House Democrats are seeking interviews with several Justice Department officials that could speak to improper political interference in the Department, including the handful of prosecutors who quit Roger Stone’s case over a sentencing dispute.
You say “seek interviews”.
I say “subpoena”.
One can only hope this will lead to the investigation and impeachment of the Coverup Barr!
And if they don’t come willingly, send a subpoena. Gotta be polite first, then the fist. Trump will not protect Barr, so go after him, and make republicans sweat. Plus gather the evidence, and let people know you are, so that in 2021 the DOJ (assuming Bernie does not sink us all) can use the evidence to indict people for obstruction of justice, not just Barr, but everyone connected with his crimes and abuse of power.
Jerry Nadler acting with all due haste, as per usual.
There is this dance that happens before subpoenas are delivered. First a letter of request, negotiation, then another sternly worded letter, a little more negotiation then subpoena. This is a start and Nadler needs to keep the pressure on Barr.
Meanwhile the dance-hall has been turned into a flaming wreck and the Fire Department is most definitely not on its way.
Indeed. Raise the pressure on him by several Barrs.
I spent 6 months before impeachment pointing out the Jerry Nadler is a big, fat fool. I got attacked by people here for repeating Trump’s jab at him, but alas, it is true. Everything Nadler did - slow walking, loosing it on National TV, inability to control the hearing with Lewendoski, and then attacking senators in a way that was self-defeating (which led to him getting “sent home to help his ailing wife” at the end) shows that he is simply not capable of leading such an important committee.
The contract between Schiff and Nadler, or frankly between Nadler and about 1/2 of his committee is rather stark.
I really would like to vote him - and Neal (Ways and Means) off the island.
With you on all three points.
The one and only goal of a political party is to win elections. You get power, then you do as much as you can with that power to advance your agenda. It can’t be, and should not be, about getting your hands on a certain committee so you can say you are a chairman.
Obama got a lot of grief for not getting a public option in 2010, and his roll out of Obama care sucked. Wrong people, not enough focus. But the reality was that he got more than anyone has gotten in the health space since LBJ, and LBJ failed to get what Roosevelt had tied to get in the 30s - a national minimum health care plan for all.
Unfortunately, we have some in the party that are there based only upon seniority, not an understanding of how to win. I can think of nothing that either Nadler or Neal has done that has advanced the ball one bit. Not one impact hearing, not one investigation that went somewhere, not one TV appearance that moved the needle.
While I see the issues with the other way (what republicans do with term limits) and I know Nancy, Steny, and Jim’s (all in their late 70s) reluctance, but we really need to have merit based votes for chair at this point.
The old adage is to shoot the turkeys on the bottom branches of the tree first.
Please, please, puhleeeeze, go for it…quickly.
IANAL but this sounds reasonable to me:
It basically hangs a lot on “except in cases of impeachment” within "Under Article II, Section II of the Constitution, the president is given the “power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.”
The logic is that there is no sunset on preventing pardons even if the president is not convicted by the Senate (or it would have said so).
I think it would all end up in the Supreme Court and Stone would be “pardoned” until they ruled, but again IANAL.
Just throw the word ‘Clinton’ in there somewhere and all documents and people will be made available. Who cares if it’s true; they don’t.