So what happens if this commission finds illegal stuff that went on at the Justice department? Does it go to congress to strip folks of their jobs or to prosecute? Perhaps this is why this is happening all of a sudden. Holder wants this settled before a republican congress gets in power.
Just curious. Where does it go from here should the commission find wrongdoing?
There would be substantial political fallout - which is appropriate. The political system provides the ultimate means of redress via throwing the bums out. That won’t happen until 2012. In the meantime a Republican Congress will be all over this with investigations.
Additionally, there would likely be a special prosecutor appointed, which would generate a whole new wave of bad press, political fall out and further perjury and obstruction of justice in resisting that investigation.
Multiple heads should roll at DOJ over this.