Posted on 06/05/2018 5:33:13 PM PDT by Magnatron
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has requested the Senate Judiciary Committee provide him with immunity from prosecution in exchange for testifying at an upcoming congressional hearing focused on how senior officials at the FBI and Justice Department handled the investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server, according to a letter obtained by CNN.
"Under the terms of such a grant of use immunity, no testimony or other information provided by Mr. McCabe could be used against him in a criminal case," wrote Michael Bromwich, a lawyer for McCabe, to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, who has requested McCabe testify next week.
Grassley, an Iowa Republican, has quietly requested that several former officials appear in front of the Judiciary Committee to discuss the long-awaited internal Justice Department report, which sources say will detail a series of missteps surrounding the Justice Department and FBI's investigation into Clinton's handling of classified information while secretary of state.
The inspector general's report has not yet been released, but Grassley has invited former FBI Director James Comey and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch to testify as well, according to those familiar with the plans.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Lets see if the Stupid Party remembers the last time they did this...
“I refuse to answer...”
Rinse and Repeat
Sorry Andy, you can’t even bluff when you’ve got no cards.
PS: Besides, everybody hates you.
Nein!
Nyet! Neechevah Nyet!! Neekogdah Nyet!
Prawclahveetyeh Nyet! (Russian Samuel L Jackson ‘no’)
NO!!
Plea deal, depending on testimony. 15 vs. 50 years.
The same media who excoriate Trump for suggesting he won’t sit down for an interview with Mueller saying “why wouldn’t he consent to an interview if he is not guilty of anything” will be bellyaching that McCabe, Comey, and Lynch should all get immunity to testify. They (media) will not even mention that the criminal trio are in legal jeopardy.
Give it to him. He’s a small fish and I want the big kahunas. Give him immunity and then make him sing like a canary. If he plays one little game though, lock him up for life.
“... a series of missteps...” ???????
My ass...
“Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has requested the Senate Judiciary Committee provide him with immunity from prosecution ...”
Whats he worried about.. Sessions is still there.
A week ago, the report was devastating. Now, since the DOJ and congress-critters have had a chance to water it down, it's a series of missteps...
Wait and see.
BULLS&*T, GIVE HIM NOTHING BUT A CELL!!! Bring every Last One up and JAIL ALL OF THEM!!! Have McConnell Sign the Warrants, Declare them ALL enemy combatants and send them to GITMO to DIE IN PRISON!
And Congress has the absolute authority to JAIL Every last Person that Appears before them for Contempt. They have their very OWN JAIL!! Why do you think it is there??
“U.S. CODE
TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 6—CONGRESSIONAL AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE; INVESTIGATIONS
Sec. 193. Privilege of witnesses
No witness is privileged to refuse to testify to any fact, or to produce any paper, respecting which he shall be examined by either House of Congress, or by any joint committee established by a joint or concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress, or by any committee of either House, upon the ground that his testimony to such fact or his production of such paper may tend to disgrace him or otherwise render him infamous.”
Simply look up Hinds Precedents, especially chapters 53 and 51, and Cannon’s Precedents, especially chapters 184-185. You’ll find numerous detailed cases of Congress asserting its power, arresting people, holding them until they agreed to answer questions, and then releasing them. Some of these people did not refuse to appear, but simply failed to satisfactorily answer questions. One has to wonder how a previous Congress might have responded to Alberto Gonzales’s endless recitations of “I do not recall.”
Congress can Remove the President
Congress can remove the head of every executive agency Congress can remove ALL of their employees
Congress can Abolish every agency they so choose
Congress can remove EVERY JUDGE IN AMERICA, including every supreme court justice.
Congress can abolish every federal court except the supreme Court
Congress can decide which cases the Judicial Branch can hear and decide
CONGRESS can Imprison ANYONE they want for any reason they so desire for as long as they wish.
Congress can declare WAR
No other governing body has even 10% of the power CONGRESS has!!
CONGRESS IS ALLOWING ALL OF IT!!!
Congress has the authority to arrest and imprison those found in Contempt. The power extends throughout the United States and is an inherent power (does not depend upon legislated act)
If found in Contempt the person can be arrested under a warrant of the Speaker of the House of Representatives or President of the Senate, by the respective Sergeant at Arms.
Statutory criminal contempt is an alternative to inherent contempt.
Under the inherent contempt power Congress may imprison a person for a specific period of time or an indefinite period of time, except a person imprisoned by the House of Representatives may not be imprisoned beyond adjournment of a session of Congress.
Imprisonment may be coercive or punitive.
Some references
[1] Joseph Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution, Volume 2, § 842 http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/print_documents/a1_5s21.html
[2] Anderson v. Dunn - 19 U.S. 204 - “And, as to the distance to which the process might reach, it is very clear that there exists no reason for confining its operation to the limits of the District of Columbia; after passing those limits, we know no bounds that can be prescribed to its range but those of the United States.” http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/19/204/case.html
[3] Jurney v. MacCracken, 294 U.S. 125 http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/294/125/case.html 73rd Cong., 78 Cong. Rec. 2410 (1934) https://archive.org/details/congressionalrec78aunit
[4] McGrain v. Daugherty, 273 U.S. 135 - Under a warrant issued by the President of the Senate the Deputy to the Senate Sergeant at Arms arrested at Cincinnati, Ohio, Mally S. Daugherty, who had been twice subpoenaed by the Senate and twice failed to appear. http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/273/135/case.html
[5] Rules of the House of Representatives, Rule IV Duties of the Sergeant at Arms - [] execute the commands of the House, and all processes issued by authority thereof, directed to him by the Speaker. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/HMAN-105/pdf/HMAN-105-pg348.pdf
[6] An analysis of Congressional inquiry, subpoena, and enforcement http://www.constitutionproject.org/documents/when-congress-comes-calling-a-primer-on-the-principles-practices-and-pragmatics-of-legislative-inquiry/
In 1857, a New York Times reporter refused to say which members of Congress had asked him to get them bribes (protecting his “sources” just as various Judith Millers today protect the people who feed them proven lies that costs thousands of lives), so Congress locked him up until he answered and then banned him from Congress.
In 1924 an oil executive appeared but refused to answer certain questions, so the Senate held — literally held — him in contempt. Senator Thomas Walsh of Montana argued that this question of contempt was of the gravest importance, and that it involved “the very life of the effective existence of the House of Representatives of the United States and of the Senate of the United States.” The matter was taken to court, and the witness fined and imprisoned.
Pong
Nope. Make him take the Fifth . . . on camera.
“Give it to him. He’s a small fish and I want the big kahunas. Give him immunity and then make him sing like a canary.”
The problem with that is that if he gets his immunity, when the time comes to testify he will pull a “...I don’t recall ... I don’t remember...” trick. Then he’ll walk and Congress will get nothing and not do anything about it.
“NO DEALS!”
Sure, if McCabe is willing to take down bigger fish, then I am all in for his immunity. They first need to know what he is going to testify to. I would never give McCabe immunity until I knew exactly what he was going to to testify and who against.
We all know McCabe said that if he was going down, he was going to take everybody with him. If he gets blanket immunity up front, then he is not going down. Bad idea to give him that. If he states off the record what he specifically will testify to that will result in CONVICTIONS of corrupt politicians at Justice/FBI/CIA/White House, then sure he should be given immunity.
Get the testimony first.
The World according to CNN: Obstruction of Justice in the Hillary case is a “Misstep”, Trump’s wonderings on Comey’s firing is an attack on the Constitution and an impeachable act.
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