Subject: Re: Ouch. 13 Counts including RICO
The Dope1 Crime hypothesis is: Democrats and Republicans commit a similar number of crimes while employed in the US executive branch.

The Dope1 Conviction hypothesis is: DOJ uses different prosecution standards for Democrats and Republicans resulting in few Democrat convictions.

Here are 3 test cases (the names have been changed). All were found in Contempt of Congress. Which one deserved jail time?

The Justice Department released 7,600 pages of documents on Operation Movie Time. A Contempt of Congress resolution against John was drafted in response to the committee allegedly being "stonewalled by the Justice Department" on additional documents. John offered to provide the documents on the condition that doing so would satisfy the committee subpoenas and resolve the dispute. The committee chair rejected the offer. The Congress Oversight Committee voted 23'17 along party lines to hold John in contempt of Congress for not releasing the additional documents. Later the President asserted executive privilege over the remaining documents requested by the committee.

There were several government investigations concerning George's performance as a public employee, including destruction of emails and lying to Congress about it. George pleaded guilty to criminal charges of contempt of Congress. George became most notorious for hiring "Geeks on Call", a private technological services company, to allegedly perform a "seven level wipe" of his home and office computers after becoming involved in litigation with OSC subordinates who accused him of politically motivated harassment.

Thomas answered a planted question at a meeting of the American Bar Association by stating that the IRS was "apologetic" for what he termed "absolutely inappropriate" actions. Thomas was declared in contempt of Congress in connection with his invocation of the Fifth Amendment not to testify on the matter before a congressional committee. The Justice Department did not pursue criminal contempt charges against Thomas. The U.S. Attorney's Office wrote: "Thomas did not waive his Fifth Amendment privilege by making general claims of innocence. The Constitution would provide Thomas with an absolute defense if he were prosecuted for contempt."