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DOJ Won't Prosecute Garland for Contempt of Congress
The US Justice Department won't prosecute Attorney General Merrick Garland over a referral by House Republicans to hold him in contempt of Congress.
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... "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," the department said in a letter Friday to House Speaker Mike Johnson. Aides for Johnson and the House Judiciary and Oversight Committee didn't immediately provide comment. ...
Aides for Johnson and the House Judiciary and Oversight Committee didn't immediately provide comment. ...
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-06-14 05:01 PM | Reply
Republicans are going to be too busy following Trump's orders to overturn his criminal convictions... and trying to keep their jobs in the House... to really object to this decision, which was a foregone conclusion anyway.
#2 | Posted by Corky at 2024-06-14 05:25 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Another straw that wouldn't float. And another Trump hairbrained idea to go down in flames.
I wonder if Johnson knows that everything Trump touches dies.
#3 | Posted by Twinpac at 2024-06-16 12:46 AM | Reply
well duh....captain obvious arrives again.
this was never going to happen....
---and THAT"S the point of bringing the thing up in the first place.
#4 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-06-17 08:46 AM | Reply
Shocking....
#5 | Posted by oneironaut at 2024-06-17 09:16 AM | Reply
#2 in other words "some people are above the law" when we are too busy prosecuting our enemies.
#6 | Posted by oneironaut at 2024-06-17 09:18 AM | Reply
#6 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT
Like Republicans Congressmen who ignored their subpoenas?
#7 | Posted by Sycophant at 2024-06-17 10:52 AM | Reply
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