DALLAS — Now in her second term, U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas, has a coveted position in her sights.

The Dallas Democrat is vying to become the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the lower chamber’s lead investigative committee.

A former public defender, civil rights and criminal defense attorney, Congresswoman Crockett argues her experience as a trial lawyer makes her the best candidate for the job, specifically stating she knows how to put a case together and how to defend it.

“Once we get to the majority, which I’m hoping and praying we get to, next cycle, that allows me to start to open up and do the things that would look like an impeachment,” the Democrat told us on Inside Texas Politics. “Now, whether or not we would put it to a

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