DOJ tells Johnson that Garland committed no crimes and therefore will not be prosecuted after contempt vote - hal - 06-14-2024
go pound sand...
pdf of letter to Johnson: https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000190-1802-dc74-a9b6-385aad1c0000
Re: DOJ tells Johnson that Garland committed no crimes and therefore will not be prosecuted after contempt vote - wurm - 06-14-2024
I think "Go pound sand" would have made much more sense and would have been a far more efficient use of time and resources. Maybe they get paid by the word.
Re: DOJ tells Johnson that Garland committed no crimes and therefore will not be prosecuted after contempt vote - AllGold - 06-14-2024
What would be really sweet is if the DOJ said now that you've stirred the hornet's nest by referring the AG for contempt when he committed no crimes, we're going to go ahead and start the prosecution of Gym Jordan (and company) for his contempt of Congress.
Re: DOJ tells Johnson that Garland committed no crimes and therefore will not be prosecuted after contempt vote - gabester - 06-14-2024
AllGold wrote:
What would be really sweet is if the DOJ said now that you've stirred the hornet's nest by referring the AG for contempt when he committed no crimes, we're going to go ahead and start the prosecution of Gym Jordan (and company) for his contempt of Congress.
Vote for Biden in the fall and there will be plenty of time for that.
Re: DOJ tells Johnson that Garland committed no crimes and therefore will not be prosecuted after contempt vote - pdq - 06-14-2024
One other item involving the esteemed Mr. Johnson which I haven't seen mentioned:
has been obsessed in recent weeks with harnessing the powers of Congress to fight on his own behalf and go to war against the Democrats he accuses of “weaponizing” the justice system against him.
It’s a campaign he orchestrated in the days after his May 31 conviction on 34 felony counts in New York, starting with a phone call to the man he wanted to lead it: Speaker Mike Johnson.
Trump was still angry when he made the call, according to those who have heard accounts of it from Johnson, dropping frequent F-bombs as he spoke with the soft-spoken and pious GOP leader.
“We have to overturn this,” Trump insisted
You know, for such a stable genius, you’d think he might have squeezed in a civics course somewhere along the line. Exactly how would the US House of Representatives overturn a state court criminal conviction?
Wait. Don’t tell me. I want to still keep a little faith in the Constitution, okay?
Re: DOJ tells Johnson that Garland committed no crimes and therefore will not be prosecuted after contempt vote - Ted King - 06-14-2024
pdq wrote:
One other item involving the esteemed Mr. Johnson which I haven't seen mentioned:
has been obsessed in recent weeks with harnessing the powers of Congress to fight on his own behalf and go to war against the Democrats he accuses of “weaponizing” the justice system against him.
It’s a campaign he orchestrated in the days after his May 31 conviction on 34 felony counts in New York, starting with a phone call to the man he wanted to lead it: Speaker Mike Johnson.
Trump was still angry when he made the call, according to those who have heard accounts of it from Johnson, dropping frequent F-bombs as he spoke with the soft-spoken and pious GOP leader.
“We have to overturn this,” Trump insisted
You know, for such a stable genius, you’d think he might have squeezed in a civics course somewhere along the line. Exactly how would the US House of Representatives overturn a state court criminal conviction?
Wait. Don’t tell me. I want to still keep a little faith in the Constitution, okay?
They really can't do squat other than have investigations and hearings and they know it so they invited him to the Capital to provide what they are best at - political theater.
Re: DOJ tells Johnson that Garland committed no crimes and therefore will not be prosecuted after contempt vote - vision63 - 06-14-2024
Ted King wrote:
[quote=pdq]
One other item involving the esteemed Mr. Johnson which I haven't seen mentioned:
has been obsessed in recent weeks with harnessing the powers of Congress to fight on his own behalf and go to war against the Democrats he accuses of “weaponizing” the justice system against him.
It’s a campaign he orchestrated in the days after his May 31 conviction on 34 felony counts in New York, starting with a phone call to the man he wanted to lead it: Speaker Mike Johnson.
Trump was still angry when he made the call, according to those who have heard accounts of it from Johnson, dropping frequent F-bombs as he spoke with the soft-spoken and pious GOP leader.
“We have to overturn this,” Trump insisted
You know, for such a stable genius, you’d think he might have squeezed in a civics course somewhere along the line. Exactly how would the US House of Representatives overturn a state court criminal conviction?
Wait. Don’t tell me. I want to still keep a little faith in the Constitution, okay?
They really can't do squat other than have investigations and hearings and they know it so they invited him to the Capital to provide what they are best at - political theater.
They got their fists balled up saying "Someday Garland, Someday."
Re: DOJ tells Johnson that Garland committed no crimes and therefore will not be prosecuted after contempt vote - $tevie - 06-14-2024
Mike Johnson doesn't care. He got his brownie points from PAB34 and that's all that matters.
Re: DOJ tells Johnson that Garland committed no crimes and therefore will not be prosecuted after contempt vote - JPK - 06-15-2024
Such hypocrisy. We have more bad people in charge than ever before.
JPK
Re: DOJ tells Johnson that Garland committed no crimes and therefore will not be prosecuted after contempt vote - Speedy - 06-15-2024
JPK wrote:
Such hypocrisy. We have more bad people in charge than ever before.
JPK
Untrue. When the Repugs had Trump in the White House and control of the House and the Senate it was worse.
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