House Speaker Kevin McCarthy earlier this week announced members of the Select Subcommittee on Weaponization of the Federal Government, including Utah GOP Rep. Chris Stewart.
. Republicans have also signaled they could expand their investigative scope to include agencies and issues like the Department of Education and Big Tech, according to Politico.
"Government should be here to help you, not go after you," McCarthy told reporters earlier this month. Democrats and historians liken the Republicans' pursuit of nebulous allegations of deep-state conspiracies to the "red scare" days of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy in the 1950s, according to The New York Times.
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