Posted on 03/14/2014 6:16:03 PM PDT by smoothsailing
March 14, 2014
Republican Rep. Darrell Issa has penned a personal, scathing letter to his Democratic counterpart on the House oversight committee, escalating the public feud between the two high-ranking lawmakers amid the committee's investigation into IRS targeting.
The letter to Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., top Democrat on that committee, was obtained by Fox News. In it, Issa countered, point by point, a series of claims that Cummings and two legal experts made earlier this week about whether former IRS official Lois Lerner could be held in contempt for refusing to testify.
Issa went further, effectively accusing Cummings of running interference on behalf of his party and the administration.
"... rather than pursuing the facts where they lead -- which is the function of effective congressional oversight -- you have made yourself an obstacle to effective congressional oversight, in effect, a defense counsel for Lerner and others who acted to deprive Americans of their constitutionally-guaranteed rights," the committee chairman wrote.
In another verbal sting, he continued: "Even though the White House helped orchestrate your ascension to Ranking Member, I have encouraged, and continue to encourage, you to subordinate your political loyalties to the institutional interests of the Committee and the House, especially in cases like this where obstructing the Committee's work risks permanently disadvantaging Congress in its interactions with the Executive Branch." ...
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
It's all a sham. Congress and the courts have become puppets for the criminals who have taken over the White House.
As I said, I don’t disagree with you and am not defending Issa.
I am offering an observation about the intensity of his actions.
He seems to just be going through the motions, not driving the agenda, forcing the witness, moving toward contempt charges, and having the Sergent at Arms take her into custody.
This has to be coming from the leadership. Not knowing Issa I can’t speak to his complicity. However, certainly appears that he is complicit. It does look bad.
I am trying to put myself, in to Issa’s shoes. If it were me, and I didn’t have the support of the leadership to proceed as I would like, I guess that I would make some perfunctory effort just to maintain my dignity, and expose the corruption as best I could.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (Dingbat-NY)
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