CREW ASKS OCE TO INVESTIGATE REP. HARMAN IMMEDIATELY

[Fireweed247]

Rep. Harman may have committed bribery and may have violated House rules prohibiting members from engaging in ex parte communications with executive or independent agency officials on the merits of matters under their formal consideration; failure to uphold the Code of Ethics for Government Service, and acting in a manner that does not reflect creditably on the House.

CREW asked OPR to investigate whether the Department of Justice dropped the investigation into Rep. Harman based on political considerations, rather than a lack of evidence, as has previously been reported.

Melanie Sloan, executive director of CREW, said today, “If Rep. Harman agreed to try to influence an ongoing criminal investigation in return for help securing a committee chairmanship, her conduct not only violates federal law and House rules, but also her oath to uphold the Constitution. As plum a position as the chair of the Intelligence Committee may be, the political gamesmanship necessary to win it must stop well before the grand jury’s door.” Sloan continued, “This whole sorry episode is also yet another example – as if we needed any more – of the depths to which the Bush Justice Department was willing to sink to advance its political agenda.”

http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/38992

[Fireweed247]

1. Thanks for the Recs!

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(and sorry about the yelling-shouldn't have copy and pasted:spank:)

[Fireweed247]

2. anyone agree with this?

anyone?




















Bueller?

[Canuckistanian]

3. K&R

I like this CREW. They have their heads screwed on right.

[chknltl]

4. KnR

[Kaleko]

5. How much clout does CREW have?

K & R

[Fireweed247]

9. not sure

but they are mentioned in this article in the roll call
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_117/news/34122-1.html?page=1

"But at least one outside watchdog group sought to keep the focus on Harman. The generally left-leaning Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington issued a call for the Justice Department and the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate.

“If Rep. Harman agreed to try to influence an ongoing criminal investigation in return for help securing a committee chairmanship, her conduct not only violates federal law and House rules, but also her oath to uphold the Constitution,” CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan said in a statement.

Whether the still-fledgling OCE is inclined to look at allegations laid out in a single story is difficult to say at such an early point in the office’s operations, said Stefan Passantino, an ethics lawyer at McKenna Long & Aldridge. “The jury is still out on how this group intends to operate,” he said."

[Nictuku]

6. This should be a huge gigantic scandal

It could be an interesting turn of events, that helps overall in the prosecution of the BCF (Bush Crime Family). Think about it, if they (the DOJ) is forced to go after Jane Harman, a Democrat, it is a good way to begin, without the Obama Administration leading the investigation (vs how it would be perceived if he went after just Republicans)

Personally, I don't care what letter they have after their name. I take the Constitution seriously, and I expect a hell of a lot more from our representatives than what we have been getting for decades now.

I'm curious to see how this is covered in the news, or if the mega corporate media will succeed in burying it.

[WillyT]

7. Big K & R !!!

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[kentuck]

8. K & R !

Right on!

[Fireweed247]

10. kick

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[Fireweed247]

11. kick

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[AzDar]

12. K & R

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