Posted on 09/12/2018 11:21:39 AM PDT by jazusamo
Full Title: Judicial Watch Files Senate Ethics Complaint Against Sen. Cory Booker for Purposely Violating Rules in Releasing Confidential Documents
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it hand-delivered a letter to the chairman and co-chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics calling for an investigation into Sen Cory Booker (D-NJ) admitted violation Senate rules by releasing confidential records through his social media accounts. Senator Booker faces expulsion from the Senate for his violation of the rules.
Sen. Booker admitted to violating Senate rules when he issued a tweet on Friday, September 7 saying:
Weds—I broke committee rules by reading from “committee confidential” docs.
Sen. Booker then posted the following entry on his Facebook account on Saturday, September 9:
And the classification of many documents as “Committee Confidential” is a sham… I willfully violate these sham rules. I fully accept any consequences that might arise from my actions including expulsion.
Additionally, Sen. Booker uploaded Committee Confidential records to a publicly accessible Dropbox account with the heading “Booker Confidential – Kavanaugh Hearing Documents”.
“Senator Booker, in an absurd invocation of ‘Spartacus,’ explicitly invited his expulsion from the Senate in his egregious violation of the rules and contempt for the rule of law and the Constitution,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “Will the Senate assert the rule of law in the Booker case or allow mob rule to be the new standard?”
The Judicial Watch complaint is reprinted below:
Dear Chairman Isakson and Co-Chairman Coons:
Judicial Watch, Inc. in a non-profit, non-partisan educational foundation that promotes transparency, accountability, and integrity in government and fidelity to the rule of law. We regularly monitor congressional ethics issues as part of our anticorruption mission.
Sen. Cory Booker admitted to violating Senate rules when he issued a tweet on Friday, September 7 saying:
Weds-I broke committee rules by reading from “committee confidential” docs.
(See https://twitter.com/CoryBooker/status/1038077511924629504 .)
Sen. Booker then posted the following entry on his Facebook account on Saturday, September 9:
And the classification of many documents as “Committee Confidential” is a sham … I willfully violate these sham rules. I fully accept any consequences that might arise from my actions including expulsion.
(See https://www.facebook.com/corybooker/photos/a.115558592227/10158241220222228/?type=3&theater )
Sen. Booker uploaded Committee Confidential records to a publicly accessible Dropbox account with the heading “Booker Confidential – Kavanaugh Hearing Documents”.
(See https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cc4u94lgyncygn6/AABPGJkIiq5ND7KJuX7kXUX9a?dl=0 )
By publicly releasing Committee Confidential records, Sen. Booker appears to have violated provisions 5 and/or 6 of Rule 29 of the Standing Rules of the Senate (Rev. Jan. 24, 2013), which stipulate:
5. Any Senator, officer or employee of the Senate who shall disclose the secret or confidential business or proceedings of the Senate, including the business and proceedings of the committees, subcommittees and offices of the Senate shall be liable, if a Senator, to suffer expulsion from the body; and if an officer or employee, to dismissal from the service of the Senate, and to punishment for contempt.
6. Whenever, by the request of the Senate or any committee thereof, any documents or papers shall be communicated to the Senate by the President or the head of any department relating to any matter pending in the Senate, the proceedings in regard to which are secret or confidential under the rules, said documents and papers shall be considered as confidential, and shall not be disclosed without leave of the Senate.
(See pp. 48-49: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CDOC-113sdoc18/pdf/CDOC-113sdoc18.pdf )
We hereby request that the Senate Ethics Committee conduct a preliminary investigation into whether Sen. Booker violated Senate Rules by releasing Committee Confidential records through his social media accounts.
Thank you for your consideration of this matter.
Exactly, and in the second example it makes him a liar.
Nice catch. Heck; I should have seen that too. I guess I’m getting slow in my older years.
At the very least his intent was either to break the rules he swore to uphold or to deceive the American public. Either way he’s fubar. No win. Sanction him for fraud or deception. It doesn’t really matter to me personally.
What would we do/know without Judicial Watch? Doing the job Congressmen won’t do.
Thats Cory Boogar.
Yes, JW is doing a yeoman’s job.
So Booger, if elected President would it be okay to violate Senate rules to Convict you of Articles of Impeachment?
He begged to be expelled. That would be a home run for Fartacus. "Martyred hero of the resistance running for president." In his crazy mind, senator was just a temporary stop on his way to the White House.
Best response is to continue the ridicule of his phony stunt.
Expelling Booker from the senate (for this) ain't gonna happen. That would be like throwing Brer Rabbit into the briar patch (see Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby).
As I understand it, the documents were released before Booker’s grandstanding. The rules he claims to have violated do not apply as the documents had already been released. And I AM SURE BOOKER KNEW OF THIS! Sad grandstanding trash. Garbage.
Yes, that’s what I understood too and we can bet he knew they had been cleared.
Booker came back later though and said he released some that hadn’t been cleared, so he’s a liar or he released non cleared docs or both.
Not even being devil’s advocate, the information was already cleared for release.
Not THAT crazy. It already worked for another black junior Democrat senator - pretty recently even. ;o)
Well said. Most pubbies would rather not be in the majority. They’d happily watch the rule of law die if it means holding on to their seats.
“The GOP is the complicit party.”
The way Grassley and his cohorts sat there and allowed the theatrics to carry on was disgusting. Embarrassing. I’m so ashamed of the whole lot of them.
Every day I expect that they’re praying they’ll lose the majority in 50+ days so they can sit back and relax. Being in charge is haaard.
“I wonder if he is surprised when his children and grandchildren are rude, uncivil and violate the law?”
He would be proud of them — if he had kids. Isn’t he homosexual or something?
“and in the second example it makes him a liar.”
Which makes him even more attractive to ‘Rats.
“As I understand it, the documents were released before Booker’s grandstanding.”
They were released at 4:00 a.m., and all committee members were notified immediately. If your TV show starts at 9 or 10, you have plenty of time to check your emails, texts, voice mails, etc., before showtime. He knew.
To quote Greg Gutfeld: “I HATE THESE PEOPLE!”
You’re right - Cory Booker wants to run for President on a pity party platform... he would LUV for us to toss him out...
Not only for the POTUS race. Dems would use that for voter turnout and fundraising at every level.
You’re right - they would do that...
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