Contempt of Congress!

[Wuddles440]

It's now been one week and nothing from Garland/DOJ regarding the enforcement of the Contempt of Congress regarding Bannon. Why??!!

[Ocelot II]

1. Give him a call, tell him to get moving.

[Wuddles440]

17. I tried that...

and got Bill Barr's voicemail!

[lagomorph777]

2. We'll all be speaking Russian before anything happens to Bannon

[MineralMan]

5. You must have a very good source in the DOJ, I guess.

I hadn't heard that. I know your source is probably confidential, though, so I won't ask who it is.

[lagomorph777]

6. I have eyes.

If they won't prosecute terrorists with clear video evidence, why would I think they'll deal with a boring procedural case?

[MineralMan]

8. Perhaps you should open those eyes a bit wider.

You could look at this DOJ page, for example:

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-cases

[lagomorph777]

10. That is indeed shocking.

Basically a lot of charges for being loud and obnoxious, parading, etc. Pretty much the same seriousness as littering.

I am slightly heartened by the number of assault charges.

But 100% of them miss the main point.

Not one occurrence of the words "insurrection" or "rebelllion".

Thanks for sharing.

[MineralMan]

11. They are being charged for the laws they have broken.

I know you haven't read the entire list, though. It's far too long for that to be possible.

[lagomorph777]

19. CTRL-F

They are being charged for a subset of the laws they have broken.

[MineralMan]

3. You'd have to ask the AG about that.

None of us have any direct information from the DOJ, I think. You could send him an email, I suppose, and ask. He's a little busy, though, so you might not get a reply right away.

[Wuddles440]

12. "A little busy"...

doing what? The prosecution of Bannon should be his highest priority right now. I shouldn't need to "send him an email...and ask", as he should have some degree of self-awareness regarding the critical nature of such enforcement and even more so now with the fate of our democracy in the balance.

[MineralMan]

13. Uh, he's the Attorney General. He doesn't prosecute cases himself, nor

does he conduct investigations himself. He has a very large organization to do that stuff. He's just the boss of it.

Want to see who is being prosecuted currently for the January 6 Capitol breach? Go here:

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-cases

Bannon's case has to do with Contempt of Congress. That won't be listed in that huge table.

[Wuddles440]

16. As the AG..

he's responsible for establishing the priorities of the Department and ensuring that those priorities are being implemented by the respective USAs and AUSAs throughout the country. The list may appear impressive but when you assess the actual charges and the subsequent plea deals to date, it becomes apparent that the DOJ has adopted a policy of mitigating the exposure of the insurrectionist. You know it's a serious issue when the judges responsible for imposing the sentences are questioning the prosecutors' lenient treatment of the defendants. Entering a plea to obstructing an official proceeding, trespassing, and disorderly conduct, a de minimus fine, and probation will certainly deter them and others in the future from engaging in such acts - not!

[Hotler]

14. I hope you have shared these same types of comments with the talking heads at

CNN, MSNBC and some of their on air contributors because it's just not DUer's who are wondering WTF is up with the DOJ.

[MineralMan]

15. I have no contacts at any of those media outlets.

So, no, I haven't. However, you can always count on them to go after whatever gets eyes on themselves. My answer to them would be the same as I've posted here, for all the good that would do.

Generally, I don't rely on pundits for information about things like this. It's not news. It's commentary. When I wonder about things, I search for actual information that comes from sources directly. Google makes that pretty easy.

[rickyhall]

4. I'll believe it when I see Bannon perp walking.

HRC should be AG.

[RussBLib]

7. T**** left a tangled mess behind

no doubt it will take time to unravel all the bullshit and overcome the roadblocks. I actually think it is better this way than having a frantic AG that rushes out to do the president's bidding.

Waiting is hard. Justice often takes too long to outside observers. Shit, they just now settled lawsuits from the 2016 massacre by Dylan Roof, and that was ONE guy.

[greenjar_01]

9. One of youz already posted this

[peggysue2]

18. Yes!

I've read this same complaint about Garland numerous times.