Posted on 06/29/2012 12:48:35 PM PDT by ColdOne
The Justice Department moved Friday to shield Attorney General Eric Holder from prosecution after the House voted to hold him in contempt of Congress.
The contempt vote technically opens the door for the House to call on the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia to bring the case against Holder before a grand jury. But because U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen works for Holder and because President Obama has already asserted executive privilege over the documents in question, it was expected Holder's Justice Department would not take that step.
Deputy Attorney General James Cole confirmed in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner that the department in fact would not pursue prosecution. The attorney general's withholding of documents pertaining to Operation Fast and Furious, he wrote, "does not constitute a crime."
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Will NOT prosecute. Awesome. Absolutely no surprise, but confirms to everyone that the Obama Administration is NOT the MOST TRANSPARENT. We have one wing of the Legislative Branch that is against the American People, we have an Executive Branch that is LAWLESS and we now have a Judicial Branch that will not buffer us from Unconstitutional Law. A scary time to be an American, but today, I am FIRED UP!!
Issa said (on Greta VonSustren’s show yesterday) that this was anticipated for the Criminal Contempt citation. That is why a similar Civil Contempt citation was voted on right after the Criminal one was.
Now this goes to the DC Courts, where Holder and the DOJ do not have authority.
And the House always has the option to arrest Holder directly, but this hasn’t been done in 80 years, there is no longer a Congressional jail and a stand-off between the House Sgt-at-arms and the FBI wouldn’t be pretty.
WE need to demand that Holder RESIGN!!
Didn’t expect this Administration’s DOJ to do anything. What is the statute of limitations on contempt of Congress?
Actions of a third world dictatorship.
Over the next 8 days he will begin seeking private council to move ahead with the filing of a civil lawsuit against Holder. If Obama/Holder don’t turn over the docs prior to that then the lawsuit will be filed in DC.
He said specifically that Obama/Holder are going to try to get by the election using Executive Privelege just as Nixon did in 1972. And he is confident the court will be accomodating in scheduling dates to get this thing rolling as it involves 2 branches of government. So this will not go away quietly until after the election...
“..Good Lord what are these people hiding?..”
involvement with not just Holder, but up to the Oval Office.IMO
:: so, they become so horrified of being racists ::
My ObamuZombie SIL used to call me a racist for being critical of her fuhrer until I once responded:
I don’t like turds either but not because they are brown.
...and we must keep up with the Kardashians...
A story about Holder on FOX’s web site has more details. It’s pretty near the last paragraph or so.
“does not constitute a crime.”
Congress has to appoint/legislatively demand Holder appoint a special prosecutor.
The issue of ‘contempt of Congress’ versus ‘Executive Privilege’ is an issue of ‘with holding of evidence’, specifically the evidence needed to determine if a CRIME of PERJURY was committed in the Justice Department’s testimony to Congress, regarding the ‘Fast and Furious’ gun trafficking program.
It will take a special prosecutor to obtain the evidence, to determine if anyone in the Justice Department should be prosecuted for perjury.
Arrest him? -—Arrest Him? Nah that would be too civilized. He ought have done him like Randy Weavers baby —or maybe them
Branch Davidians?Eye for an eye and all that.That would be justice served.
Charge them with obstruction of justice and have the Speaker and Congress and formally advise the COTJC that we have a domestic enemy of the Constitution in the White House and ask them to fulfill their oath to do so.
Who’d a’ thunk it?
Who’d a’ thunk it?
Who’d a’ thunk it?
should read
“Holder Sheilds Holder From Prosecution”
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