DoJ figure taking the 5th in Fast & Furious probe « Hot Air: "While Cunningham has the right to take the Fifth under questioning, Congress also has a duty to oversee operations within the Department of Justice, and the DoJ has a duty to answer to Congress. A refusal to do so should mean the end of Cunningham’s employment at the DoJ; if he cannot testify before Congress about his official actions, then he should not be employed in that position any longer.If the so called media wasn't a fifth column O the regime, these nutjobs would be rotting in jail with roommates named "Tiny" top to bottom. And I do mean bottom.
The tactic leaves Issa with another option, too. He could offer Cunningham immunity from prosecution, which would then force him to testify before Congress about what he knew of OF&F — and perhaps more importantly, what his superiors knew about it, too. A refusal to testify at that point would amount to contempt of Congress, for which Cunningham could find himself facing significant jail time. That depends on how critical Issa views Cunningham to the OF&F scandal, and whether Cunningham himself was a big fish in the operation or just one of the middle men.
One point is pretty clear, though. Officials at the DoJ involved in this operation are fearing criminal prosecution, which means that this scandal just went prime time."
Can you tell how disgusted I am to live in a banana republic?
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