Should Ryan rediscover that the House he leads can investigate and appropriate in ways that force the executive branch to surface important information, there would be nothing extraordinary about it. The New Republic's Brian Beutler had a great piece along these lines: The emperor has no clothes, but he does have a House Speaker who'll carry a fig leaf. At the time, the Speaker's "focus" wasn't on what he could "control," so much as it was on scoring cheap points.Now, however, he's abandoned the pretense, providing cover for his party's president. And yet, Ryan prefers to take a pass.A year ago, hoping to make a media splash, Ryan used his powerful office to call on intelligence agencies to deny Hillary Clinton access to classified information, ostensibly because of his deep concerns about her email protocols from years earlier. Putting aside the fact that Ryan isn't fixing anyone's problems - unless you consider it a "problem" when Americans have access to affordable health care - his line is unsatisfying because it's wrong.He is, after all, the Speaker of the House, and it's within his "control" to defend the rule of law, support an independent investigation of Trump's alleged misdeeds, and conduct vigorous oversight in the face of serious White House abuses.
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