Serious question. Rod Rosenstein, Asst. US Atty. General of the US, answers to Congress, right? Congress provides oversight for the DOJ. (More below)

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Kick Rosenstein in the rear?

Have Pence challenge Rosenstein to a duel?

Send "special" chocolate cream pie?

Send Navy Seals?

Leave Rosenstein alone, because he is in charge of the country?

Light fire under wussie Congress so they will impeach Rosenstein?

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So, the committee in Congress that provides oversight for the Dept. of Justice (DOJ), can NOT get Rod Rosenstein to turn over two or three really crucial documents. He just won't do it. Now we are hearing stories on the news (true or not) that Rod Rosenstein is threatening the Congressional Committees' staff members, saying he will subpoena THEIR emails and records.

Sorry this is so long...(leading up to it). So my question is really this. Who or what is in charge when an employee of the DOJ violates the US constitution and refuses to obey the directions given to him by the Congress, which is in charge of his oversight? Can they call in the army? Can Pence go over to the DOJ and slap Rosenstein across the face with a glove? Can Jeff Sesions go up behind Rosenstein and kick his lunch up the other end?

I mean, if they put me in charge, I would light his pants on fire....but I don't think Congress can do that....even though it might work.

The Congressional Committee involved has talked about impeaching Rod Rosenstein, but apparently they just can't bring themselves to really do it because they are wussies. They have been talking about it for over a month, but Rod scares them.

In the meantime, if I have to hear about snot- nosed Rosenstein defying the legitimate authority of the Congress of the United States one more time, I am going to consider a complete and total news embargo. OR.............I could send Rosenstein one of those "special" chocolate cream pies....LOLOL!!!

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windinhishair · 61-69, M

Congressional committees do have oversight responsibility, but in the current hyper-political era, they have abdicated that responsibility to act instead as a partisan extension of the Executive Branch to ferret out information to give to the president so he can circumvent a legal investigation into his activities. That's never happened in our history, and if it continues it will eliminate one of the two checks on presidential power (the other being the Supreme Court).

To answer your question, the Supreme Court will have to decide whether the DOJ has to provide the requested information on an ongoing investigation when Congress abdicates their constitutional power and instead functions as part of the Executive Branch.

4meAndyou · F

@windinhishair Whoosh!!! I have a feeling THAT isn't going to happen in a hurry. I'll be listening to this dreck for the next three or four years. 😜

4meAndyou · F

@4meAndyou Wait...I have a question. Are you saying that if members of Congress are biased or acting upon bias, they no longer have their original assigned function under the Constitution?

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@4meAndyou No, because members of both parties have some built in bias. But all you have to do is look at the Senate Intelligence Committee, where the Republican and Democratic leads are working closely with each other and conducting a real investigation. The House Committee under Devin Nunes failed to interview major players, failed to follow up on information, failed to conduct a fair investigation, and provided privileged information directly to the President. That's an abdication of their intended function.

4meAndyou · F

@windinhishair When you say abdication, are you saying failure to perform their duty?

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@4meAndyou Yes, they did not perform their congressional function in any way, shape, or form.

4meAndyou · F

@windinhishair I hate Congress. I'd like to string most of them up by their thumbs...😝(JK) (not really).

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@4meAndyou Congress has gotten worse and worse with time. They really are scumbags.

4meAndyou · F

@windinhishair Yes...well...I sure would like to run for Senate. I'd just eat out every day, have three or four months a year vacation, go around with my hand out to all the businesses, get rich speaking at universities and writing books, and whenever I saw an actual American citizen I'd do things to him or her that you wouldn't do to a dog.