North Carolina’s new $30 billion state budget contains a provision that gives extraordinary investigative powers to a partisan oversight committee co-chaired by Senate Leader Phil Berger (R) and House Speaker Tim Moore (R).



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North Carolina Republicans Create ‘Secret Police Force’

Democrats are sounding the alarm about the "punitive power" given to a key investigative committee.

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Republicans' "secret police" sparks fight with Democrats

North Carolina's recently approved state budget would give legislators investigative powers that Democrats compared to a "secret police force" in Nazi Germany.The Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations – or GovOps – would have the authority to investigate state and local government agencies, as well as any agency that received taxpayer funding, and public employees contacted by investigators would be required to keep those commu…

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Republicans give themselves 'secret police force' in North Carolina: 'This is scary'

"North Carolina’s new $300 billion state budget contains a provision that gives extraordinary investigative powers to a partisan oversight committee co-chaired by Senate Leader Phil Berger (R) and House Speaker Tim Moore (R)," Popular Information reports."The Joint Legislative Committee on Gov

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“This consolidation of force and coercion is very worrying,” one critic of the provision said.

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North Carolina Budget Forms “Secret Police” That GOP Would Control, Critics Warn

A partisan state committee is empowered to seize “any document or system of record” from anyone who works in or with state and local government. Oh, and they can enter your home without a warrant.

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Who Needs Warrants? NC Republicans Create Secret Police Force

Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives Tim Moore (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)North Carolina’s new $300 billion state budget contains a provision that gives extraordinary investigative powers to a partisan oversight committee co-chaired by Senate Leader Phil Berger (R) and House Speaker Tim Moore (R).The Joint Legislative Committee on Government Operations — or Gov Ops for short — is empowered to seize “any document or sys…

North Carolina Budget Forms “Secret Police” That GOP Would Control, Critics Warn

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