Rod Rosenstein might want to read up on what happened when (the leftovers of) a divine monarch and his minions decided to engage parliment in a bloody civil war.
Rosenstein has quite the ego. I wonder what would happen if Trump ORDERED him to comply with the Congressional committee’s requests. Lawfully and legally he would have NO CHOICE in the matter, but to comply.
Fire him now. Prosecute him for interfering with a congressional investigation, blackmail, extortion,and of course collusion.
how long is PDJT going to let this Mueller/Rosenstein/etc FARCE continue? it is demoralizing the nation....
it is so slimy looking, disgusting ...
That’s an outright act of sedition if there ever was one.
Hence the Trey Gowdy flip.
This will give Trump 100% protection from blowback to fire Rosenstein.
On what legal or constitutional basis would Rosenweasel have to do so?
I begin to understand the alternative uses of anti aircraft projectiles used as dispensation of getting exactly what you deserve in some regimes. We could call it the Rosenstein Sidewinder.
I see a squirming Deep Swamp Eel.
Rosenstein acting like a cornered rat would act. No surprise there. He’s in this mess up past his eyeballs.
In the end it will be interesting to see who were the "cooperating witnesses." My money says Lisa Page and Peter Strzok sang like birds when confronted with their mountain of incriminating texts, and I'm sure there are more...
yeah, i think i know who would win that one: Congress would just have to pass a bill eliminating the funding for Rothstein’s position and office ...
if the Committee likes being litigators, then ‘we [DOJ] too [are] litigators, and we will subpoena your records and your emails,’
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At thi9s point, the Speaker should have signed a WARRANT for their Arrests for CONTEMPT OF CONGRESSand given it to the Sergeant at Arms to enforce and JAILED ALL OF THEM in the Congressional Jail.
YES Congress has their very own Jail
“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.
Subpoena Rosenstein.
There is a very high threshold for a court to uphold a DOJ subpoena of Congress.
It can NEVER be a whole committee. Must be an individual, and the probable cause must be overwhelming.
Rosenstein is cornered and lashing out.
Rosenstein needs to be FROG MARCHED OUT OF THE BUILDING!!!! Again....I will write in 5 minutes how TIRED and DISGUSTED I am in JEWS that DESPISE AMERICA and GOODNESS!! LEFTISTS HATE AMERICA and it seems Rosenstein is one if them also!
The appropriate response is We’ll see your subpoena and raise you one impeachment of your sorry ass, Rosenstein you fascist bastard.”
I wonder if it is possible that the papers that the House Intelligence committee is seeking are...missing...like removed and destroyed.
I think RR would have a hard time admitting that, but I guess there is a possibility of one of the corrupt department’s employees getting rid of evidence. They are not above it.
