From the No One Is Above the Law Files - DOJ Refuses to Pursue Criminal Contempt Changes Against Merrick Garland

[excalibur]

Basically, they say that Garland is above the law. Why? Well, a voice recording of Biden's voice is now 'executive privilege' territory. Which is, of course, bullshit.

This lawless administration is plunging us into a Constitutional crisis.

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“Consistent with this longstanding position and uniform practice, the Department has determined that the responses by Attorney General Garland to the subpoenas issued by the Committees did not constitute a crime, and accordingly the Department will not bring the congressional contempt citation before a grand jury or take any other action to prosecute the Attorney General,” Carlos Felipe Uriarte, an assistant attorney general, wrote in the letter.

The letter also cited DOJ policy not to prosecute officials for contempt of Congress when they don’t comply with subpoenas due to a presidential claim of executive privilege.

A request for comment and confirmation of the content of the letter sent to the DOJ was not immediately returned.

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If you love the news, check out The Liberty Daily's homepage. (The Epoch Times)—An official from the Department of Justice (DOJ) told House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in a letter that Attorney General Merrick Garland will not be prosecuted for contempt of Congress because his refusal to hand...

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[TroglocratsRdumb]

 

[alang1216]

Basically, they say that Garland is above the law. Why? Well, a voice recording of Biden's voice is now 'executive privilege' territory. Which is, of course, bullshit.

This lawless administration is plunging us into a Constitutional crisis.

A tempest in a teapot. Bill Barr refused to honor a Congressional subpoena based on Trump's claim of 'executive privilege' and the world did not end.

 

[ozro]

Eric Holder was never prosecuted for similar crimes. It set a precedent.
Because of that it would be unusual for someone to be prosecuted for contempt of Congress.
In a way, the precedent makes it legal.
We should just be thankful that piece of shit never became a Supreme Court justice.

 

[excalibur]

A tempest in a teapot. Bill Barr refused to honor a Congressional subpoena based on Trump's claim of 'executive privilege' and the world did not end.

LOL

This is a taped recording of Biden's interview with Hur, one that they have provided a written transcript for. There is no executive privilege for this.

 

[Oddball]

 

[Oddball]

A tempest in a teapot. Bill Barr refused to honor a Congressional subpoena based on Trump's claim of 'executive privilege' and the world did not end.

Same "tempest in a teapot" that got Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon sentenced to 4 months.

If you shitlibs didn't have double standards....

 

[Marener]

LOL

This is a taped recording of Biden's interview with Hur, one that they have provided a written transcript for. There is no executive privilege for this.

That's for the courts to decide.

 

[alang1216]

LOL

This is a taped recording of Biden's interview with Hur, one that they have provided a written transcript for. There is no executive privilege for this.

Since you're not the President, your opinion is worthless. Sorry.

 

[alang1216]

Same "tempest in a teapot" that got Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon sentenced to 4 months.

If you shitlibs didn't have double standards....

Neither of them were part of the Trump administration when they were subpoenaed so they were not protected by Executive Privilege. Same standards.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Telling the truth to Congress that it does not have authority to investigate how the DOJ does it job on criminal prosecutions is a new thing?

 

[BackAgain]

A tempest in a teapot. Bill Barr refused to honor a Congressional subpoena based on Trump's claim of 'executive privilege' and the world did not end.

Was there a valid claim of executive privilege. Here, of course, there is no valid claim.

 

[BackAgain]

Congress needs to stop once again pass a special prosecutor law to avoid a situation where the DOJ simply declines to prosecute one of its own.

Naturally, it won’t pass AND get signed by the Potato. But it is an obvious way to address the DOJ’s perfidious indifference to this conflict of interest and others like it.

 

[alang1216]

Was there a valid claim of executive privilege. Here, of course, there is no valid claim.

Who decides what is valid? I'd guess it is the President alone.

 

[BackAgain]

Who decides what is valid? I'd guess it is the President alone.

When he tries to claim executive privilege over the work of a supposedly unrestricted special counsel’s investigatory work product, anybody can assess its invalidity.

It is invalid here.

 

[alang1216]

When he tries to claim executive privilege over the work of a supposedly unrestricted special counsel’s investigatory work product, anybody can assess its invalidity.

It is invalid here.

So, if anyone can assess a claim as invalid, it stands to reason that anyone can assess a claim as valid. That makes no sense and is the reason we have a judicial branch of government.

 

[BackAgain]

So, if anyone can assess a claim as invalid, it stands to reason that anyone can assess a claim as valid. That makes no sense and is the reason we have a judicial branch of government.

Actually, it’s true. That’s why you dismiss it out of hand.

Just as I can properly assess Potato’s attempted invocation of Executive Privilege as being invalid for the reasons I cited, an intelligent person could also distinguish that nonsense from a valid invocation.

The judicial branch can make an authoritative decision. But that doesn’t mean that other people can’t distinguish a bullshit invalid claim (like Potato’s) from a valid claim.

 

[alang1216]

Actually, it’s true. That’s why you dismiss it out of hand.

Just as I can properly assess Potato’s attempted invocation of Executive Privilege as being invalid for the reasons I cited, an intelligent person could also distinguish that nonsense from a valid invocation.

The judicial branch can make an authoritative decision. But that doesn’t mean that other people can’t distinguish a bullshit invalid claim (like Potato’s) from a valid claim.

Assessments are like belly buttons everyone has one and none of them matter.

 

[BackAgain]

Assessments are like belly buttons everyone has one and none of them matter.

Not true.

Sometimes they help formulate policies and so forth.

And the discussion might just assist the courts in making a decision denying the Potato’s bullshit effort to invoke Executive Privilege in this matter.

 

[alang1216]

Not true.

Sometimes they help formulate policies and so forth.

And the discussion might just assist the courts in making a decision denying the Potato’s bullshit effort to invoke Executive Privilege in this matter.

Do you have any example of that ever happening?