Congress can impeach any member of the admin, or judiciary....................
Congress created the DOJ, which the FBI is part of.
Congress could end them both.
Well in PA they took it away from Bill Cosby because it was awkward when all those other women stated saying “me too” and are now using the testimony he gave under that immunity deal to prosecute him. So yeah, they can. But it’s not a good precedent, nobody will ever testify under “immunity” if they are prosecuted anyway.
Comey should be removed immediately. He disgraces all who have served. But, he serves Obama and Hillary, so he will skate away just as they continue to do.
Not a lawyer, observing from a distance...it looks to me like the FBI is using immunity about like a President uses a pardon. Just make everybody innocent and the legal problem no longer exists.
I read somewhere years ago that immunity can be withdrawn if the witness lies after immunity is granted.
May or may not be correct, but if it is it should be easy to prosecute them since none of them seems capable of telling the truth.
Transactional immunity is a rarely granted full guarantee that a witness cannot be prosecuted for any crime related to the matter under investigation, in exchange for full disclosure. But the witness could face perjury charges and a revocation of immunity if a prosecutor believes that the witness has lied about a material fact in sworn testimony.
Congress can and should pass legislation:
- Nullifying eligibility to work for the Government,
- Nullifying eligibility to be cleared for handling sensitive or classified information,
- Nullifying eligibility to be seated as a Congressman or Senator,
- Nullifying public pensions,
- Nullifying public benefits (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.)
for any person found in Contempt of Congress, or for any person called to testify before Congress who pleads the Fifth Amendment.
That would get their attention.
Now is your Chance to do the Right Thing for ONCE in your Life:
Find Comey and Lynch in CONTEMPT AND JAIL THEM YOURSELF!!!
Congress has ALL the power in washington, the executive and judicial branch operate according to the whims of CONGRESS!
“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. One has to wonder how a previous Congress might have responded to Alberto Gonzales’s endless recitations of “I do not recall.”
Congress can Remove the President
Congress can remove the head of every executive agency Congress can remove ALL of their employees
Congress can Abolish every agency they so choose
Congress can remove EVERY JUDGE IN AMERICA, including every supreme court justice.
Congress can abolish every federal court except the supreme Court
Congress can decide which cases the Judicial Branch can hear and decide
CONGRESS can Imprison ANYONE they want for any reason they so desire for as long as they wish.
Congress can declare WAR
No other governing body has even 10% of the power CONGRESS has!!
CONGRESS IS ALLOWING ALL OF IT!!!
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/
If Congress can show that Comey violated the terms of the immunity deal then all bets are off. He can be impeached, removed from his position, and then charged and tried.