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JUNE 2012
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Fast and Furious...in brief
The United States Attorney General Eric Holder has been alleged as being in comtempt of Congress. A House committed in a vote of 23-17 to hold Holder's in contempt after he refused to comply with a supeona seeking documents related a controversial Justice Department gun-tracking program called Fast and Furious. Hours earlier, President Obama asserted executive prilivege to keep the documents confidential disallows the turn over of the documents sited in the project. In order to proceed with further action, the administration would have to abandon the executive privilege to protect the documents disclosure. If followed through it could take years of court battles to resolve the project documents or any mishandled, or misleading involvement. If Holder is found guilty of and is charged he may face a criminal case, but past history has indicated that other cases of contempt of congress were never successful.
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What is Contempt of Congress?
Contempt of Congress can be when a person refuses or fails to comply with a congressional subpoena. A contempt of court can happen in three ways...
. Via Congress' on poweres--Congress can use its inherent powers to detain and inprison someone until the person complies with congressional demands.
.Via the executive branh--Congress can certify a contempt citation and ask the Justice Department to prosecute under a federal criminal contempt statue. {But when the subpoenaed information is protected by executive privlege, the Justice Department has historially declined to prosecute}
. Via the judical branch-- Congress can seek a civil judgment from a federal court to declare a person legally obligated to comply with a congressional subpoena.
However stonghold is alleged with Holder chances are he will not find his way to court or jail time.
~O-0`WATCHING THE FAST AND FURIOUS...
Posted By: MIISRAEL Bride
Thursday, June 21st 2012 at 10:36AM
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