Posted on 06/29/2012 12:44:58 PM PDT by NOVACPA
The Justice Department has declared that Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to withhold information about a bungled gun-tracking operation from Congress does not constitute a crime and he won't be prosecuted for contempt of Congress.
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How totally unexpected. I’m shocked, shocked I tell you.
LARRY MARGASAK and PETE YOST | ASSOCIATED PRESS |
Are the authors of this piece. Yet above, YOU have claimed authorship.
That's curious, isn't it?
Of course nothing was going to happen to Holder, yesterday was nothing but a “Dog and Pony Show.” The Republicans knew nothing would ever come of it.
bfl
Wait, we have an AG? Who Knew?
:-)
If you define curious as a simple mistake, then yes.
The fox won’t let you count the chickens!
It would be a simple mistake if you had attributed the article to someone else.
Attributing it to yourself is something different.
How does that stolen valor taste now?
I heard Al Capone NEVER arrested himself.
Amazing, huh?
WHAT is the purpose of Congress?
Kim Jong Un is an unaccountable dictator, sure, but at least he’s HONEST about it, ya gotta give him that.
I am not eating anything feathered, as there was no intent of scienter in my using the author field incorrectly.
You are proceding from a false assumption.
Go thou and say no more.
Yeah.
Knock off giving yourself credit for the work of others.
They are above the law. People go to jail for less crimes.
“I’m Shocked To Find That There Is Gambling Gouing On In This Establishment”(here are your winnings for the night,Inspector Renaud).
It is good that the DOJ acted so quickly since the decision to not prosecute is a condition precedent to Congress taking it to court with its own attorney.
Is there anyone on this planet who expected anything else?
The question is what will Congress do now?
Probably apologise to Holder for bringing it up.
Didn’t expect this Administration’s DOJ to do anything. The real question is, what is the statue of limitations for contempt of Congress?
Issa said (on Greta VonSustren’s show yesterday) that this was anticipated for the Criminal Contempt citation. That is why a similar Civil Contempt citation was voted on right after the Criminal one was.
Now this goes to the DC Courts, where Holder and the DOJ do not have authority.
And the House always has the option to arrest Holder directly, but this hasn’t been done in 80 years, there is no longer a Congressional jail and a stand-off between the House Sgt-at-arms and the FBI wouldn’t be pretty.
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