When Attorney General Merrick Garland made the appointment [2-pg pdf] of Special Counsel Robert Hur (a deep swamp defender), CTH outlined the reasoning: “Essentially it looks like AG Merrick Garland is appointing a special counsel, because (a) he has to deflect political criticism given the issues and the growing scale; and (b) because a special counsel appointment will now throw the bag of “a current investigation” over any efforts from the Republican House of Representatives to investigate the office of the presidency.”
Today, in a responsive letter to inquiry from House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, exactly as anticipated, the DOJ triggered the latter justification as a reason not to comply with legislative oversight.
WASHINGTON DC – […] Carlos Felipe Uriarte, the assistant attorney general for DOJ’s office of legislative affairs, sent a Monday letter to House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), pointing to Garland’s Jan. 12 selection of special counsel Robert Hur to investigate Biden’s apparent mishandling of classified information as the key reason why the DOJ was limiting its sharing of information on the Biden saga.
[…] “Your letter … requests non-public information that is central to the ongoing Special Counsel investigation,” the assistant attorney general told Jordan on Monday. “The Department’s longstanding policy is to maintain the confidentiality of such information regarding open matters. This policy protects the American people’s interest in the evenhanded, dispassionate, and effective administration of justice. Disclosing non-public information about ongoing investigations could violate statutory requirements or court orders, reveal road maps of our investigations, and interfere with the Department’s ability to gather facts, interview witnesses, and bring criminal prosecutions where warranted.” (more)
Mr Hur served as U.S. Attorney from 2018 to 2021 as the chief federal law enforcement officer in Maryland. Before serving as U.S. Attorney, Mr. Hur served as the Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General with the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. from 2017 to 2018. Hur is a deep swamp protector.
It’s all a farce, a dual system of justice right in front of everyone who is paying attention.
The appointment order is two-page pdf, which is essentially the initiating scope of authorization for the special counsel to follow. [Link to pdf]
The Robert Hur appointment order is interestingly worded to encompass the origination of the John Lausch “initial investigation”, we have not seen any documents associated with that initial appointment on November 14, 2022.
Additionally, the appointment order seems to limit the investigation to only records discovered in two locations, “the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement and the Wilmington, Delaware, private residence of President Joseph R Biden, Jr.” The next part “any matters that arose from the initial investigation,” again puts the emphasis on the John Laush original investigative authority as given by AG Merrick Garland.
Hur was appointed to throw a bag over the issue and stop a GOP congress from gaining access to the documents.
Jordan’s office quickly responded today.
“Our Members are rightly concerned about the Justice Department’s double standard here. After all, some of the Biden documents were found at a think tank that has received funds from communist China,” Jordan spokesman Russell Dye told the Washington Examiner. “It’s concerning, to say the least, that the Department is more interested in playing politics than cooperating.”
They both need immediate impeaching
And a total cut of funds until EVERYTHING is received.
Give Jim Biden immunity under oath.
He doesn’t need immunity. Joe Biden can pardon him.
Biden can’t as he is just a puppet and not the President of the Republic of the United States
Let’s not be fooled by this soap opera. The DOJ is busy buying time to redact the requested documents. Jordan will get them in a few months and scream louder! There will be a hearing and CSPAN will cover every minute. Lies, obfuscation and more delays ensue. Our members of Congress will once again prove they are completely incompetent in three areas. Writing laws, budgets and oversight.
Which is not surprising, considering that they only care about their own power, money, and getting reelected, and spend at least 2/3 of their time doing only that …
Well, what are we doing to light the fires under them?
Cut off their money. The House has the power of the purse.
LOL, none of us expected any other outcome from our totally corrupt government and DOJ.
Take it higher up…Supreme Court.
Congress should get the US Marshalls and simply go into the FBI and clean house.
Bill Barr showed them how to work this trick. Way too many conservatives thought he was trying to get to the bottom of things but really it was the coverup for the Deep State.
You know what??
SCREW THE FACT THAT THE MARSHAL SERVICE IS PART OF THE DOJ.
ORDER THEM TO ACQUIRE THE SUBPOENAED INFORMATION!!.
NOW!!!
I MEAN THEY WROTE THE EFFING LETTER OF REFUSAL SO SEND IN THE MARSHALS.
JUST LIKE THE AIRLINE TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS, EITHER FIRE THEM ALL OR SELECTIVELY DEFUND THEIR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.
CONTACT THE HEAD OF THE MARSHAL SERVICE AND TELL THEM THEY ARE GOING TO BE DUFUNDED IF THEY DO NOT ACT ON THE ORDER OF THE COMMITTE TO RETRIVE THE SUBPOENAED INFORMATION.
JUST EFFING DO IT AND LET THE SHIT START TO FLY DAMNIT.
GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW EFFING NOW DO SOMETHING YOU DICKLESS MOFO’S COME ON MAN(&*!%^($!&%^#*!#%&()%!^@#)*!#$^*e$*(#&~!*&#)&*(%#(^*)!#%r9
WTF!!!
/me shakes his head in disgust
Right on.
YES!
Simple answer…Defund every position until they comply.
And now I am being reminded on Glenn Beck’s show that the spending is FIXED and supposedly cannot be cut because OMNIPUSS (not a typo)
GAH!!! FILTH!!!! SUCK!!!! /s S F
grrrrr
Obviously “Attorney General” Merrick Garland has a lot to answer for. Gotta keep the wolves at bay as long as possible.
Start HIS impeachment, yesterday!
I am SO SO guilty of the most UNCHRISTIAN HATRED OF THESE EFFING FILTH!!!!
I just cannot take it any more.
There has to be a way to break through this horeshit.
Hopefully the populous at large does not have to take care of this eventually.
The COMMUNISTS must see that this is the inevitable conclusion of this type of behavior will be just that.
Someone very creative and gutsy needs to come up with a solution that thwarts these walls of isolation put around DOJ and all government officials in all branches hiding from OUR LONG ARM OF THE LAW.
Thwarting justice is obviously their goal, and THEY HAVE ACHIEVED IT BY HOOK OR BY CROOK VERY PERFECTLY AT THIS POINT.
EVIL TAKES IT’S INTELLLECT FROM SATAN!@(&*~#^)&*%^(*@#%$(!#%^(*!^$(%!#
EFF SATAN IN THE ASS WITH A HAMMER SIDEWAYS BECAUSE HE’D LIKE IT STRAIGHT ON!!!!
EFF SATAN!!
GOVTARDS!!!!
WAKE UP!!
LIBTARDS WAKE UP!!!
/me speaking in the voice of the Church Lady from the late great version of Saturday Night Live’s Dana Carvey, “IT’S SATAN YOU NUMBNUTS!!!!”
COME ON PEOPLE
REJECT
REJECT
DESPISE
REJECT
ACT IN JESUS NAME AND SET THINGS STRAIGHT!!!
COME ON
PFFFFFF
PA-THE-TIC
/me shakes his head and vomits
p00p
Defund. Completely.
COVERUP! The toilet paper is getting extremely wet and thin! 1776!
No wonder why they appointed a special counsel so fast! The truth is so evident.
This is what tyranny looks like.
I’m trusting everyone understands that the Deep State WANTS GOPer’s to help replace Uncle Joe…. ?
The only way to combat this and bring them down is not to pass a full comprehensive budget. Each arm of the government gets funding from a single bill. FBI (Fumbling Bumbling Idiots) gets funding in a single bill. Each alphabet agency is funded separately. The funds cannot be shared between agency’s.
Before funding can be available, the head of each agency needs to specifically tell Congress what and where the monies are being spent. Line item veto out of the budget what you don’t want there, or cut that funding on a percentage basis.
The Senate can do what they like, pass them or not. If passed, Brandon can sign them or not. Budgets or the lack thereof, are the only way to hold them accountable.
Yes it is more work, but they haven’t done much in many years.
Order the DOJ to comply or they will be charged with obstructing/contempt of congress, funding stopped, and impeachment. Then, wait for the first leak and sue them for not complying with their own statements as to why.
That probably won’t work but they should still do it, for fun if nothing else, because even if it goes to supreme court it would be months and that is plenty for the cover up to be complete.
The President should be beyond reproach. The current one obviously isn’t and should be impeached BECAUSE an investigation was necessary.
When it involves treason, there should be NO excuses!!
Andrew McCarthy has a great discussion of the power of the Legislative Branch. He explains that the constitution purposely made it the most powerful of the three branches. “the Framers did give a great deal of thought to how best to rein in potential abuses of the awesome powers they were endowing in the office of the president. Their solution was to make Congress the most powerful branch. (Contrary to popular belief, the three departments of government were not conceived to be “co-equal,” though they are peers.)” He discusses the power of the purse and then contends the power of the legislative subpoena trumps any executive branch special counsel investigation. “In our system, the principal check on executive misconduct is Congress. The Framers did not need to trouble themselves with the farcical proposition that executive misconduct could be contained by prosecutors — i.e., middling executive officials who are subordinate to the president and may be fired by him at any time.” The whole article is a good read: https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/01/congress-must-not-tolerate-the-biden-administrations-obstruction/
The day after Mueller failed to replace Comey as Director of the FBI he was appointed the Special ounsel to bury all evidence of their Russia Russia Russia crimes behind a blockade of “Grand Jury Testimony”. Effectively blocked congressional oversight from exposing the breathtaking size and scope of their corruption for years
Wash Rinse Repeat.