Presidential administration officials have been held in contempt only 12 times since Watergate in the 1970s, but number 13 may be on its way. Attorney General Eric Holder has refused to supply the House Oversight Committee with requested documents surrounding Operation Fast and Furious, the lethal and botched operation in which thousands of semi-automatic weapons were illegally sent over the border and into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. The operation resulted in the death of thousands of Mexican citizens and Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, and involved the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (a division of Holder's Justice Department.)
Yesterday, during a hearing on Capitol Hill examining whether the DOJ must respond to a lawfully issued and valid Congressional subpoena, multiple witnesses confirmed that the DOJ is not above the law and must, in fact, comply with the subpoena. The witnesses, which included Commissioner on Wartime Contracting Professor Charles Tiefer, American Public Law Specialist at the Library of Congress Morton Rosenberg, and Legislative Attorney Todd Tatelman, confirmed it is a Constitutional duty for Congress to oversee and question executive branch activities.
"The Justice Department is not immune from these investigations," Rosenberg said. Congress doesn't like being played the fool and the way the DOJ has been run, they need to be investigated.
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That "Justice" department is running roughshod of it's duty and must be brought down right now. All rulings thereof should also be re-examined. Put everything back into the adjudication folder for now until you have competent leadership in that office.
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Wiki:
Following a contempt citation, the presiding officer of the chamber is instructed to refer the matter to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia[2]; according to the law it is the "duty" of the U.S. Attorney to refer the matter to a grand jury for action.
The criminal offense of "contempt of Congress" sets the penalty at not less than one month nor more than twelve months in jail and a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000.
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What can Congress do? Appropriate monies. Or not.
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So, the real question will be - Will the next administration honor an extradition request from Mexico for Holder and company for the conspiracy and murder of Mexican law enforcement officials during his tenure in office?
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Apparently 150 Mexican troops and police officers have thus far been killed by the weapons Operation F&F saw so blithely shipped south of the border.
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I'm surprised no one's brought up impeachment proceedings against the entire Obama administration. Nothing they've done has been completely honest and above-board. Pelosi and Reid need to hang with the rest of them. That includes that sorry $^$&&%^ Ken Salazar, that I'm ashamed to admit comes from Colorado.
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Thank you TW, I was wondering about that the other day.
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I don't believe for a second that Eric "Place" Holder is not obeying the orders of Obama. Hold the president responsible for the failures of his minions. The list of Obama's high misdemeanors gets longer every week. Impeach HIM.
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This court has granted the petition for an original action because one of the courts that we are charged with supervising has usurped the legislative power which the Wisconsin Constitution grants exclusively to the legislature....
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Wisconsin's Republican governor has won a major victory: the state Supreme Court says his polarizing union rights law can go into effect.
Gov. Scott Walker pushed the law that eliminates most of public employees' collective bargaining rights and forces them to pay more for their health and pension benefits. He says it's needed for the state to address its budget problems.
The law passed in March after weeks of protests that drew tens of thousands of people to the state Capitol. But the law has been tied up in the courts since a Democrat filed a lawsuit accusing Republicans of violating the state open meetings law during the run-up to passage.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court said the judge had no authority to interfere with the legislative process. AMEN!!!!
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Presidential administration officials have been held in contempt only 12 times since Watergate in the 1970s, but number 13 may be on its way. Attorney General Eric Holder has refused to supply the House Oversight Committee with requested documents surrounding Operation Fast and Furious, the lethal and botched operation in which thousands of semi-automatic weapons were illegally sent over the border and into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. The operation resulted in the death of thousands of Mexican citizens and Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, and involved the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (a division of Holder's Justice Department.)
