Posted on 03/06/2019 7:57:13 AM PST by knighthawk
An ex-adviser to President Trump has signaled he and as many as four others will not cooperate with the House Judiciary Committee's sweeping demand for documents.
Michael Caputo, a former aide with the campaign who will be interviewed on Fox News’ “The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino” on Wednesday afternoon, has already told the committee he does not have any relevant records and that he “does not plan to testify in front of the panel,” according to the Washington Post.
Caputo has also started off talks with four other people linked to the president who received a request from the committee to form a “joint strategy of resisting requests,” the Post reports.
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Correct. Impeachment is one way. But this would probably best be done through reorganization of the federal courts, and in doing so, eliminating positions. Congress established them and can reorg or abolish them as it see fit. Once the scum are laid off you can establish new open positions and nominate new judges that are not hacks.
“Congress established them and can reorg or abolish them as it see fit. “
The problem with that is that the GOPe will not lift a finger to impeach any of them since they get paid by people who need a complicit judiciary to “shape the country” to their personal wants and needs. Maybe we had better hasten the Convention of the States before many more of them go Blue.
Lois Lerner used her 5th Amendment right and used it unscathed, with impunity, and with absolutely no consequences. A countermeasure should be launched, immediately, to select 81 of the closest friends, family, and advisors of every one of the 500+ Senators and Congress members and hunt for otherwise non-existent crimes or misdemeanors. Send out 40,000 or so ‘demand letters’ to come back to the Senate for full investigations. Colonoscopies for everyone! Start with No-Nads Nadler.
I would go to the hearing and tell the morons the following: ‘I will not be part of this witch hunt. You morons should be worried about Uranium One, but you jackasses are worried about nothing. And why would Russia want Trump instead of a Socialist Hillary? Now I declare the 5th amendment. Thank you.’
Tell them to GET F’D!
Why do these people signal their intent? Just learn to keep your mouth shut and let the other side scurry around and use up their energy. Signaling your intent prematurely give the other side time to plan against you. Didn’t anyone learn anything from 8 years of Obama?
I won’t comply, either.
Perhaps if ALL of Trump’s supporters sent that message to Congress, they might get the hint.
Seems to me the 4th & 5th Amendments are in play here.
This is mirroring the John Doe investigation in Wisconsin against then Gov. Walker.
“What is the law in this area? What legal authority does Congress have, to subpoena and do fishing expeditions?”
Simple, Dilbert, if you obey “the law,” while the rats disregard “the law,” you’re going to lose everything.
The rats will feast off you as you lose your fortune, your home, your family and your dignity.
The question is NOT “what is the law?”
The question is, are you ready to take on the Nazi and commie rats to protect your family, your fortune and community?
Don’t expect “the law” to protect you in this imminent fight.
The US Supreme Court, in 1957, in the Watkins v, US case said, ( https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/354/178/#tab-opinion-1941547 ):
“We start with several basic premises on which there is general agreement. The power of the Congress to conduct investigations is inherent in the legislative process. That power is broad. It encompasses inquiries concerning the administration of existing laws, as well as proposed or possibly needed statutes. It includes surveys of defects in our social, economic or political system for the purpose of enabling the Congress to remedy them. It comprehends probes into departments of the Federal Government to expose corruption, inefficiency or waste. But, broad as is this power of inquiry, it is not unlimited. There is no general authority to expose the private affairs of individuals without justification in terms of the functions of the Congress. This was freely conceded by the Solicitor General in his argument of this case. [Footnote 8] Nor is the Congress a law enforcement or trial agency. These are functions of the executive and judicial departments of government. No inquiry is an end in itself; it must be related to, and in furtherance of, a legitimate task of the Congress. Investigations conducted solely for the personal aggrandizement of the investigators or to “punish” those investigated are indefensible.”
AND:
“The Government contends that the public interest at the core of the investigations of the Un-American Activities Committee is the need by the Congress to be informed of efforts to overthrow the Government by force and violence, so that adequate legislative safeguards can be erected. From this core, however, the Committee can radiate outward infinitely to any topic thought to be related in some way to armed insurrection. The outer reaches of this domain are known only by the content of “un-American activities.” Remoteness of subject can be aggravated by a probe for a depth of detail even farther removed from any basis of legislative action. A third dimension is added when the investigators turn their attention to the past to collect minutiae on remote topics, on the hypothesis that the past may reflect upon the present.”
This is a fishing expedition and all of those who received the committee letters should file suit questioning the scope and authority of the request fr documents and testimony.
Just love how all you people are debating the law and legal strategies, while the commie and Nazi rats have no intention of obeying “the law.”
Look, the democrat Nazis and commies have declared war against you, your families, your communities and your beliefs.
You best start acting like warriors or you’re done.
Your reply was the first thing I thought of when I saw this article. Eric Holder stonewalled on “Fast and Furious” from the word GO. Why should Trump’s people cooperate with the Demonrats?
The same applie to Loretta Lynch and Lois Lerner
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