Kamala Harris returns to nationwide stage as James Comer eyes subpoena

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris is again within the nationwide highlight along with her forthcoming ebook about her short-lived 2024 White Home marketing campaign, and he or she is producing a buzz about whether or not she'll attempt once more in 2028.

Whereas politicos are keenly watching Harris for her subsequent strikes, she's additionally being eyed by Home Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., who's investigating whether or not prime Biden administration officers coated up proof of a psychological decline in former President Joe Biden.

Comer all however assured his committee could be contacting Harris throughout an look on "The Ingraham Angle" final week. He joined Fox Information Channel simply after Harris introduced she wouldn't be working for governor of California, as some have speculated, and can as an alternative embark on a listening tour to listen to from Individuals and attempt to increase fellow Democrats throughout the nation.

"I believe that that’s one other beauty of Kamala Harris not working for governor – she’s gonna have extra time to return earlier than the Home Oversight Committee and testify about Joe Biden’s cognitive decline," Comer mentioned. "So I believe that the percentages of Kamala Harris getting a subpoena are very excessive."

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Former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris stand collectively on the White Home forward of the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on January 20, 2025, in Washington. (Win McNamee/Getty Photos)

Throughout a current look on "The Late Present with Stephen Colbert," Harris distanced herself from any speedy electoral ambitions. She emphasised she wished to listen to from all voters, nevertheless, not essentially ruling out a future presidential run.

"I consider, and I all the time believed, that as fragile as our democracy is, our methods could be robust sufficient to defend our most basic ideas. And I believe proper now that, they don't seem to be as robust as they must be," Harris mentioned.

"And I simply do not wish to for now, I do not wish to return within the system. I wish to, I wish to journey the nation. I wish to hearken to folks. I wish to speak with folks. And I do not need it to be transactional, the place I am asking for his or her vote."

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Jonathan Turley, a Fox Information contributor and professor at George Washington College Legislation College, informed Fox Information Digital the optics of a congressional subpoena could be lower than perfect for a possible 2028 candidate.

"This can be a powerful query for Harris, who clearly has aspirations to run once more," Turley mentioned when requested if he would advise Harris to seem. "The committee can compel her to seem. Nevertheless, the optics of forcing a subpoena should not precisely optimum for somebody who desires to run once more for this workplace."

He added, nevertheless, that Harris could be a "pure" goal for Comer's probe.

"Harris held a novel spot throughout the interior circle of the White Home," Turley mentioned.

However each he and former Home Oversight Committee ChairTrey Gowdy, R-S.C., now a Fox Information Channel host, have been uncertain that bringing Harris in would yield a lot new data.

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chair of the Home Oversight and Accountability Committee, is overseeing a probe into the Biden White Home. (Al Drago/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photos)

"Is it price investigating? Completely. Is it price getting her tackle it? Yeah. Is she going to cooperate? No," Gowdy informed Fox Information Digital.

The previous South Carolina congressman, who additionally served as a federal prosecutor, predicted that Harris' attorneys would search to bury any potential look in a quagmire of authorized proceedings stemming from government and/or presidential privilege claims.

"That privilege has been invoked by each events repeatedly throughout congressional investigations ," Gowdy mentioned.

"Leaving the names out of it, only for the sake of an analogy, I can not consider an advisor that might be nearer to a president than his or her vp. So, by the point you are litigating the difficulty of whether or not or not you'll be able to compel a vp to speak about conversations that she or he had with a chief of workers, with a partner, with the president, with the president's physician – you may be as previous as I'm by the point that is litigated."

Turley mentioned Home investigators must be armed with "particular" inquiries to keep away from somebody like Harris with the ability to reply with "a matter of opinion."

Gowdy agreed Harris was a "professional" witness to herald and that the difficulty of Biden's autopen use, significantly for pardons, "warrants additional scrutiny."

Trey Gowdy, a former congressman and present Fox Information host, mentioned Harris could be a "professional" witness. (Mark Wilson/Getty Photos)

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He warned, nevertheless, {that a} potent subpoena comes with penalties for noncompliance.

"Prosecutors can ship cops and have [people] introduced in. Congress cannot try this. Judges can ship the marshals or the sheriff's deputies out to carry a witness in if the witness is recalcitrant. Congress cannot try this," Gowdy mentioned. "So your energy is simply pretty much as good as what you are able to do to implement it."

A spokesperson for Biden declined to touch upon Comer's subpoena risk when reached by Fox Information Digital.

Spokespeople for Harris and Home Oversight Committee Democrats didn't return requests for remark.

Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox Information Digital main protection of the Home of Representatives. Earlier digital bylines seen at Each day Mail and CBS Information.