Posted on 04/10/2014 4:19:05 AM PDT by 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.
LOL - good one Enterprise...
If the Republicans want to know the truth, just wire up Al Sharpton and have him meet with Cummings.
“said the IRS has jurisdiction over 501(c)(4) groups, as well as charities, which fall under section 5/01(c)(3) of the tax code and sometimes engage in quasi-political activity.”
IRS enforces the law that is written and passed by congress and subject to court review and decision. They have no right to hold up applications from organizations that apply for non tax status under the law for the purpose of circumventing and evading due process of the law.
I have been involved before the internet, before this web site was around and I will be involved after. My statement is what it is. I am not wasting my time, I’m making a statement. If this happened under a Republican Administration the Dems would be charging everyone from the President down to the janitors in the Whitehouse. Watched the hearings today and not one Republican mentioned his name. Can you tell me why? I want him to be charged and I want him to go to prison. Will it happen, slim chance. Cummings will throw up the race card and Holder will come to the rescue. Take care.
Especially if it was Federal PMITA prison.
I’d like to think the jerk will be punished, but I’ll believe it when I see it.
Al’s in a pickle. Everyone knows he’s a gubmit rat no matter how he tries to say diff. And RAT is among one of the worst things to be in his culture (?).
Absolutely! They might be ok to his face, but behind his back I bet a LOT of his associates are M/F’ing him mercilessly. That is the cultural sewer in which he lives. They don’t know how much that pertains to them has also been passed on to the FBI.
I would not hold my breath waiting on the GOP to do anything on ANY
issue. Issa was too afraid to even put Hillary under oath when she test-I-Lied. Does anyone believe the GOP will do anything about any issue,
other than use it as a campaign tool?
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