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Poor pencil neck Schitt. He argued in favor of executive privilege in 2012.


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This is how laughable these entire proceedings are.  Sekulow bitch slapped that mother fucker on the floor of the Senate on this.

Rep. Schiff condemns House committee for Holder contempt of Congress vote

JUNE 20, 2012
 
2:01 PM

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) on Wednesday condemned a House committee’s vote to hold Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena for documents in a gun-tracking case.

In a statement released by his office following the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s vote -- which fell along strict party lines, with the 23 Republicans voting in favor and 17 Democrats opposed -- Schiff said use of Congress’ contempt power should be “jealously guarded,” otherwise “it becomes nothing more than a rhetorical tool of partisan warfare and a paper tiger.”

“I urge the House leadership to step back from this needless and destructive process, and join the attorney general at the negotiating table so this issue can be resolved in a timely way,” Schiff said.

Members of Congress have been calling for documents in the Fast and Furious program, but President Obama asserted executive privilege and backed up the attorney general’s position in refusing to turn over the material.

The vote for contempt and the White House insertion into the growing Southwest border “gun-walking” scandal set up a significant constitutional clash between the two branches of the federal government, one that ultimately may not be resolved until it reaches the courts, according to The Times.

“The committee has taken the deeply ill-considered step of voting to hold the attorney general in contempt.  Given the Attorney General’s willingness to provide a wide range of documents not generally made available to Congress – such as internal deliberations over communicating with a co-equal branch of government – it is hard to escape the conclusion that the Committee is more interested in a fight with the Attorney General than getting the information it seeks. 

“The Fast and Furious investigation, which had its origin in a legitimate need to get to the bottom of a botched ‘gun walking’ operation has lost its way, and is now accomplishing nothing but doing damage to the institution of Congress,” Schiff said.

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1 minute ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

And Goober Graham has completely flip flopped on impeachment since 1999...fuck man it’s all a dog and pony show.

The money Graham is saving living in your head could pay for a Lambo... :lol:

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The courts have no role.

https://pjmedia.com/trending/jay-sekulow-demolishes-schiff-pelosi-on-executive-privilege-remember-eric-holder/

"Mr. Schiff did say the courts don't really have a role in this. Executive privilege? Why would that matter? It matters because it's based in the Constitution of the United States," Sekulow said. "The president's opponents in their rush to impeach have refused to wait for judicial review."

 

He quoted law professor Jonathan Turley, who warned, "I can't emphasize this enough...if you impeach a president — if you make a high crime and misdemeanor of going to the courts, it is an abuse of power. It's your abuse of power. You're doing precisely what you're criticizing the president for doing."

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1 minute ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

And Goober Graham has completely flip flopped on impeachment since 1999...fuck man it’s all a dog and pony show.

Come on man....even you have to recognize the difference in the two cases.   

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Just now, Snake said:

The money Graham is saving living in your head could pay for a Lambo... :lol:

Oh my bad....I’ll only post Pro Republican and Negative Dem comments from now on...forgot where I was for a moment. 

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1 minute ago, Highmark said:

Come on man....even you have to recognize the difference in the two cases.   

I’ve already said this impeachment is a waste of time and money. Pelosi fucked up.

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