Democrat Elijah Cummings Faces Up to Five Years in Federal Prison

Gateway Pundit ^ | Wednesday, April 9, 2014, 10:07 PM | Posted by Jim Hoft

[Lazamataz]

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) could face up to five years in federal prison for obstructing a Congressional proceeding.

On Wednesday, Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and five Subcommittee Chairmen on the committee sent a letter to Ranking Member Cummings demanding an explanation for his staff’s queries from the IRS, why the Minority hid these efforts from the Majority, and why the Ranking Member denied such actions by his staff at a February Subcommittee hearing:

“Although you have previously denied that your staff made inquiries to the IRS about conservative organization True the Vote that may have led to additional agency scrutiny, communication records between your staff and IRS officials – which you did not disclose to Majority Members or staff – indicates otherwise,” wrote the Chairman and five Subcommittee Chairmen of the Oversight Committee. “As the Committee is scheduled to consider a resolution holding Ms. Lerner, a participant in responding to your communications that you failed to disclose, in contempt of Congress, you have an obligation to fully explain your staff’s undisclosed contacts with the IRS.”

This is not good news for Cummings. According to Cornell.edu Cummings could go to prison for five years for obstructing Congressional proceedings. Via The American Journal:

Whoever, with intent to avoid, evade, prevent, or obstruct compliance, in whole or in part, with any civil investigative demand duly and properly made under the Antitrust Civil Process Act, willfully withholds, misrepresents, removes from any place, conceals, covers up, destroys, mutilates, alters, or by other means falsifies any documentary material, answers to written interrogatories, or oral testimony, which is the subject of such demand; or attempts to do so or solicits another to do so; or

Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication influences, obstructs, or impedes or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede the due and proper administration of the law under which any pending proceeding is being had before any department or agency of the United States, or the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any inquiry or investigation is being had by either House, or any committee of either House or any joint committee of the Congress—

Shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years or, if the offense involves international or domestic terrorism (as defined in section 2331), imprisoned not more than 8 years, or both.

[C. Edmund Wright]

I’ll be a good liberal and say he and Lois should be allowed to share a cell…..

[Busko]

I will be surprisede if there any charges put on him.
This country is on the ropes. Only thing that will stop all this would be a revolution.

[blueyon]

Remember this?
“Assassination Attempt In Congress?: Democrat Elijah Cummings Leaked Issa’s Secret Trip To Benghazi, Setting Him Up To Be Killed By Al Qaeda
Read more at http://patdollard.com/2013/09/democrats-intentionally-leaked-issas-secret-trip-to-libya-making-him-a-target-for-terrorists/#UHEh3HdEUXxsmyW2.99";

Hope Cummings does do jail time! As a FB friend said last night about this issue, “Paybacks a B*tch”

[txrefugee]

I’d pay money to see this blowhard perp-walked out of Issa’s hearings. All these old hangers-on would have been custodians had they not been with MLK.

[Fresh Wind]

LOL! Your crystal ball is racist.

[muir_redwoods]

I’m sure the “Just-Us” department will get right on this.

[dennisw]

Put this hideous little troll in prison for a few years... He is the ugliest piece of excrement on TV always running his racist mouth for the idiots who vote for him back home.

Obama unleashed these full_of_themselves morons always sticking it to The Man!!! Yeah go go go Elijah!!! You racist pig!

[Dr. Ursus]

There is really no going back. This is not going to end well.

[CaptainK]

Cummings is untouchable. Nothing will happen.

[vetvetdoug]

No wonder the affirmative action Congressmen and politicians want gun control so badly, in other countries actions like this would result in rebellion and the offenders would be killed. Holder, Obama, Cummings, and the rest of them know they are committing criminal acts and are trying to wrestle total control so there can be no negative consequences for their actions.

[VeniVidiVici]

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

You are correct. However, no prominent black will ever see jail.

[Covenantor]

Nahhh....plenty of white totalitarian types in of need wind therapy.

Paul and Stevie singing “Ebony and Ivory” on the soundtrack.

;>)

[jospehm20]

Again?

[backwoods-engineer]

I’d love to see “Bloody Hands” Cummings in prison where he belongs, but it will never happen. He has too many powerful friends, including Eric Holder and Obama.

[Liz]

We dont need no steeken' AG Holder to get to the bottom of this.

Ace lawyer Jay Sekulow should subpoena every official document Elijah filed. Every document needs to be scrutinized in conjunction w/ possible connections to IRS terrorism-targeting, orders from Obama, favors from Obama, financial emoluments, govt fraud, etc.

Perjury, forgery, and voter fraud need to be considered. For example: Cummings might have coached voters to lie on registration forms, and perhaps falsified candidacy papers.

Falsifying Official Public Documents involves altering, changing, or modifying a document for the purpose of deception.......can also involve forgery and/or passing copies of false documents. Falsifying documents is usually done in connection with broader criminal aims, such as extortion, government fraud, tax evasion, money laundering, financing terrorism........

A person (or persons) can be held criminally liable if they are deliberately acting with the intention of deceiving or defrauding another party.

Falsifying documents is a very serious offense and is generally classified as a felony. This means that a person charged with falsifying documents may be subject to the following legal penalties:
◾Having to pay a monetary fine
◾Incarceration in a prison facility

Depending on the gravity of the offense, as well as individual state laws, falsifying documents can result in a prison sentence of 5-10 years. Also, if government documents or authorities were involved, the legal penalties may be more severe. ..... legal penalties may increase with repeat offenses.

The penalty for falsifying government documents is outlined in the Crimes Act of 1958.

[Cruz_West_Paul2016]

Cummings and the rest of his buddies still believe we have Slave Owners still around in the south,and all white people are decendents of slave owners(did he forget that most white people are decendents of europeans who fled here in the 1800’s/1900’s?)

[Old Yeller]

How many years should Rangel get for constant tax evasion?

[Joe Boucher]

butthead has used race as a weapon his whole life.
Worthless son of a bitch.

[Bender2]

How can I break any law, I am a Black Democrat... so I can do whatever I want to do, the law, any law be damned!

Elijah is right and as Attorney General, I can promise I will never ever prosecute... any Black Democrat as the law does not apply to them--

The racists Republicans... in the House are picking on Elijah Cummings--

Elijah Cumming, a saint of a fellow... is the victim of racist Republicans again--

Race, it appears, is the only reason... the Republicans are ganging up on Elijah Cummings, Eric Holder and our wonderful president--

Yes, Virginia, you cannot... make this stuff up!

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