Posted on 03/19/2018 9:46:29 AM PDT by MNDude
First, the question: If Jeff Sessions has appointed a prosecutor to work with Inspector General Horowitz, why do congressional reps keep asking for a second special counsel?
The answer is a lot simpler than we might think: They dont know.
The legislative branch of the government doesnt know what the criminal investigations are of the executive branch of government; AND AG Jeff Sessions has repeatedly said his intention is to restore the proper, appropriate and professional standards of the U.S. Department of Justice. (ie. no talking about criminal investigations)
Within this specific investigation there is a triple role. ¹A DOJ Inspector General conducting an internal investigation; ² Appropriate congressional oversight; and ³ the collection of evidence that might also be used in criminal indictments.
Within the IG collection of evidence there are two competing issues: #1) Evidence of misconduct and political bias (shared openly with congress and oversight); and #2) evidence of illegal activity (retained from congress to preserve integrity of evidence for later used in criminal proceedings); this is where the outside DC prosecutor comes in.
I completely support our president. But I have absolutely no faith at all in our government agencies, or their leaders, to do the right thing. So my question is: what if no indictments follow the IG report? What recourse do we have at that point?
In the unlikely event there are no indictments, convictions, and lengthy prison sentences handed down within a reasonable amount of time I will be changing my tagline.
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