Posted on 05/12/2016 2:16:47 PM PDT by Nachum
White House spokesman Josh Earnest angrily reacted to the suggestion that embattled Obama aide Ben Rhodes testify in a hearing on the Iran nuclear deal on Thursday.
“With all due respect to the chairman, if he has an interest in a hearing about false narratives as it relates to the Iran deal then I’ve got some suggestions for people they should swear in,” Earnest said.
Earnest went on to name congressional members who either opposed the Iran deal or as the Earnest put it were “wrong or just lying.” Earnest admitted he did not know the procedure for swearing in members of the Senate to participate in the hearing. He then went on to read what a few senators have said about the Iran deal.
“Sen. Tom Cotton, who I know has a special relationship with the supreme leader, so maybe he’s got some interesting insight to the deal as well that he would like to share with the committee,” Earnest said referring to the letter that was sent to Iranian leaders and was signed by 47 Republican senators.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R., Utah) invited Rhodes to a May 17 hearing on the Iran deal. The Hill reports that Rhodes has yet to respond to the invite. Rhodes invitation comes shortly after a New York Times Magazine profile where Rhodes is quoted as creating an “echo chamber” that were supportive of the deal, and the article also portrays Rhodes as scripting a false narrative to help seal the agreement.
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uh oh. Only mad when we get caught? smh
Orwell is laughing in his grave.
BooFrickenHoo! Poor wittle Josh Earnest, stamp him wittle feet.
And Congress is Allowing ALL OF IT, Way to Go Paul Ryan!!
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/
And here is what the OFFICIAL DEMONRAT PUBLICATIONS SAY:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/opinion/04tue4.html
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2007/04/house_arrest.html
Why is it the bad guys become incensed when what they are doing gets exposed to the light of day?
The press is getting sensitive now that they know how little respect democrats have for them... like zero, zero, zero...
... But support the voter nominee .. No f”n way.....Primary this POS! Go Nahlen! What a turd! Bye,bye RINO!
Kubuki...
Wasn’t Rhodes the guitar player in the movie “Deliverance”?
When liars get caught in a lie...the general reaction is one of angry denial.
Seems these punks within the sphere of ultimate power are feeling the Bern. Perhaps they should consider a WH without their Chief punk.
So you think our Constitution places NO “checks and balances” on the Congress?
Really?
Bless your heart...
Yep!!! “I NEVER once had sex with that woman, NOT ONCE and if anyone said I did, they are LYING”....where have we heard the loud cries of the lib liars?????
These uniparty creeps really have Kabuki theater down pat. What a sick joke on the Citizen/Taxpayer. No one is ever arrested, no one is fired, no program ever has it’s funds cut and so forth. What a pathetic, criminal state of affairs.
KT McFarland calls Josh Earnest “Baghdad Bob” -— a moniker that should be used often.
OT: eyeamok-—TY for your post
LucyT -— post #6 -— a post reminder worthy of a bookmark ping
If you read our Constitution, the ONLY Checks and Balances on CONGRESS is ELECTIONS, Everybody else operates according to what CONGRESS DICTATES, see Article 3.
Earnest is a lyin’ punk. Rhodes is a lyin’ punk. Both work for a lyin’ punk.
White House Angrily Reacts >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Touched a nerve did we? Fire for effect...NOW!
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