None dare call it criminal.
The Tyrant just won’t quit!
I Can’t wait for him to leave office.
Fox guards the chicken coop. Says all is well........................
So, they cite a 1978 never court-tested, self-favoring DOJ appointment which puts the formerly independent IGs under the supervision of the politically appointed heads of their departments. So now DOJ doesn’t even need to stonewall, as another layer of political deflection is put in the investigatory path. Isn’t that special?
What could go wrong?
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
PING!
More lawlessness from this pathetic _resident.
Dictator
Imagine if a Republican president was doing things like this. The media would be going nuts.
How can anyone expect the Justice Department to be independent when it reports to the president?
Who was the genius that created this?
The wannabe dictator is trying his hardest to destroy this nation. How can Amy thinuking person support this lunatic? Yes the LOTUS is a lunatic. A hateful and spite filled lunatic.
What will the Congress say, or do, about this?
Answer: Nothing!
He'll issue blanket amnesty to all government employees on his way out the door.
You’d think it would be obvious not to let the party being investigated limit the investigation. Is McCain running interference on this, too?
Except, that is, if they get permission from Obama political appointees, who apparently do have the authority to override nondisclosure provisions. So the IG's can continue to make "independent" investigations, provided that they are approved by Obama political operatives.
So in fact, for the target of an Obama-desired investigation, nothing has changed. The only thing that has changed is that the administration now asserts a veto power over any investigation it dislikes.
Am I leaving anything out?
I suppose the question that needs to be asked at the next White House presser is where in the statute do the Obamites find authority for political appointees to make this decision? My naïve layman's understanding was that the IG statute was designed specifically to keep this kind of power OUT of the hands of the politicos. Not that career bureaucrats are beyond reproach, but at least they are not institutionally hotwired to the party in power.
In 1978, the post-Watergate Congress was two-thirds Democratic in both the House and Senate. Those Dems were pretty radical in their day. In passing this kind of legislation, they had Richard Milhous in mind. I wonder if any of our media superstars will raise a question about administratively dismantling a core post-Watergate reform?
Sure would be interesting to see WHO in the DOJ was tasked with writing this report overturning a Carter-era directive. And, perhaps more interesting, which Department/Agency head(s) is/are facing serious IG investigation(s).
Oh Gee Willy-ache-ers ! Does that mean they won’t be investigating practices of the Hill-&-Billy candidate for POTUS they just announced she participated in while Secret-ary of State ? s/
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If Obama wants to give amnesty to prisoners he can’t have grand jury testimony and wiretaps (graphic content that was not allowed at trial) coming to light.
Danny Kaye comes to mind...