Vince, the Complaint filed today clearly states that they (the Committee on Oversight and Reform) absolutely attempted to "go criminal", however, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ronald C. Machen, a lifelong Dimocrat and Obama appointee, simply
ignored repeated Congressional correspondence (including a June 29, 2012 formal letter from Sen, Grassley) demanding that the case be brought before a Grand Jury, as expressly required pursuant to 2 U.S.C. § 194.
After additional stonewalling, DOJ stooge Deputy Attorney General Cole (aka: "Holder's Bitch") responded "on Machen's behalf", as follows:
“[Mr. Machen] has asked that I convey to you his concurrence with the position” that no criminal prosecution against the Attorney General would be pursued."When pressed by the General Counsel of the House, Machen eventually responded that he would simply refuse to comply with the federal law requiring him to bring the matter before a grand jury, without the slightest attempt at a legal justification.
So, in this face of this absurd circle jerk by this unbeliveably lawless and corrupt regime and its lackeys such as Cole and Machen, there is no viable way for Congress to advance a criminal case. If the relevent U.S. Attorney is a corrupt political hack (which seems to be a common thread, no?), a civil suit is the only real option.
I would argue that the Obama regime, it's Department of Injustice, Attorney General Eric With-Holder, most of his senior staff, and the U.S. Attorneys who are assisting them to obstruct justice and lie to the American people, are the most despicably, arrogantly and egregiously lawless pack of
criminals ever to hold high offices in the history of our once great Republic. The American people should be demanding Barrack Obama's
impeachment, and the
criminal prosecution of Holder and all of his senior staff, for felony perjury, obstruction of justice, suborning of perjury, et al. And one of the first acts of the incoming Republican Administration should be to fire and possibly even prosecute Ronald Machen for obstruction of justice, deriliction of duty, and knowingly violating the law (2 U.S.C. § 194).
Incidentally, did you know that Barrack Obama's totally bogus claim of "Executive Privilege" was
not signed by him (it was signed by Holder), as specifically required in order to be valid? No existing law or precedent allows an underling to sign such a document on behalf of the President. Once again these people urinate on the rule of law and the Constitution.
It may be time to move to New Zealand.
Wish they would have gone criminal instead of civil.