The U.S. Dept of Justice (DOJ) has sent a five-page letter to congress, copying Politico for the public distribution therein. [SEE pdf HERE]
The snarky and passive aggressive Lawfare tone inside the letter is rather remarkable in its sanctimony and condescension. Essentially, Main Justice is telling congressional oversight, specifically House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, not to expect any timely responses because there’s a lot going on.
Additionally, as the letter directly implies, Republican oversight is not in the favor of the current administration or DOJ and, well, in general terms, get over it – they aren’t complying. However, feel free to initiate the formal negotiation process that will likely take several years.
From the letter to Jim Jordan, “Your January 17 requests—made now in your position as Chairman—initiate the constitutionally mandated accommodation process. Under this process, the Legislative and Executive Branches have a constitutional obligation to negotiate in good faith to meet the informational needs of Congress while protecting the institutional interests of the Executive Branch. We look forward to beginning this process in response to your January 17 letters.” (link)
(Via Politico) – […] The letter, addressed to Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), acknowledges the GOP’s multiple requests for information during the last Congress but doesn’t divulge any new information. Instead, Uriarte outlines how he hopes DOJ could have a “productive relationship” with Republicans in the new Congress, as Jordan had in previous letters accused the DOJ of “stonewalling” their requests, raised the possibility of a subpoena and said the committee could resort to “compulsory practices” to obtain the requested information and documents.
It’s an early marker of DOJ’s position as Republicans pledge to probe President Joe Biden’s administration over a laundry list of issues, including with a select subpanel that has a broad mandate to investigate the federal government. Conservatives have hinted they would use that panel to try to look into certain ongoing law enforcement investigations. (read more)
I think at this point everyone outside the professional political class in the Legislative Branch knew this was going to happen. However, the Republicans in Congress will likely pretend to be stunned by this development, Fox News Sean Hannity will be outraged by it, and then the RNC and RCCC will dispatch fundraising campaigns citing the refusal of the DOJ. Win, win, win… wash – rinse – repeat.
Predicting this approach was exactly why CTH said the House Subcommittee on Weaponized Government should not waste time looking for assistance, documents and or internal support from the various DC silos. Instead, the oversight committees need to go through the formal request process (blah, blah, blah) but focus their efforts at getting documents from the private sector collaborators outside the DC silo system.
If it seems like the Democrats always know how to use power more effectively than Republicans, you would be absolutely correct. However, few people really understand the reason for it. So, I will repeat.
The Republicans want money. The Democrats want power. The Republicans use power to get money. The Democrats use money to get power. The ideology of the Democrats drives their donor funding. The donor funding of the Republicans drives their ideology.
This core truism carries forward beyond electoral politics and into the realm of legislative battles and oversight conflicts. Republicans want money as their primary objective. If the Biden administration wants to get an ideological bill passed, the Democrats simply buy the votes of Republicans (especially Senators).
As an additional outcome, Republicans in congress have no core values, no core objectives, no goals to achieve. After all, their structural goal is money.
Give Republicans power and they don’t know what to do with it, because the voters essentially boosted the dog to catch the car… now what?
What you see in the outcome of elections is that Republicans do not have any plan for power, because it’s not the issue that takes up their intellectual time. That’s reserved for deep analytical thoughts about how to make money from (XXX).
The Democrats know this, they know the main mission of Republicans. Ergo, the Lawfare DOJ pats the Republicans on the head and waits for the frustrated voters to get sick of the GOP doing nothing again, and the Democrats simply wait them out.
We have been in this repetitious abuse cycle for about two decades.
Battered Conservative Syndrome is a very real thing.
There are an enormous amount of codependent enabling voters in this process. I call them Seagull Republicans because they are voters who will fly down and shit over anyone who complains about this reality – then they fly up to their high perches and look down their noses.
In case you missed it, the Seagull Republicans are currently aligned to support Harmeet Dhillon and Ron DeSantis.
One UniParty consisting of two wings, the RNC and the DNC. One bird, two wings.
The GOPe priority around money is the one constant on the right wing. But don’t worry, because the Seagulls are promising that Ron DeSantis will protect us from teh geys.
It’s time to open the Congressional Basement prison and start arresting these DOJ bureaucrats… They are committing TREASON right in front of our Eyes…
I agree, charge them with contempt of congress and give them the star chamber treatment. Throw enough of those so called deep state lawyers in jail and throw away the key.
First, get out the “January 6th” Americans that have been in the laogai!
Since the DOJ is the entity that does the arresting and charging, I don’t see them arresting themselves. It’s pretty much a rigged game at this point. The do nothing republicans will send out fund raising letters saying “oh no, the DOJ won’t listen to us so send us money”. They could hold up the funding for the DOJ but don’t hold your breath for that. Eric Holder ignored subpoenas from republican committees and nothing happened to him so there is no reason to expect a different outcome here.
Congress has its own police force and can indeed arrest folk.
Can’t they be fired for dereliction of duty and abuse of power?
And using that power on the corrupt DOJ is a great place to start.
This is not how these 3 letter agencies were sold to the American people.
No checks or balances, just procedures that can be ignored at will.
I sometimes find myself thinking of “Seinfeld” episodes, the various characters and what we now call “memes” – “the Soup Nazi”, George Costanza and the sweater with the little red dot, the fellow who demanded to be called “Maestro” and Newman’s stash of undelivered mail.
Elaine and the fellow who could be a Klaus Schwab-type and the bottled water . . . Elaine and the dreadful inedible food that she wrapped up in a dinner napkin . . . Elaine and the writer she was having chauffeured somewhere and she was trying to communicate with him, I think, trying to emulate a Russian writer: “War . . . what is it good for?”
So I see a meme with Elaine from that scene in the limo, “FBI . . . what is it good for?”
When Pubbies win the presidency, we get a Sessions or a Barr. (Uni-party). When Dems win, we get Garland & his lackeys. They ignore the constitution & rule of law. ATF’s recent ban on pistol braces is a perfect example as it makes felons of millions of lawful gun owners.
To hell with that! Pull their funding …. ALL OF IT, ASAP!
The CCP will step their funding of the DOJ.
Correct. No tickey…..no washey.
Now, we are finally realizing that they can do this. Subpoena “whoever”, if they refuse compel them. Once they show up, if they refuse to answer questions; you know the standard line-ongoing investigation, etc., have the Sergeant at Arms remand them to that house detention facility and tell them they can stay there until you do answer our questions.
That at least would be entertainment. I can just see No Nads out there on the Capital steps, trying to jump up & down, & demanding their immediate release, like not one Republican House or Senate member did when J6 protesters were & are still being arrested for being near the Capital building or attending the protest.
I wish I was being sarcastic.
yea because who GAF about the 5th anyway. or the 2nd, 1st, 4th. go ahead pick and choose like the dems do.
Its all or nothing.
When you can steal an election in plain sight with absolutly NO repercussions, why would you stop there?
This is the dept of INJUSTICE & our nation has been taken over by communists.
How long before they are stopped?
For crying out loud Republicans do something besides investigate, probe and send letters………………
Who is going to arrest them and what police force can they use to make those arrests? The Deep State owns all the resources.
AGREE!
I just somebody in the house of ill repute will read or is reading CTH.
It is past time to crush the DOJ and its main criminal implement, the FBI, and flush out the Leftists. They no longer serve and protect the Constitution.
It would not be disrespectful to criticize or even despise this old man Biden when he spits in your face, and not by accident.
He has been doing this since he had hair plugs hammered into his scalp.
He is like one of those pastors who rail against immorality while he himself has been rifling through the XXX-rated magazines, looking for evidence. . .
To think that HE, Joe Biden, the slimy monster, was chairing the Judiciary Committee in the Clarence Thomas confirmation.
Definitely expected. TY Sundance.
I suppose a cutting off of funding would be met by some ‘unforeseen’ crisis.
Maybe the debt ceiling could turn out to be useful.
Protect the integrity of their investigations? DOJ has no integrity.
They investigated Devin Nunes and Kash Patel when they were trying to conduct proper oversight.
Scum of the earth.
Why should they yield to the powerless House committee?
Again, the constitutional republic created by our founders no longer exists.
The steady growth of the administrative state since the 1960s means that bureaucracy has become increasingly indifferent and openly hostile to the will of the people over the last half-century.
Too many of us still clinge to the the antiquated idea that the founders’ institutional arrangements still obtain—especially the idea of checks and balances based on the separation of powers.
Until the powers of the administrative state are brutally, physically checked, there is no incentive for them to behave.
I’m guessing a Constitutional Convention of States would be laughed at by these Benedict Arnold’s. There’s really only one remedy.
Matt Gaetz and the Terrific 20 showed what needs to be done; stand firm. I believe we have some MAGA in the House now that recognizes the swamp must be drained, the RINO Republicans must be ousted.
“Profiles in Courage” – 21st century
Nuke Option, No Money. Blow up the system
What cobwebsoup said. Blow up the system, let the chips fall where they may. We will clean up later.
Hold fast to the debt ceiling. No increase without cuts. DOJ would be a great place to start.
Lots and lots of cuts, enough cuts to make a difference in the outcome, pay off our debt and revitalize our economy.
747 jet crashes into the Capital Bldg. during a joint session in which a new VP is being sworn in. President, most of entire Congress killed, same w/Cabinet positions & high Administration echelon. Mass ebola-like pandemic hits, resulting in massive lockdowns–not even liquor stores open. (OH, NO!!) We recreate a new “fool-proof” government based on the Constitution against Russia-China-Iran partnership once the former corrupt VP is foisted on his own petard.
Jack Ryan series, “Executive Order,” Tom Clancey
A girl can dream, can’t she?
Can the US Marshal’s enforce a House generated subpoena by arresting and detaining an individual?
Asking for ME – not a friend!
I believe the House has the ability to arrest someone who refuses to answer, is found in contempt at the time of questioning & he/ she/ it can be placed in a jail cell at the Capital Bldg. until he/she/it decides to testify.
It obviously hasn’t been done in this century or for decades before.
It is becoming more clear that the Republican Party must be destroyed. Totally. It is beyond salvage.
Beyond me why people are so afraid to send a clear message to these corrupt and feckless politicians.
They serve at our pleasure. We have the power, not they. Time to take our power back.
Stop being sheeple. Stop being afraid to act.
Just throw them in jail for contempt of congress and obstruction! There problem solved.
However, feel free to initiate the formal negotiation process that will likely take several years.
Well there is a quicker way to solve this but I doubt the GOP will use it. Simply cut off DOJ’s funding until they comply. What’s more that is legal.
Cut off financial support from the GOP also, as far as possible – don’t send money that goes through “winred”!
Been saying that since before the 2020 election. When Sundance says the Republicans’ goal is to get money, WinRed is their vehicle.
WINRED IS THE SAME DARK HOLE VEHICLE THAT ACTION BLUE IS/WAS TO DEMOCRATS & BLACK LIVES MATTER.
You may think you’re donating to a particular candidate when you’re donating thru a “secured account” on WinRed. My guess is you’re lucky if a very small percentage eventually gets to your candidate.
Also look closely at the bottom language on the page as to WHO IS REALLY promoting this donation. I was shocked, shocked I tell you, that many donations requests supposedly coming from Trump or some other candidate were from the Vance for Senate or Tim Scott for Senate campaign PACs.
I don’t always donate to a candidate (“drink beer”) but when I do, I don’t do it thru WinRed (“don’t drink Dos Equis”).
Main Injustice’s upcoming executions are going to be cause for CELEBRATION!!! Maybe some fireworks at Mt. Rushmore.
As an additional outcome, Republicans in congress have no core values, no core objectives, no goals to achieve. After all, their structural goal is money.
Give Republicans power and they don’t know what to do with it, because the voters essentially boosted the dog to catch the car… now what?
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EXACTLY.
The Communists have the power, and the GOPe doesn’t really give a flying fart.
This is hopeless.
The Republic of the USA is lost, and we all need to come to terms with that.
It was lost due to our own apathy and complacency.
It was also lost due to a severe erosion of an ethical/moral center.
That so many people were involved in compromising our electoral
system is proof of that. Without election integrity, no Republic can survive.
The corruption is too pervasive and too extensive
to have any realistic hope of ever cleaning it up.
There is only one viable option at this point:
Those States where integrity and sanity still prevail
should begin the process of gaining (or regaining)
their independence, to assert their own right to
self-determination. The Texas Nationalist Movement
is leading that effort in Texas.
texitnow org
tnm me
#NationalDivorce
There are movements in other States that share that objective.
FLEXIT is one.
If Texas and Florida mange to break away, it is likely that
the bottom will fall out: Many other States would follow.
It is time.
http://frankclarke.dx.am/TipPtPage.html
I agree completely.
Serious question – how can we Texit when our leaders are solid GOPe?
Second thing, I do not agree that we are here by apathy. There is no way that good people could imagine what has been going on in our government for decades. And I don’t think the vote has had integrity for a very long time. I remember being involved in a strong grassroots campaign decades ago and it was when I first learned how the RNC machine goes against anyone coming in that is not part of their circle.
Our elections have been compromised since JFK was elected in the 1960s. The CIA killed JFK. The communist faction of Democrats headed by LBJ won. The GOP veered out of the fray until Nixon. The CIA manufactured crimes to take him down, just like they tried to do to Trump. The Democrat blue dogs haven’t had a real say in governing the country since Clinton any more than the conservatives have since Reagan was shot. The tea party was a hiccup for the GOP RINOs. MAGA has been a tougher opponent. The end of the story isn’t written yet.
Defund the motha…..
Dear DOJ,
Your budget for next year is $0.47. Please come over next Tuesday so we can “…initiate the constitutionally mandated accommodation process”.
Affectionately,
The Ways & Means Committee
So polite!
In this sort of thing money talks. Cut off funding for Justice and they will be more forth-coming. But when the going gets tough GOP folds on issues like this.
Those mfers shoudl be in prison
Defunding is the only tool Congress has
Jordan needs to defund the DOJ tomorrow and then offer to build it back up in relation to how cooperative it is
If he was serious, this is what would happen. But it’s probably just another show
Withhold whatever funding you can.
The oh-so-familiar refrain:
Lather, rinse, repeat
4. Vigilantes decide enough is enough and lots of DOJ personnel are involuntarily retired…for good.
So, I guess you are afraid to say “Jews”, right?
Circumvent Main Just-US, Jordan,… put out a $ Reward for Swamp Whistlebolwers now,… give the Lawfare frauds something to worry about and tell them to “JUMAzz”.
Defund the DOJ. Sell the buildings, distribute the caseload to The States’ Attorneys General and hear the lamentations of their women!
Defund. As in zero $ line item budget for Doj.
Let them shut down the government over it.
When is the last time we had a budget?
Thank you. As a Canadian I see this is not just a US issue, it’s world wide. We will all be judged individually when the time comes. I’m only a humble peasant and understand this truth.
bverwey
No disrespect intended, but all those who say “We should immediately arrest X and incarcerate Y and abolish Agency Z!” are ignoring ugly reality: there’s NO ONE in our present govt. who will to do that, and even less that are even willing to do that. Hate to say it, but yelling “Arrest all X’s immediately for Treason!” is simply yelling at the wind. NO ONE in the swamp is going to do that with this present govt.
ONLY if we get a different govt. back under Trump could that possibly happen, and unless we get fair elections back in America, it won’t matter who we vote for, because (ugly truth) the winner will be whoever the socialists want. Do you think for a second these people presently in power are going to allow us to remove them from power when they control the ballots and election outcomes?
I hate this as much or more than anyone here, I pray that we can still rescue America, but yelling for someone in present swampland to “Arrest all X’s for Treason!” is shouting to an empty auditorium.
Please clap.
How much power do you have, if the populace ignores you?
” Republicans want money. The Democrats want power. The Republicans use power to get money. The Democrats use money to get power. The ideology of the Democrats drives their donor funding. The donor funding of the Republicans drives their ideology”…
Congress votes on public funding.
Gouvernment wants congress funding for power.
Elections have consequences.
WE the people wants power and WE know that money has the power of coercion.
WE aren’t fools.
My answer would be “expect your paychecks” at the same pace as your compliance. Funny how tHey are motivated by money.
This is a test for the Republicans. If they allow this insolence to go unanswered it will set the tone for the next two years. Asserting Congressional authority now is key to success.
Once again Republicans are being handed a golden opportunity. Will they take it?
If the House had any spine they would reassert their Constitutional authority by 100% defunding rogue departments of the government starting with DOJ and the FBI. And keeping the government shut down if necessary until these rogue elements capitulated. But the GOP majority will never have the spine to do this.
IMPEACH GARLAND & WRAY for Obstruction of Justice if nothing else (There’s plenty else to use!)
DOJ is deep state coup and Bigger corporations organized never able to trust Them,
Go after liar DOJ congressmen,
Congress controls the spending so take a chainsaw to the DOJ budget!
Cut the DOJ funding by 70% so they have Park their government vehicles and layoffs of personal.
That might calm these impudent pathetic leftist parasites down
Me thinks a more timely response would happen if they informed their budget office to not plan on a next years budget review as there will be none until setting Congress Committee gets what they are asking for. And by the way, also please inform all concerned that all monies directly or indirectly affiliated with their institution will be closed off, all authorization of dispensing of said funds will be denied until further notice. This will include payroll for top management two tiers down. This directive will take affect in 10 days giving those on notice ample time to fulfill the “setting Congress Committee ” requests in full. And thank you. :))
Oh,no.Certainly don’t ‘defund’ the DOJ.But,like they say,bureaucratic processes take time.Take all the time you want complying with our requests,Merrick.We’ll be distracted so much by the time it takes,we might have to delay consideration of DOJ appropriations as we breathlessly wait for your response.Can slithering DOJ lawyers waiting for their pay outlast Congress,that controls it’s own pay,and the DOJ’s funding?What an interesting experiment that could be.