A DESPERATE Darrell Issa Subpoenas The ENTIRE Department of Justice

[Segami]

The Republican Party..........incubates for racists, thugs & criminals..............






Republican witch hunter Darrell Issa is getting desperate, so desperate that he has subpoenaed the Department of Justice in an attempt to revive the IRS scandal. In a letter that accompanied the subpoena, Rep. Issa wrote,

“...The Department’s refusal to allow Mr. Pilger to testify about matters highly relevant to the Committee’s investigation unnecessarily delays and frustrates the Committee’s Constitutional oversight obligations. The Department’s obstruction in this regard, coupled with its failure to produce any relevant material to date, leads the Committee to conclude the Department is not seriously committed to cooperating with the Committee’s investigation on the Committee’s terms.”

http://oversight.house.gov/release/doj-dodges-questions-issa-subpoenas-justice-department-irs-investigation-targeting-documents-2/

Issa is now claiming that the DOJ is part of some massive cover-up of the IRS scandal. Rep. Issa has long claimed that President Obama and the White House were behind the “targeting of conservative groups.” By subpoenaing the DOJ, Issa is trying to advance his conspiracy theory. The evidence uncovered by Issa’s own previous investigation revealed that that the White House was not involved in what happened at the IRS, and the details of what occurred at the IRS are something that House Republicans really don’t want to talk about.



The IRS targeted both liberal and conservative groups, because the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling led to a flood of groups trying to claim tax exempt status. What the IRS scandal has always been about is Republicans trying to intimidate the IRS into letting their shady super PACs violate the law by not paying taxes.



cont'

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/05/21/desperate-darrell-issa-subpoenaes-entire-department-justice.html

[shenmue]

1. Is he done stealing cars?

There are chop shops all over the country which could use his expertise.

[Autumn]

22. Here you go, jury results on your post

On Wed May 21, 2014, 11:41 AM an alert was sent on the following post:

Is he done stealing cars?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4981281

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

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You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Wed May 21, 2014, 11:54 AM, and the Jury voted 0-7 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: The person who alerted on this needs their alert privileges revoked. Ridiculous.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Let's see, Darrell Issa... car thief ? Why yes he was a car thief. Guess what else he is. a fucking moronic republican. I love this post by shenmue
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Looks like some right winger troll is unhappy that Issa is being called for what he is! Too bad...this stays. The truth is funny like that.
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Are you kidding??? Why was this alerted on?
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: though a bit snarky, it does refer to allegations that Issa was involved in car theft in his younger years. In fact one of todays toons referred to the same allegation.

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[Oilwellian]

23. I was the first Juror

Juror 4 was also thinking what I was thinking.

[shenmue]

24. Grazie!

Woohoo!

[Oilwellian]

33. My pleasure

[randys1]

27. un god damn believable, you mean on top of being filthy criminals

the rightwing pricks want us to keep quiet about it?

fuck you..big time

jesus christ...my god

shaking my head as i type this

Darrel Issa is a criminal, a punk, he stole the business that made him rich...

[Oilwellian]

35. Fortunately...

they're extremely transparent.

[Autumn]

32. I was juror # 2

[Oilwellian]

34. I like the way you think

[avebury]

46. I was not on the jury but I totally agree

with what you said while on the jury.

[Segami]

28. Thanks Autumn!

Looks like RW 'morons' are alive and well on DU.





Having said that......how about a good laugh......

[NutmegYankee]

44. I can't believe someone actually alerted on that.

Fuck Issa! He's a fucking car thief and arsonist who uses his wealth to corrupt congress and crush the working class people of this country.

Hey mystery alerter - Alert This!

[napkinz]

26. ...

[onehandle]

2. Just goes to show you how far arson can propel your career. nt

[AceAcme]

3. Republicans have forsaken all pretense of honor or integrity. Talk about Scumbags.

[Mnemosyne]

7. Welcome AceAcme! Please consider posting this as an OP.

[daleanime]

9. Definitely OP material.

[hobbit709]

4. I think the whole Department should show up en masse and ask him what his problem is?

[Frustratedlady]

5. It sure looks to me like he has some serious mental problems.

His obsession with Obama is beyond the pale.

In fact, a high percentage of the Republican congresscritters (add many southern state senators) are beyond help.

Time to invest in padded cells.

[DFW]

39. And they should bring handcuffs with them

And then arrest any Congressmen present for obstruction of justice when it is demonstrated that they are wasting the time of both DoJ and the nation with their theatrics

[Mnemosyne]

6. Not the Onion?! Really expected it to be. Freaking psycho. nt

[wandy]

8. You have to admit Darrell Issa makes it hard for the.........

The Onion, Andy Borowitz and other writers of satire to do their thing.
How do you top this guy?
Issa is the congressional equivalent of the Kurt Vonnegut character Diana Moon Glampers.

"Help me Mr. Teabager, those crazy Obama scandals is out to gets us."

[Mnemosyne]

12. Satire was pretty much moot after the 2000 selection, sadly. I do love good satire, but really hate

having to look so often nowadays!

[Helen Borg]

10. Is he still beating his mom?

[bravenak]

19. Ha!

[LynneSin]

11. if I ran the DoJ I'd send the cleaning lady

Everyone else is busy doing their job.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

13. The antidote to Issa

http://www.peiserforcongress.com/

K&R

[freshwest]

16. +1,000

[Le Taz Hot]

18. What do this guy's polling numbers look like

and is the DNC kicking in ANYTHING or are they ignoring the race just as they are ignoring 98% of the races to concentrate on just a few?

[hue]

14. K&R! Great thread!

[freshwest]

15. K & R

[TNNurse]

17. Who the Hell does this man think he is???

Can we not charge him with wasting our money on private vendettas??? To whom does he answer for his actions besides the fools who elected him???

[napkinz]

20. ISSA

[SamKnause]

30. K&R

Great post !!!!

[Segami]

31. LOL!...Posterboy!!

Thanks for the laugh napkinz!

[EC]

21. They are just going to keep doing this

to keep it in the news until Nov. 2016.


They'll do this with every "scandal" they are trying to create.


I think it will backfire because people get tired of hearing about something over and over again without any real new info and they tune out.

[napkinz]

25. ...

[aquart]

38. Love it.

[winter is coming]

29. When I saw your OP title, I thought it had to be from the Onion.

[napkinz]

36. kick

nt

[aquart]

37. We need an expense sheet documenting the waste of taxpayer money.

America can't afford Issa.

[packman]

40. So, should I ignore

the subpoena I got in the mail this morning from his committee?

[King_Klonopin]

41. Can a member of the House be impeached for "abuse of power"? This is a clearcut case. nt

[Segami]

47. Impeachment might not be the term....

Summary


The House of Representatives—in the same manner as the United States Senate—is expressly
authorized within the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 5, clause 2) to discipline or
“punish” its own Members. This authority of the House to discipline a Member for “disorderly
Behaviour” is in addition to any criminal or civil liability that a Member of the House may incur
for particular misconduct, and is used not merely to punish an individual Member, but to protect
the institutional integrity of the House of Representatives, its proceedings, and its reputation.



The House may discipline its Members without the necessity of Senate concurrence. The most
common forms of discipline in the House are now “expulsion,” “censure,” or “reprimand”;
although the House may also discipline its Members in other ways, including fine or monetary
restitution, loss of seniority, and suspension or loss of certain privileges. In addition to such
sanctions imposed by the full House of Representatives, the standing committee in the House
which deals with ethics and official conduct matters, the House Committee on Ethics—formerly
called the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct—is authorized by House Rules to issue a
formal “Letter of Reproval” for misconduct which does not rise to the level of consideration or
sanction by the entire House of Representatives. Additionally, the Committee on Ethics has also
expressed its disapproval of certain conduct in informal letters and communications to Members.



The House may generally discipline its Members for violations of statutory law, including crimes;
for violations of internal congressional rules; or for any conduct which the House of
Representatives finds has reflected discredit upon the institution. Thus, each house of Congress
has disciplined its own Members for conduct which has not necessarily violated any specific rule
or law, but which was found to breach its privileges, demonstrate contempt for the institution, or
reflect discredit on the House or Senate. When the most severe sanction of expulsion has been
employed in the House of Representatives, however, the underlying conduct deemed by the
House to have merited removal from office has historically involved either disloyalty to the
United States Government, or the violation of a criminal law involving the abuse of one’s official
position, such as bribery. The House of Representatives has actually expelled only five Members
in its history, but a number of Members, facing likely congressional discipline for various forms
of misconduct, have resigned from Congress prior to any formal House action or leave office
after election defeat.



cont'

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL31382.pdf

[King_Klonopin]

54. Thanks for the reply and snip ...

I think this all applies to Issa. He's a joke and an
embarrassment. How does a jackass like this get
into office and get re-elected ? A waste of time, a
waste of money, and a political circus all for his own
perverse entertainment shoved down our throats --
and by a man who is totally lacking in integrity.
It's nice to know a mechanism exists, if it were
only employed as it should be.

Does Tom Delay, and all of his duplicity, represent
the threshold of what Congress will tolerate ?

I think he and Ted Cruz would make a lovely couple.

[cynzke]

42. IRS REGULATIONS......

consider/treat APPLICANTS as tax exempt orgs and AUTOMATICALLY grant them tax exempt status while their applications are reviewed by the IRS. IF the application is still UNDER REVIEW by the IRS when the Org. has to file its first tax return (April 15th?), the Org. is granted tax exemption, HOWEVER, they are NOT granted the PRIVACY afforded to 501(c) 4 on their donation records. These groups have to make their donation records PUBLIC. And THAT is really what is behind this phony issue. These groups and the GOP would HAVE YOU BELIEVE these poor groups were DENIED tax exemption but they were not and NEVER were. THEY WERE DENIED PRIVACY, that's all.

[butterfly77]

43. Over and over we hear..

from the RepubliCONS/Teabaggers "WE GOT TO CUT THE SPENDING!" then they take the people's money and spen it on shit like this we need to cut their paychecks! Non working mfkers!

[Shenonymous]

45. Darryl Issa is a mental case

Darryl Issa has a deep mental problem and needs to be put in an asylum. He has spent uncountable American taxpayer dollars on his personal malice toward Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and all members of the Democratic Party. It is unconscionable how much money he has wasted on his inquiries. When the Republican Conservatives are cutting lunch money for poor school kids, he has wasted $14 million on his narcissistic obsessive insistence on a rehashing pursuit of an already vetted issue seven times. How can the American people put up with this kind of political hysteria?

[VA_Jill]

48. He has a bad case

of subpoena envy.

[tavernier]

49. I wonder if his other brother Darrell

Is nuts too?

[putitinD]

50. Issa=Rotten to the core

[SummerSnow]

51. Karma is coming Issa

and it will be swift and just.

[3catwoman3]

52. He is such...

a complete and utter $h!t.

[sakabatou]

53. Seriously? WTF?!