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). The Joint Legislative Committee on Government Operations — or Gov Ops for short — is empowered to seize “any document or system of record” from anyone who works in or with state and local government during its investigations. The rule applies to contractors, subcontractors, and any other non-state entity “receiving, directly and indirectly, public funds,” including charities and state universities.
Checked the article, it’s talking about an oversight committee, not a secret police force
Yeah it’s an oversight committee in the same way that the “Committee of Public Safety” was concerned with public well-being.
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Calling a secret police force something other than a police force is literally the most basic aspect of a secret police force.
Typically a secret police force has jurisdiction over more people than government employees and contractors.