DOJ won't prosecute contempt citation against Barr and Ross

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Washington (CNN)The Department of Justice won't prosecute the attorney general or Commerce secretary after the House voted earlier this month to hold them in criminal contempt, Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said Wednesday.

In a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Rosen described the department's "long-standing position" to not prosecute an official for contempt of Congress "for declining to provide information subject to a presidential assertion of executive privilege."

Pelosi tweeted Tuesday that she had signed the contempt citations for Attorney General Bill Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, which were approved mainly along party lines in the House. The citations followed resistance from the Justice and Commerce departments to provide a full range of documents requested by the House Oversight Committee as part of its investigation into the addition of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

The move to not prosecute the twin contempt citations was widely expected, and followed a similar move by the Justice Department under President Barack Obama, which declined to pursue contempt charges referred by Congress against then-Attorney General Eric Holder.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/24/politics/doj-contempt-wont-prosecute-barr-ross/index.html

[GP6971]

1. Rule of law

means nothing too these POS. It's all about protecting a corrupt administration and their supporters.

[PoliticAverse]

2. This is normal (lack of) action on these matters...

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/235721-justice-department-wont-prosecute-holder

It's up to the House to proceed.

[RandySF]

3. How?

They have no real enforcement mechanisms and impeachment is meaningless without the Senate. I’m

[PoliticAverse]

5. Congress has the power of "Inherent Contempt"

and can actually arrest and jail people...
See: https://www.vox.com/2019/5/6/18531224/contempt-of-congress-ag-william-barr

[beachbum bob]

4. Duh. Why Barr impeachment inquiry was needed months ago

We gave power and it's being wasted. Why? Have we been sold out?

[Nuggets]

6. Gee another Republican

using “long standing policy” to not prosecute Trump’s henchmen.

Soon we will hear here how it’s all Pelosi’s fault or “establishment Dems”
same lines of baloney different day