Posted on 06/20/2012 5:15:16 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
Which is why — unless he produces the documents before 10 a.m. this morning — Holder is looking at a House committee vote on contempt of Congress charges; once the full House goes along, he’ll be only the 11th official to be so cited since 1975.
Then what? Technically, the citation goes to the US attorney for DC to present to a grand jury. Usually, lawyers for the White House and Congress huddle and work out some accommodation — but relations may be too poisonous for that now.
Holder also has the option to simply not prosecute himself — which would surely set off a firestorm, as would any attempt by him or the president to assert executive privilege at this late date.
The last thing President Obama needs heading into the election is even more controversy over his hyper-politicized chief law-enforcement officer — especially with some in Congress already calling for a special prosecutor to investigate intelligence leaks emanating from the administration.
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We knew at least on two points Holder lied under oath - 1) he testified he did not talk to Obama about F&F; 2) he retracted claim on Bush AG
Roger Clemens just went through 'lying to Congress under oath'. Eric Holder as AG did just that. Who in DoJ is going to prosecute that? We know Holder definitely will not.
That is my point. Holder is running the show. Republicans in the House know this.
Yep, my patience for Republicans getting NO results but lots of talk is long gone. And usually after much noise they manage to lower their own opinion polls and raise Obamas. Drama does nothing for me.
Example : Lindsey Graham on CBS Sunday saying that Obama's amnesty executive order is illegal really pissed me off. That RINO's phoniness really gets to me.
And Nixon was a staunch anti-communist
Very well said.
Now which representatives can we contact to insist they do their job? It’s in a committee right now, correct?
The democrats & media couldn't help but play right into his hands, because they couldn't leave the charges unanswered - they'd go over the top, as usual.
And as inept as he's proven to be, the electorate is very much in the mood to find Obama guilty of something.
True.
The main difference is that those under GWB refusing to testify were WH advisors(Rove was one) , not confirmed officials like Holder who must testify.
Conyers called them in to set a perjury trap for them but they refused to come.
“I’m Still Screwing Around (ISSA) and Boner are idiots”
Its over when the tan man cries.
I don't know what Tea leaves you are reading but Romney will do nothing, say nothing, so I will avoid the hypotheticals about what would happen if he did.
If the committee votes for contempt of congress, I believe it first goes to the entire house so contacting your local rep would be proper.
” The AG still had to testify under oath, but my point is the AG will just ignore the referral/indictment. “
YEP
In fact this thing has gotten much bigger in the media since this thread began.
Hope springs eternal.
And this SHOULD lead to questions as to why the government which had stopped claiming that guns sold by American gun dealers were turning up at Mexican crime scenes would suddenly start funneling guns to the very drug cartels that were committing all the murders.
The two scary things about this whole mess are:
1) That there were only a few government agents willing to come forward and become whistleblowers. The rest were willing to sit back and watch the government allow the arming of drug cartels who would be committing untold numbers of murders.
2) That the ministry of propaganda, which within my lifetime has morphed from an independent press, keeping an eye on the government to help "keep it in line," to nothing more than a bunch of enablers, actively working towards the reelection of an imperial ruler.
Mark
” They’re trying. Gotta give Issa a lot of credit. He’s fighting Boehner and others in his own party, “
He sure is!!
Thanks sickoflibs.
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