Posted on 04/10/2014 4:19:05 AM PDT by Lazamataz
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) could face up to five years in federal prison for obstructing a Congressional proceeding.
On Wednesday, Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and five Subcommittee Chairmen on the committee sent a letter to Ranking Member Cummings demanding an explanation for his staff’s queries from the IRS, why the Minority hid these efforts from the Majority, and why the Ranking Member denied such actions by his staff at a February Subcommittee hearing:
“Although you have previously denied that your staff made inquiries to the IRS about conservative organization True the Vote that may have led to additional agency scrutiny, communication records between your staff and IRS officials – which you did not disclose to Majority Members or staff – indicates otherwise,” wrote the Chairman and five Subcommittee Chairmen of the Oversight Committee. “As the Committee is scheduled to consider a resolution holding Ms. Lerner, a participant in responding to your communications that you failed to disclose, in contempt of Congress, you have an obligation to fully explain your staff’s undisclosed contacts with the IRS.”
This is not good news for Cummings. According to Cornell.edu Cummings could go to prison for five years for obstructing Congressional proceedings. Via The American Journal:
Whoever, with intent to avoid, evade, prevent, or obstruct compliance, in whole or in part, with any civil investigative demand duly and properly made under the Antitrust Civil Process Act, willfully withholds, misrepresents, removes from any place, conceals, covers up, destroys, mutilates, alters, or by other means falsifies any documentary material, answers to written interrogatories, or oral testimony, which is the subject of such demand; or attempts to do so or solicits another to do so; or
Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication influences, obstructs, or impedes or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede the due and proper administration of the law under which any pending proceeding is being had before any department or agency of the United States, or the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any inquiry or investigation is being had by either House, or any committee of either House or any joint committee of the Congress—
Shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years or, if the offense involves international or domestic terrorism (as defined in section 2331), imprisoned not more than 8 years, or both.
“You are correct. However, no prominent black will ever see jail”
Maybe , but don’t tell that to:
Jesse Jackson Jr.
Marion Berry
Kawame Kilpatrick
Sheila Dixon
amongst others
Then why are you wasting your time posting here? Shouldn't your every spare minute be spent in training and preparation for revolution?
Holder will get right on this.
He will not go to prison. Just look at him and at holder, and you’ll see why.
That is so inspirational...........
Just noticed the people in the tree’s.
Yes, and unicorns could arrive overnight and crap $10 gold pieces all over your lawn, too.
If placed on suicide watch and deprived of a razor, will elija grow hair?
Issa is using the process that is available to him. He is fighting an uphill battle, what with a limp noodle Speaker and a squishy Majority Leader. Add a compliant MSM refusing to grasp the gravity of the situation and the probable pressure he gets every day, and it's a wonder that he has persisted.
I am sick and tired and disgusted with folks who jump on every single thread about the battle with corruption and proclaim defeat in the midst of the battle.
I found a mascot for 'em
If Scooter Libby and Tom Delay can be frog marched, so can cummings.
He should be sent to prison, for the mere fraud that he has enacted upon his constituents, by first, swearing an Oath to defend and protect the Constitution, which he has sullied, and second, he is a paid-card-carrying-member of a Communist organization.
I hate to say it, but it’ll never happen,obama has stacked the dc circuit with his faithfull.
I mentioned this in another reply,what Elijah forgot/or just ignores,is that 90 or more per-cent of Americans are not decendants of Slave-Owners!,maybe he needs to learn the real history of our nation.It’s as if europeans never came here via ships.If we were all decendants of slave owners,wouldnt we all be speaking with an english accent?
So did Black Panther Malik Zulu Shabazz for voter intimidation in 2008 ....
Yet, with Eric "my people" Holder as the "top cop" of the U.S. .... what is the likely outcome?
If it wasn’t for John Wilkes Booth...ther’d be a lot less problems in this country.
Even if one is a descendant of a slave owner “SO WHAT!” I confess I’m really getting tired of these Negroid mouthing’s about how they have suffered, they were slaves, whites discriminated. SO WHAT!”
Indeed.
Gee, another powerful and obnoxious Donkey is about to enhance his legacy with prison time for a felony conviction? How unexpected...NOT. The criminality of the Donkeys goes on and grows. The media remains, with rare exception, mute in their lack of reporting or condemnation.
Republicans actually take action against some of the blatant crooks in the ranks and throw them out or under the bus. Meanwhile, Donkeys and the media circle the wagons to protect the criminal scum. At the same time the American voters remain deaf, dumb, blind, and oblivious.
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