Posted on 07/12/2015 11:31:59 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
House Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., charged on Friday that the State Department gave his committee thousands of pages of press clippings in response to a subpoena that was issued in March.
For some reason, Gowdy said, some of those press clippings included articles about actor Richard Gere.
"You know what we got last week? We got 3,600 pages, half of which were press clippings, including articles about Richard Gere," he said on CNN. "So if that is their idea of complying with a congressional investigation, then we are going to be at this for a long time."
The committee said it got 3,600 pages of emails from State on June 29, and said about 2,000 of those pages were the State Department's daily press clippings.
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Another for the list.
Lol! I think it’s funny. They are all bark and no bite. I’d punk that committee too. They deserve it.
And what is Mr. Gowdy going to do about any of it?
” then we are going to be at this for a long time.”
Only because you’re too gutless to do your job Gowdy.
Lemmiwinks must now be working at the State Dept.
Wow! Tough talk! I'll bet the Obama administration is really sweating bullets.
What he is not telling you is, THE LEADERSHIP owns him and he has taken the pieces of Silver to protect them.
STOP MAKING EXCUSES, CONGRESS IS REFUSING TO DO THEIR JOB! They are just a COMPLICIT as every lying pos in the Administration. Because it all leads right back to the Leadership of BOTH PARTIES!
Congress has ALL the power in washington, the executive and judicial branch operate according to the whims of CONGRESS!
Congress can Remove the President
Congress can remove the head of every executive agency Congress can remove ALL of their employees
Congress can Abolish every agency they so choose
Congress can remove EVERY JUDGE IN AMERICA, including every supreme court justice.
Congress can abolish every federal court except the supreme Court
Congress can decide which cases the Judicial Branch can hear and decide
CONGRESS can Imprison ANYONE they want for any reason they so desire for as long as they wish.
Congress can declare WAR
No other governing body has even 10% of the power CONGRESS has!!
CONGRESS IS ALLOWING ALL OF IT!!!
Congress has the authority to arrest and imprison those found in Contempt. The power extends throughout the United States and is an inherent power (does not depend upon legislated act)
If found in Contempt the person can be arrested under a warrant of the Speaker of the House of Representatives or President of the Senate, by the respective Sergeant at Arms.
Statutory criminal contempt is an alternative to inherent contempt.
Under the inherent contempt power Congress may imprison a person for a specific period of time or an indefinite period of time, except a person imprisoned by the House of Representatives may not be imprisoned beyond adjournment of a session of Congress.
Imprisonment may be coercive or punitive.
Some references
[1] Joseph Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution, Volume 2, § 842 http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/print_documents/a1_5s21.html
[2] Anderson v. Dunn - 19 U.S. 204 - “And, as to the distance to which the process might reach, it is very clear that there exists no reason for confining its operation to the limits of the District of Columbia; after passing those limits, we know no bounds that can be prescribed to its range but those of the United States.” http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/19/204/case.html
[3] Jurney v. MacCracken, 294 U.S. 125 http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/294/125/case.html 73rd Cong., 78 Cong. Rec. 2410 (1934) https://archive.org/details/congressionalrec78aunit
[4] McGrain v. Daugherty, 273 U.S. 135 - Under a warrant issued by the President of the Senate the Deputy to the Senate Sergeant at Arms arrested at Cincinnati, Ohio, Mally S. Daugherty, who had been twice subpoenaed by the Senate and twice failed to appear. http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/273/135/case.html
[5] Rules of the House of Representatives, Rule IV Duties of the Sergeant at Arms - [] execute the commands of the House, and all processes issued by authority thereof, directed to him by the Speaker. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/HMAN-105/pdf/HMAN-105-pg348.pdf
[6] An analysis of Congressional inquiry, subpoena, and enforcement http://www.constitutionproject.org/documents/when-congress-comes-calling-a-primer-on-the-principles-practices-and-pragmatics-of-legislative-inquiry/
Somebody better tell Gowdy he only has about 17 months
If this is true why doesn’t Gowdey have Clinton and the rest of these clowns arrested for obstructing a congressional investigation?If it were a Republican official or administration you know they would.
And what are you going to do about it, Trey Gowdy? Nothing?
Lol! I think it’s funny. They are all bark and no bite. I’d punk that committee too. They deserve it.
Well said. The people who are supposed to be on our side are worthless and simply putting on a show to placate anyone stupid enough to fall for it all.
What is his job ?
Seems to be providing cover for Democrats.
He’ll huff and puff then sit down and shut up. In other words: nothing.
It’s bizarre.
> CONGRESS can Imprison ANYONE they want for any reason they so desire for as long as they wish.
That’s not true.
If you took the time to read any of those citations which you lifted from my page you would see that Congress can imprison a person found in contempt of Congress. So no, not anyone can be imprisoned, only those found in contempt of Congress.
From the movie version of the musical Chicago
ROXIE(Spoken)
Oh Billy, I’m scared.
BILLY(Spoken)
Roxie, you got nothing to worry about.
It’s all a circus, kid. A three ring circus.
These trials- the wholeworld- all show business.
But kid, you’re working with a star, the biggest!
(Singing)
Give ‘em the old razzle dazzle
Razzle Dazzle ‘em
Give ‘em an act with lots of flash in it
And the reaction will be passionate
Give ‘em the old hocus pocus
Bead and feather ‘em
How can they see with sequins in their eyes?
What if your hinges all are rusting?
What if, in fact, you’re just disgusting?
Razzle dazzle ‘em
And they;ll never catch wise!
Give ‘em the old Razzle Dazzle
BILLY AND COMPANY
Razzle dazzle ‘em
Give ‘em a show that’s so splendiferous
BILLY
Row after row will crow vociferous
BILLY AND COMPANY
Give ‘em the old flim flam flummox
Fool and fracture ‘em
BILLY
How can they hear the truth above the roar?
BILLY AND COMPANY
Throw ‘em a fake and a finagle
They’ll never know you’re just a bagel,
BILLY
Razzle dazzle ‘em
And they’ll beg you for more!
BILLY AND COMPANY
Give ‘em the old double whammy
Daze and dizzy ‘em
Back since the days of old Methuselah
Everyone loves the big bambooz-a-ler
Give ‘em the old three ring circus
Stun and stagger ‘em
When you’re in trouble, go into your dance
Though you are stiffer than a girder
They’ll let you get away with murder
Razzle dazzle ‘em
And you’ve got a romance
COMPANY(The same time as BILLY’s)
Give ‘em the old
Razzle Dazzle
BILLY
Give ‘em the old Razzle Dazzle
Razzle dazzle ‘em
Show ‘em the first rate sorceror you are
Long as you keep ‘em way off balance
How can they spot you’ve got no talent
Razzle Dazzle ‘em
BILLY AND COMPANY
Razzle Dazzle ‘em
Razzle Dazzle ‘em
And they’ll make you a star!
I hope you are right, but as the election nears, I think you will start to see voters soften their stance, and once again hold their noses. Then come January, when the Republicans continue to push Democrat legislation, they will be here complaining. Politics in the U.S. is at a very sad place.
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