The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday that federal prosecutors will not prosecute Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary William Ross following a House vote to hold the officials in contempt for failing to comply with congressional subpoenas.
The House had rebuked the Trump Cabinet members by passing a criminal contempt resolution earlier this month, largely along party lines. However, it was widely presumed that the Justice Department would not pursue a criminal referral against the top DOJ official.
“The Department of Justice’s long-standing position is that we will not prosecute an official for contempt of Congress for declining to provide information subject to a presidential assertion of executive privilege,” Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen wrote in a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
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Thank G-d the coward Jeff Sessions stint as Attorney General was a very short one. The little pipsqueak should be made to pay back to the taxpayers all of his salary he stole while occupying that chair.
Sessions was transferred to a better position which the public will soon learn.
“DOJ Says It Won’t Prosecute Barr, Ross After Criminal Contempt Vote”
Duh!!! Did anyone really think they would? The DemocRATs waste a lot of time and posturing for nothing. They’re so busy campaigning and insulting everyone that they have no time to do what their constituents sent them to DC to do.