You’re right. And I’m not sure what we can do about it. All our laws - and our constitution - depend on the basic willingness of people to go along with them. Obama, like Clinton before him but much more egregiously so, simply regards them as worth less than the paper they’re written on. They’re not even suggestions, in his mind, and we have no power to enforce them unless the government acknowledges their validity.
Wasn’t Holder found in contempt himself? And what was the effect of that? He just ignored it.
Also, there’s no way he’s going to appoint a Special Prosecutor.
Calling Judge Sirica.
Sirica kept the Watergate burglars in jail until one of them squealed. Surely someone has violated the law that can be incarcerated till he squawks.
Republicans are not playing hard ball. This was another show trial to appease the Tea Party they not so secretly despise.