re: #2 Testy Toad T

Not really any different than spending five dollars on drug testing to catch one dollar worth of addict on food stamps, or twenty dollars on stricter voting regulations to catch ten cents worth of illegal voters.

It’s about exercising the levers of political power to damage the enemies of the party. There is rarely a deeper meaning or motive. Same shit, different day.

Which is normal for both parties in American politics. The purpose of many Congressional investigations is simply to troll the ‘other side’.