Post #5094 by bighairymike on the US Policy board

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Wow, I went the other direction. One looks like Lois Lerner, another Janet Reno, and the last one I had to look up and I think it's Steve Bocho. But the landscape is littered with people defying Congressional subpoenas, at least for a period of time. :) - Lapsody

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Well that certainly is true. The flash mob shoplifters in California are more likely to be prosecuted than someone ignoring a congressional subpoena or the companion crime of showing up but then lying under oath at a congressional hearing.

The real problem is that Congress has no power of its own to arrest, prosecute or jail anyone. At best they are a referral operation to the DOJ. And if a corrupt DOJ refuses to prosecute, then there is no one else who can. If the contemptuous party happens to be someone who can be impeached, even that is not a real threat since conviction in a democrat senate will not happen. So these days it is pretty safe to ignore or lie to congress without fear of consequences.

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