Contempt of Congress - Criminal Referral
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Congressional Republicans inched closer to holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt Tuesday as the House Oversight Committee dropped a scathing report against him.
Garland’s Justice Department bucked a February subpoena demanding audio recordings of former special counsel Robert Hur’s interviews with President Biden and ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer.
Now that they have released the 17-page report recommending Garland be held in contempt, the panel is planning to advance both the report and contempt resolution on Thursday.
“The Attorney General has further invoked no constitutional or legal privilege relieving his obligation to fully respond to the Committees’ subpoenas,” the report concluded.
“Garland’s willful refusal to comply with the Committees’ subpoenas constitutes contempt of Congress and warrants referral to the appropriate United States Attorney’s Office for prosecution as prescribed by law.”
Should the Committee prevail in their efforts, it will mark the first time a US attorney general has faced such an admonishment since Eric Holder, who was held in contempt of Congress in 2012 for refusing to cough up documents related to Operation Fast and Furious.
Garland is the, what, 3rd AG held in contempt of Congress?
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Jolly, I figured you'd be against the weaponization of Congress. I know the Republicans did this as an election year tactic in 2012 to Holder... which later amounted to nothing since Obama claimed executive privilege and later an investigation cleared Holder of wrongdoing. 12 years later... same song, same dance?
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Jolly, I figured you'd be against the weaponization of Congress. I know the Republicans did this as an election year tactic in 2012 to Holder... which later amounted to nothing since Obama claimed executive privilege and later an investigation cleared Holder of wrongdoing. 12 years later... same song, same dance?
@89th said in Contempt of Congress - Criminal Referral:
Jolly, I figured you'd be against the weaponization of Congress. I know the Republicans did this as an election year tactic in 2012 to Holder... which later amounted to nothing since Obama claimed executive privilege and later an investigation cleared Holder of wrongdoing. 12 years later... same song, same dance?
Navarro is sitting in jail. Bannon is on his way.
Now tell me, who held them in Contempt of Congress and who prosecuted them?
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Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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Bannon’s problem was he simply blew off the request. Ignored it.
Had he come to Congress and simply claimed executive privilege for not answering questions he wouldn’t be spending the summer in jail.
On the bright side, he’ll be better dressed for a spell.
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@89th said in Contempt of Congress - Criminal Referral:
Jolly, I figured you'd be against the weaponization of Congress. I know the Republicans did this as an election year tactic in 2012 to Holder... which later amounted to nothing since Obama claimed executive privilege and later an investigation cleared Holder of wrongdoing. 12 years later... same song, same dance?
Navarro is sitting in jail. Bannon is on his way.
Now tell me, who held them in Contempt of Congress and who prosecuted them?
@Jolly said in Contempt of Congress - Criminal Referral:
@89th said in Contempt of Congress - Criminal Referral:
Jolly, I figured you'd be against the weaponization of Congress. I know the Republicans did this as an election year tactic in 2012 to Holder... which later amounted to nothing since Obama claimed executive privilege and later an investigation cleared Holder of wrongdoing. 12 years later... same song, same dance?
Navarro is sitting in jail. Bannon is on his way.
Now tell me, who held them in Contempt of Congress and who prosecuted them?
Oh I was referring to AGs, to George's question. It looks like the Democrats did that to Navarro and Bannon, who I guess preferred the jail sentence to the alternative of speaking under oath. I am confident you disagree with Congress's contempt finding of Navarro and Bannon just as you'd disagree with finding Garland in contempt.
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Jolly, I figured you'd be against the weaponization of Congress. I know the Republicans did this as an election year tactic in 2012 to Holder... which later amounted to nothing since Obama claimed executive privilege and later an investigation cleared Holder of wrongdoing. 12 years later... same song, same dance?
@89th said in Contempt of Congress - Criminal Referral:
Obama claimed executive privilege and later an investigation cleared Holder of wrongdoing. 12 years later... same song, same dance?
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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They never seem to understand the two edged sword. The problem is we keep electing these snakes.
@Mik said in Contempt of Congress - Criminal Referral:
They never seem to understand the two edged sword. The problem is we keep electing these snakes.
That's right. Holder and Barr were held in contempt.
The problem I have with it is that some, like Navarro and Bannon, get sent to jail while others don't.
Holding the AG in contempt is a
clownside show. It's a political gesture rather than enforcement of law."Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@89th said in Contempt of Congress - Criminal Referral:
Obama claimed executive privilege and later an investigation cleared Holder of wrongdoing. 12 years later... same song, same dance?
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@George-K said in Contempt of Congress - Criminal Referral:
Any more transparently political than the request for the audio?
@jon-nyc said in Contempt of Congress - Criminal Referral:
Any more transparently political than the request for the audio?
The audio is damaging.
GOP: We want to damage you.
Dems: We don't want you to see how addled our man is. It might damage us.
Tough call.
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@Mik said in Contempt of Congress - Criminal Referral:
Assuming they trust the transcript is accurate and complete.
Why wouldn't they....
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@Mik said in Contempt of Congress - Criminal Referral:
Assuming they trust the transcript is accurate and complete.
Why wouldn't they....
@George-K said in Contempt of Congress - Criminal Referral:
@Mik said in Contempt of Congress - Criminal Referral:
Assuming they trust the transcript is accurate and complete.
Why wouldn't they....
They don’t trust Donald Trump appointees? They figure clerks to Chief Justice Renquist are secret libtards?
Or do they not really think at all but just buy into the maga victimhood narrative sold to them by maga media?
It’s all so complicated.
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