Justice Department Fails to Comply with House Judiciary Subpoena
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Wally
6:42 AM
Isn't the Department of Justice, by definition, supposed to "uphold" the law? In Bushworld, under Gonzo's (ahem) leadership, the rules have apparently changed, and the DOJ gets to make up the law on the fly.(Washington, DC)- Today, U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) issued the following statement in response to the Justice Department's failure to comply with the Committee's subpoena response deadline of 2 p.m. today. The subpoena seeks information the Department has continued to refuse to provide or has provided only in redacted form.
"We are disappointed that the Justice Department failed to produce the documents and other materials for which we issued a subpoena last week. While we understand that the Department considers this effort a priority and we plan to continue working with them, we will review all available legal options to secure compliance with the subpoena." If you or I ignored a subpoena, guess who it would be hauling us off to prison. The DOJ. If a corporation ignores a subpoena, guess who comes after them. The DOJ. In typical hypocritical unaccountable Bush admin manner, Gonzales thinks he can ignore the rules enforced by his own department. We can't let them get away with it. Call your House Representative and encourage him or her to demand that the Justice Department obey the law and answer the subpoena.
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