Let them know that there will be accountability and PUNISHMENT. Has anyone in Congress said Crimes have been made and those found guilty will be punished. Have they said to these people that their job, salary, benefits, and retirement will be pulled and that if a felony is committed that a long prison term is in their future. No, Congress just points their finger at them and says, Bad dog... Bad,bad,bad. Again, no one has been fired. They just get a different job making more money and more power.
All this is, is an act. Nothing is going to change.
I agree. Blah blah blah.
Ping me when people start going to real jail.
Thanks for your reply and please accept my apology for not responding earlier.
I agree there needs to be accountability and punishment but my question is what can the individual Congressman do about it. Under our system no congressman nor congress as a whole has authority to exact punishment of any kind on any career executive branch employee. They are doing the only thing they can do and that is bring the misconduct to light and try to generate sufficient public pressure to force the president and justice department to do their job.
Speaker Boehner and others have spoken about people going to jail but for the most part they were ridiculed on these forums. Rather than being pilloried for not doing what they have no authority to do, these congressmen need to be encouraged and supported for doing what they can.