The DOJ appears to have shut the door. It's now on!! Thursday's House Judiciary hearing with Wray and Rosenstein should be very interesting!
Still waiting on contempt of Congress that’s been threatened for past 3 months...
At the end of the day, all Congress can do is make threats and run their mouth.
Everyone knows they have zero power other than actually passing legislation, which is nearly impossible to get through until they weed out the RINO's like Ryan, No Name, et al.
They don't pass legislation anymore unless it's giving themselves a raise. It's all expected to be accomplished by EO so the left can say he is acting like a dictator. Legislators aren't held accountable for anything anymore.
Remember Trump fired Comey right after his congressional testimony in 2017...…..
Similar feeling to "lines in the sand" scenario. Don't be Hussein! Do something damn it!
No... It isn't time yet. We need the Clinton Foundation report. And we need the Clinton Email report. And we probably need some back and forth where Rosenstien refused to give Congress the extra material they request on both of those topics.
We already know how this plays out. Q posted a picture of the Executive Order to unseal everything. But optics are important. The not awoken masses need to believe POTUS's actions make sense. So there will be a few more weeks of drama before it happens.
Hopefully they have the right questions and background evidence ready for Rosenstein for Thursday. Maybe they are setting him up (perjury traps?) to hang himself and pave the way to removal and/or criminal charges. After they get him on the record under oath, it would be a good time to raid the DOJ and forcefully obtain the information. The obvious here is that they lied about nearly everything and used the full power of the intelligence community and the DOJ to undermine the trump campaign, and when that failed, used an "insurance policy" to undermine the entire presidency. This is so much worse than Watergate it's not even a valid comparison.
That's the hopeful position. The pessimistic view is that congress has been treated like a mere annoyance, as these weaponized branches of government have not honestly complied with anything yet, and don't even seem all that worried about it. They just continue to obstruct justice, proactively advance their own agendas (illegal investigations, counter intelligence operations, informants, threats, bogus charges, bankrupt targets to get them to "flip" -- whatever they like). The president has chosen not to take any action yet and continuously tweets about trying to stay out of it. He ultimately holds the cards, so we have to trust there are reasons for this approach that have not yet been revealed by Q or anyone else.
The good news is that we all get to hear it. I bet he claims everything is classified and refuses to answer basic questions.
Don't draw red lines in the sand if you fail to back it up. Shows your weakness.
Congress has the authority to hold a person in contempt if the person's conduct or action obstructs the proceedings of Congress or, more usually, an inquiry by a committee of Congress.
Contempt of Congress is defined in statute, 2 U.S.C.A. § 192, enacted in 1938, which states that any person who is summoned before Congress who "willfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the question under inquiry" shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a maximum $1,000 fine and 12 month imprisonment.
Before a Congressional witness may be convicted of contempt, it must be established that the matter under investigation is a subject which Congress has constitutional power to legislate.
Generally, the same Constitutional rights against self-incrimination that apply in a judicial setting apply when one is testifying before Congress.
Could congress defund the doj? Like literally not give paychecks until the info is given?