Jim Jordan Subpoenas Merrick Garland

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Jim Jordan Subpoenas Merrick Garland

February 3, 2023 at 5:15 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 37 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2023/02/03/jim-jordan-subpoenas-merrick-garland/

"SNIP.......

“The House Judiciary Committee fired off its first subpoenas under the leadership of Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), targeting a trio of Biden administration officials including Attorney General Merrick Garland over a short-lived memo dealing with threats against school board members,” The Hill reports.

“The subpoenas, sent also to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, follow a series of more than 100 letters on the 2021 memo from Judiciary Republicans.”

.........SNIP"

[tinymontgomery]

1. Blow them off like they did.

[Walleye]

2. I actually giggled when I saw that headline. What a clown show

[Lovie777]

3. And they have the courage to honor the subpoenas ...............

whereas Jim Jordan and the other fucked up politicians had no courage and had contempt for the law.

[grumpyduck]

4. It's probably all optics

for the benefit of Faux Noise.

What a waste of time and money.

[zuul]

5. Gym wants to see what the DOJ has on him.

[2naSalit]

7. He'll find out...

When indictments with his name on them arrive.

[kairos12]

6. Go with the Jordan Rules. Don't show.

Instead send a flaming bag of dog crap, in a pair of gym shorts, to his office door.

[2naSalit]

8. LOL!

[Autumn]

9. Who made the threats against school boards? Gym Peeker Jordan?

[Xolodno]

11. I'd laugh if Garland showed up...

...and before swearing in, goes up to the podium and says "You've been served".

[rubbersole]

12. That would be rich!

Or arrest gym the morning of...

[Bev54]

13. I hope Garland takes his cuffs with him.

[lees1975]

14. So, here's the only time you'll hear me give this advice.

Handle those subpoenas just like Gym Jordan did.

[emulatorloo]

15. Garland would eat his lunch. Careful what you wish for, Gymbo.

[Jim__]

16. If Garland doesn't show up, what's their option? Refer it to the DOJ?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. Gym Jordan throws a bunch of shit at the wall hoping something will stick

He's upset they went after those who threatened violence against school board members.

Please proceed Gym.

[Midnight Writer]

18. The GOP is the Party of Stunts. It is all they have.

[Quixote1818]

20. Bingo! nt

[keroro gunsou]

25. More like

The party is a cunning array of stunts… all blow and no show.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

19. This stunt has been tried before

Gym Jordan and company are going to "investigate" the politicization of the DOJ and Special Counsel Jack Smith as part of the proposed rules package that McCarthy agreed to. Assuming that this rules package is adopted, any such investigation by Gym Jordan will not be able to do much. Remember the silly Fast and Furious investigation. A tea party-controlled House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed AG Holder who declined to prove all of the requested documents. The tea party-controlled House held AG Holder in contempt

Link to tweet

The DOJ declined to prosecute AG Holder for not turning over documents to a tea party controlled Congressional committee

Link to tweet

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-department-confirms-it-will-not-prosecute-holder/2012/06/29/gJQAbHgACW_story.html

The Justice Department has told House leaders that Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.’s decision to withhold certain documents about a flawed gun operation from Congress is not a crime and he will not be prosecuted for contempt of Congress.

Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole explained the decision, which was expected, in a letter to House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio). The letter was released publicly Friday, just over a week after President Obama invoked executive privilege to withhold the documents.

In his letter, Cole said the decision not to prosecute Holder conforms to long-standing Justice Department practice in both Democratic and Republican administrations.

In May 1984, Theodore B. Olson, then assistant attorney general, wrote that U.S. attorneys are not required to refer congressional contempt charges to a grand jury or prosecute an executive branch official “who carries out the President’s instruction to invoke the President’s claim of executive privilege before a committee.”

In July 2007 and February 2008, Attorney General Michael Mukasey cited the Olson analysis in letters to House Democratic leaders, informing them that Justice would decline to press charges against White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten and White House counsel Harriet E. Miers, who were held in contempt after failing to appear before the House Judiciary Committee.

Gym Jordan can try to ask the DOJ anything he wants, and the DOJ can decline to answer any questions about ongoing criminal investigations and all the Freedom Caucus can do is get upset.

[PufPuf23]

21. If these cretins are not stopped, the "Freedom Caucus" will destroy the nation

and cause major impact to the rest of the World.

We are collectively sitting ducks.

Their strategy is to flood the zone to derail any accountability.

[Sewa]

22. I hope the Democratic committee members grill Garland

on the collapsed Matt Gaetz investigation. 💀🤙

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

23. White House Snaps Back at Jim Jordan's First Round of Subpoenas

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan issued a wave of subpoenas on Friday attacking federal law enforcement's strategy in handling threats at school board meetings.

-snip-

Friday's allegations from Jordan are aimed at a memo from Garland issued in October 2021, which directed the FBI to partner with local law enforcement in identifying potential threats to local school board meetings.

-snip-

The White House later responded to the pile of subpoenas, saying that Jordan was "rushing to fire off subpoenas only two days after the Judiciary Committee organized."

"These subpoenas make crystal clear that extreme House Republicans have no interest in working together with the Biden Administration on behalf of the American people—and every interest in staging political stunts," read the statement from spokesperson for Congressional Oversight Ian Sams, which was posted to Twitter by Spectrum News correspondent Taylor Popielarz.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-snaps-back-at-jim-jordan-s-first-round-of-subpoenas/ar-AA175v7o

[mcar]

24. Pound sand Gym

[UTUSN]

26. Gymmie doesn't know what he's getting into.

[oasis]

27. "Stick it, Jimbo"