Pretty funny that most of the House Judiciary committee Democrats are lawyers, yet they threw a hissy because Barr would not subject himself to being interrogated by their STAFF LAWYERS. I guess even they realize they’re just not very smart or very good at their jobs.
Lindsay Graham tweets:
I hope Democrats will have some enthusiasm for oversight of an out-of-control DOJ and FBI.
If they don’t, I do.
“I guess even they realize they’re just not very smart or
very good at their jobs.”
Yup! (More from QR...)
Nadler Gives Bill Barr 9 AM Monday Deadline to Comply With
“Counter Offer” Before Holding AG in Contempt of Congress
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) on Friday gave
Attorney General Bill Barr an ultimatum — comply with the
“counter offer” or the committee will move forward with
contempt of Congress.
“The committee is prepared to make every realistic effort to
reach an accommodation with the department,” Nadler wrote in
a letter to Bill Barr on Friday. “But if the department
persists in its baseless refusal to comply with a validly
issued subpoena, the committee will move to contempt
proceedings and seek further legal recourse.”
Nadler gave the Justice Department a 9 AM Monday deadline to
comply with the committee’s new offer, which includes
allowing more members of Congress to look at a less-redacted
version of Mueller’s report. Nadler also wants Barr to seek
a court order to grant lawmakers the right to view the
underlying grand jury material — Barr blocked the grand jury
material from the public and Congress to protect innocent
people who have not been indicted.
Under special counsel rules, Attorney General Bill Barr
didn’t even need to release Mueller’s report to the public
or to Congress. The unredacted version of the report is in a
SCIF [Sensitive Compartmentalized Information Facility] for
certain lawmakers to view, however, only two lawmakers have
actually viewed the less-redacted version of the report.
“[T]he department has offered no reason whatsoever for
failing to produce the evidence underlying the report,
except for a complaint that there is too much of it and a
vague assertion about the sensitivity of law enforcement
files,” Nadler wrote.
Barr was scheduled to appear before the House Judiciary
Committee on Thursday but things began to go sideways after
Chairman Jerry Nadler proposed changes to the format.
Bill Barr was a no-show and refused to testify before the
House Judiciary Committee Thursday morning.
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler dropped the gavel
anyway and blasted the empty seat where Barr was supposed to
sit.
He’s that insane — this is all for show.
House Judiciary Committee members under the leadership of
Chairman Nadler voted Wednesday morning to have staffers and
experts question Attorney General Bill Barr in their
committee hearing on Thursday — this kind of format is
unheard of.
In over 206 years of the House Judiciary Committee, staffers
have never questioned a witness, let alone the US Attorney
General, in an oversight hearing.
Nadler and the Democrats did this on purpose to create chaos
and make it appear that Attorney General Barr has something
to hide.