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DOJ says it won't prosecute Barr, Ross after House criminal contempt vote
The Hill ^
| July 24, 2019
| Jacqueline Thomsen
Posted on 07/24/2019 2:18:13 PM PDT by rdl6989
The Department of Justice said Wednesday that federal prosecutors will not prosecute Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary William Ross, after the House voted to hold the officials in contempt for failing to comply with congressional subpoenas.
“The Department of Justice’s long-standing position is that we will not prosecute an official for contempt of Congress for declining to provide information subject to a presidential assertion of executive privilege,” Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen wrote in a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: botox; california; contemptofcongress; democrats; doj; fakecontempt; house; jeffreyrosen; nancypelosi; sanfrancisco; sanfrannan; trumpdoj; williambarr; williamross
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Liberal heads are going to blow.
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posted on
07/24/2019 2:18:13 PM PDT
by
rdl6989
To: rdl6989
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posted on
07/24/2019 2:19:58 PM PDT
by
Pox
(Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
To: rdl6989
Liberals blow anyway. I appreciate anytime we can shove it up their blowholes.
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posted on
07/24/2019 2:21:19 PM PDT
by
RJS1950
(The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
To: rdl6989
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posted on
07/24/2019 2:23:53 PM PDT
by
Spruce
To: rdl6989
Since federal judges run the country. All they have to do is find a liberal judge in a liberal circuit to order DOJ to prosecute.
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posted on
07/24/2019 2:25:42 PM PDT
by
Yogafist
To: Spruce
For the deranged snowflake in your post...
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posted on
07/24/2019 2:28:32 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
To: rdl6989
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posted on
07/24/2019 2:29:16 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
To: rdl6989
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posted on
07/24/2019 2:29:38 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: Magnum44
Magnum
44 beats me by
44 seconds.
I sense Rod Serling nearby.
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posted on
07/24/2019 2:32:29 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
To: TigersEye
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posted on
07/24/2019 2:34:01 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
To: rdl6989
The house can’t prosecute any one. Different branch of the Govt.
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posted on
07/24/2019 2:34:14 PM PDT
by
keving
(We the government)
To: rdl6989
Wasn’t Holder found in contempt of Congress?
Don’t recall the DOJ bringing any chgs. Did I miss something?
To: rdl6989
To: rdl6989
Eric Holder.........................
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posted on
07/24/2019 2:38:24 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: rdl6989
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posted on
07/24/2019 2:39:48 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: Spruce
Is that Rachel Cory’s baby brother?
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posted on
07/24/2019 2:39:50 PM PDT
by
Eleutheria5
(If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
To: Magnum44
:) If I had any sense I would get off the internet immediately!
But ...
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posted on
07/24/2019 2:39:59 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
To: rdl6989
Barr refuses to prosecute himself for stupid crap. Shocking.
To: rdl6989
Bwa-hahahahahah!! NOBODY’S ABOVE THE LAW!!!! Bwa-hahahahahahahahah!!!!
Attorney general, prosecute thyself!
Bwa-hahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.....!
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posted on
07/24/2019 3:40:02 PM PDT
by
DJ Frisat
( (optional, printed after my name on post))
To: rdl6989
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posted on
07/24/2019 3:44:32 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
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