This story is all over Twitter.
this was seriously heartbreaking testimony to listen to. I’m not sure what the repercussions are against the FBI/DOJ, etc., but these groups need to be PUNISHED. They need to be DEFUNDED. They need to be DISMANTLED.
bttt
They did a number on this guy and his family...almost like they were deliberately trying to send a message to discourage other whistleblowers.
Crap like this has been happening for many decades...
The communists who rule us have no fears about anything they feel like doing to us...
Not one finger has been raised to stop them without serious repercussions...
American serfs are well behaved and obedient...
Our communist masters sleep soundly at night...
Powerful testimony. It’s hard to believe an FBI like they describe exists in this country but it makes sense.
FBI delenda est.
The FBI answers to no one. Looks like that was a bit of a mistake.
Aren’t there laws prohibiting these sorts of punitive measures against whistleblowers? What was the reason given for his suspension?
Whistleblowers like Alexander Vindman, making fake accusations against Trump, were heroes.
Does anyone know exactly why this guy was suspended? I keep seeing TwitTer responses to their testimonies that they were fired/suspended for cause, but of course provide no details.
Sorry, I did not have time to watch all of their testimonies, as I was headed out of the house for work...
There are no words to describe my feelings while watching this.
Our gov’t people are good people, especially management.
Going to use this statement in my kangaroo trial.
Sounds like retaliation to me.
Going public is probably his best chance of getting a settlement and/or staying alive.
This is why the Speaker of the House can Sign and Enforce ARREST and DETAINMENT Warran6ts and LOCK YOU UP IN THEIR OWN JAIL. If only we had a Real American as Speaker...
“U.S. CODE
TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 6—CONGRESSIONAL AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE; INVESTIGATIONS
Sec. 193. Privilege of witnesses
No witness is privileged to refuse to testify to any fact, or to produce any paper, respecting which he shall be examined by either House of Congress, or by any joint committee established by a joint or concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress, or by any committee of either House, upon the ground that his testimony to such fact or his production of such paper may tend to disgrace him or otherwise render him infamous.”
Simply look up Hinds Precedents, especially chapters 53 and 51, and Cannon’s Precedents, especially chapters 184-185. You’ll find numerous detailed cases of Congress asserting its power, arresting people, holding them until they agreed to answer questions, and then releasing them. Some of these people did not refuse to appear, but simply failed to satisfactorily answer questions.
Congress has the authority to arrest and imprison those found in Contempt. The power extends throughout the United States and is an inherent power (does not depend upon legislated act)
If found in Contempt the person can be arrested under a warrant of the Speaker of the House of Representatives or President of the Senate, by the respective Sergeant at Arms.
Statutory criminal contempt is an alternative to inherent contempt.
Under the inherent contempt power Congress may imprison a person for a specific period of time or an indefinite period of time, except a person imprisoned by the House of Representatives may not be imprisoned beyond adjournment of a session of Congress.
Imprisonment may be coercive or punitive.
Some references
[1] Joseph Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution, Volume 2, § 842 http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/print_documents/a1_5s21.html
[2] Anderson v. Dunn - 19 U.S. 204 - “And, as to the distance to which the process might reach, it is very clear that there exists no reason for confining its operation to the limits of the District of Columbia; after passing those limits, we know no bounds that can be prescribed to its range but those of the United States.” http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/19/204/case.html
[3] Jurney v. MacCracken, 294 U.S. 125 http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/294/125/case.html 73rd Cong., 78 Cong. Rec. 2410 (1934) https://archive.org/details/congressionalrec78aunit
[4] McGrain v. Daugherty, 273 U.S. 135 - Under a warrant issued by the President of the Senate the Deputy to the Senate Sergeant at Arms arrested at Cincinnati, Ohio, Mally S. Daugherty, who had been twice subpoenaed by the Senate and twice failed to appear. http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/273/135/case.html
[5] Rules of the House of Representatives, Rule IV Duties of the Sergeant at Arms - [] execute the commands of the House, and all processes issued by authority thereof, directed to him by the Speaker. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/HMAN-105/pdf/HMAN-105-pg348.pdf
[6] An analysis of Congressional inquiry, subpoena, and enforcement http://www.constitutionproject.org/documents/when-congress-comes-calling-a-primer-on-the-principles-practices-and-pragmatics-of-legislative-inquiry/
In 1857, a New York Times reporter refused to say which members of Congress had asked him to get them bribes (protecting his “sources” just as various Judith Millers today protect the people who feed them proven lies that costs thousands of lives), so Congress locked him up until he answered and then banned him from Congress.
In 1924 an oil executive appeared but refused to answer certain questions, so the Senate held — literally held — him in contempt. Senator Thomas Walsh of Montana argued that this question of contempt was of the gravest importance, and that it involved “the very life of the effective existence of the House of Representatives of the United States and of the Senate of the United States.” The matter was taken to court, and the witness fined and imprisoned.
This is what happens when you put completely amoral people like Quid Pro Joe and Lavrenti Garland in charge.
Has a fund been set up for these three patriotic heroes, I wonder.
PURE EVIL, what utter SCUM the FBI is OMG!! Utter BASTARDS!! I hope someone has started a Give Send Go account for these men!! My blood is boiling these bastards are the American KGB!! ANYONE who doubts for a second that these bastards were not responsible for what happened on Jan. 6 needs a serious wake up call, this SCUM instigated the entire thing BANK ON IT!! PURE EVIL!!!
THAT part of the story should wake up just enough women to give the impeachment of Wray legs.