The Democrats have started some of their investigations and with some of their inquiries they have been getting stone-walled by the Department of Justice.
Here is the DoJ Mission Statement
To enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.
Someone must have forgot to tell them that when the Bush Crime Family came into office back in 2000 because we have had our 4th Amendment rights scrambled and now they want to protect us from the congressional oversight committees.
It looks as if the Department of Justice is teaching other agencies how to sidestep the Congress with their questions and material request.
The Justice Department, which serves as legal counsel in court proceedings for other departments, has repeatedly gone beyond merely protecting its own actions from scrutiny. Even when Congress was in Republican hands, Justice Department officials advised other government departments on how to stonewall congressional review. These efforts now appear to be ramping up. More Here
This cannot be a good thing.
Maybe we just need to trash both of these political parties and start all over from scratch with people who aren't lawyers and professional politicians.