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To: MichaelCorleone

Congress doesn’t have any power over the DOJ. Separation of powers, and all that.

What “power” does Congress have over the DOJ. If DOJ won’t appoint a special prosecutor to investigate itself, there is nothing Congress can do about that. About all Congress can do in their oversight capacity is to conduct a worthless investigation, since they can’t indict or fire anyone resulting from the investigation.

Separation of powers means when your corrupt POTUS oversees a corrupt DOJ and State Department, there is no legal recourse. There are political solutions like exposing the corruption and corrupt individuals, and hoping the MSM excoriates them until public opinion forces the POTUS to demand a special prosecutor from his attorney general. But what are the odd of that what with the MSM being Dem Party enablers?

Enjoy your dream but no, the Congress CAN NOTT bring charges against the DOJ.


99 posted on 11/05/2016 5:07:50 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The Confederate Flag is the new "N" word.)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

Wrong.

They may not be able to bring ‘charges’ per se, but they surely can rectify the situation.

Separation of powers does not mean the other branches are untouchable. The Congress can impeach and remove a sitting President, and they can override rogue Supreme Court Justices and even remove them, if they so wish and they have the intestinal fortitude to do so, not to mention state nullification and so forth.

Recall that the Constitution is a limiting document. The Congress (aka, We the People) hold the final cards in all things.

Hold on to your dream.


100 posted on 11/05/2016 5:34:03 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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