicely, Jim Jordan, many individuals might already find out about him. He was one of many staunchest Trump defenders within the final couple of congresses. He is a Republican from Ohio, and now he’ll be in control of the Home Judiciary Committee, which goes to be a funnel for lots of those investigations, whether or not or not it’s the Biden household corruption allegations that the Republicans maintain leveling. The opposite Jim is Jim Comer, and he’s a Kentucky Republican who’s head of the Oversight Committee. These are the 2 huge committees, by the way in which, which are going to deal with loads of investigations. However they will be principally the principle devices for the Republican Home to take a look at, examine and highlight points and insurance policies and actions taken by the Biden administration over the past two years that they view as threatening or improper.

PJ Elliott:

Had been the categorized paperwork discovered in Biden’s Delaware residence and in his DC workplace simply icing on the cake for investigations into the president? Which means, had been investigations coming whatever the paperwork?

Ledge King:

There have been positively going to be investigations, however not into that. That has definitely amped up the rhetoric and the leverage, frankly, that the Republicans now have. They had been going to take a look at, not a lot Trump’s categorized what he took, what he did not take, et cetera. That actually was not their purpose. They had been going to take a look at how they really feel Trump was improperly handled. They maintain calling it a raid, though this was a warrant served, accredited by a decide, served on Mar-a-Lago after months of resistance from Trump. Nonetheless, they are going to take a look at how Mar-a-Lago was searched.

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