Posted on 06/19/2024 4:36:33 AM PDT by MtnClimber
When it comes to defying Congressional subpoenas, the concept of equal justice is looking rather lopsided depending upon where one stands politically.
For instance, last week, the House voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for withholding audio from president Biden’s classified documents case.
Just two days later, the Dept. of Justice declined to prosecute Garland.
Meanwhile, two former close aides of president Trump, Steven Bannon and Peter Navarro were aggressively prosecuted for defying subpoenas from the January 6 Committee.
Now Bannon has been ordered to report to prison to serve a 4 month sentence stemming from his refusal to comply with a subpoena from the J6 Committee.
Navarro began serving his four month prison sentence for contempt of Congress in March.
But some members of Congress are pushing back on the apparent double standard at play.
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) made a not-so-subtle suggestion to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) earlier this month about restoring fairness and balance.
Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie . @SpeakerJohnson , why don’t we rescind the Congressional subpoena for Steve Bannon and officially repudiate the J6 committee by a vote of Congress?
Many Republicans have complained that then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi violated House Rules by refusing to accept then Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s appointed Republicans on the committee. This, in turn, has raised serious questions about the legitimacy of the J6 Committee and what some GOP House members have called a politically-motivated prosecution of Bannon and Navarro.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) says she’s ready to fully support Massie’s resolution to rescind the subpoenas for Bannon and Navarro by repudiating the J6 Committee.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 @RepMTG I fully support and am co-sponsoring @RepThomasMassie ’s resolution to rescind the subpoenas for Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro by repudiating Nancy Pelosi’s illegitimate J6 committee.
Nancy Pelosi violated House rules by refusing to accept McCarthy’s appointed Republicans on the committee. Now, our Republican-led House must nullify any actions taken by the illegitimate J6 committee.
We must also hold the J6 Committee members accountable for the destruction of the committee’s records.
House Republicans need to start taking action!
Rescinding the subpoenas would strengthen both Navarro’s and Bannon’s appeals in their cases and bolster their contention that their prosecutions for contempt were unjust.
The ball is in Speaker Johnson’s court as to whether it’s time to hold individuals who weaponize government power accountable and to ensure that Americans are not unfairly targeted for their political beliefs.
It would make democRAT heads explode.
The J6 committee members are traitors to the United States of America.
“last week, the House voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for withholding audio from president Biden’s classified documents case.
Just two days later, the Dept. of Justice declined to prosecute Garland.”
The DOJ and Congress ignore the US Constitution,
copies of which they ONLY use in their bathrooms.
Quoting Ann Archy, “Democrats are lawless because Republicans are ball less”.
Yes. All laws are overturnable by the same body that created those laws, or higher body.
It doesn’t bother dims that they are lying corrupt perverts.
It’s one of their few joys in life.
That and killing babies and mutilating children’s genitalia.
And who is held “accountable” by repudiation of the J6 committee? Who’s going to jail? Are any of the clowns on that committee going to be expelled from Congress? Are any of them going to jail?
Not saying they shouldn’t do it, but it doesn’t hold anyone accountable.
Just wait and see what happens when Trump is sentenced to prison.
“We don’t have the Senate or the presidency, and only the slimmest of a majority in the House.
We need to elect more Republicans to take this kind of action!”
(Ignoring, of course, that there were times when the GOP controlled everything and still pushed through very little of the conservative agenda. Recall also how often Democrats with only a slim majority rammed through their agenda with ease.)
They need just to do it! All the timid debating on yea or nay will accomplish nothing.
Q: Why wasn’t this done sooner?
A: RINOs
BUMP!
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In other words, the Repukes will do nothing.
And GOPe heads as well. Better throw in the "we're better than that" crowd, while we're at it, because they would also be writhing in agony.
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