Appeals Court Refuses to Delay Steve Bannon's 4-Month Contempt Prison Sentence

[Spintendo]

@blablarg18 Since it's evident you need a history lesson, allow me to provide one for you.

• 1982 Burford Contempt: Democrat-controlled House sought contempt charges against EPA administrator Anne Gorsuch Burford. OUTCOME: Reagan asserts privilege. DOJ decides NOT to prosecute.

• 2007 Miers & Bolten Contempts: Democrat controlled House sought contempt charges against Miers and Bolton. OUTCOME: Bush asserts privilege. DOJ decides NOT to prosecute.

• 2012 Holder Contempt: Republican-controlled House sought contempt charges against AG Eric Holder. OUTCOME: Obama asserts privilege. DOJ decides NOT to prosecute.

• 2013 Lerner Contempt: Republican-controlled House sought contempt charges against IRS official Lois Lerner. OUTCOME: Obama DID NOT assert privilege; instead, Lerner invoked her 5th amendment right not to incriminate herself. DOJ decides NOT to prosecute.

If there's bias there (being pro-democrat or pro-republican), I don't see it. If anything, I see a bias towards whichever president asserts the privilege. The DOJ takes their word for it, no matter what party they come from.

[blablarg18]

@Spintendo Hey genius: You agree with me.

USA Regime (Uniparty) does not jail its friends.

It jails dissidents.

"If there's bias there (being pro-democrat or pro-republican), I don't see it" - exactly - REGIME UNIPARTY.

But they throw EP & fairness standards out window - for REGIME UNIPARTY opponents.

Why on Earth would Obama DOJ prosecute Lois Lerner - Regime's great friend? Literal money collector for Regime, plus, persecutor of Regime opponents - was Tea Party at that time.

You keep on to prove my point....Thanks, I guess.

[Spintendo]

blablarg18's response (when unchallenged by facts) : "It's Democrats to blame!"

blablarg18's response (when challenged by facts): "It's BOTH (Uniparty regime) to blame!"

You just go whichever way the wind blows, don't ya?

Who woulda guessed youre an anarchist at heart.

[blablarg18]

@Spintendo I have consistent logic. You just don't like to hear it.

Not my problem tho. HAHAHAHAHAHahahahaha

Back on Lois Lerner: I believe McCain brought Tea Party to her attention - as people she should persecute. If yes, he probably also asked DOJ not to touch her. Partisan labels? Irrelevant.

[Spintendo]

Which makes me wonder, is there a country on earth that you do respect their government?

Which county, in your estimation, practices in a fair manner that is opposite to your "uniparty regime" structure?

My guess would be one of the rare collective-head-of-state-type governments, like Switzerland.

[blablarg18]

@Spintendo All I ask of government is

1. No needless / permanent wars

2. Free speech

3. Transparent elections, visible open vote counts

After that, other issues handle themselves. Like if your thing is gay rights or shoplifting or abortion or whatever..... all that works out, if we have what's above.

Pretty basic. But no government in world right now, can handle it.

Which should tell you something: They're all criminal gangs. Or service operations, service adjuncts to criminal gangs - like Switzerland.

It astounds me, that you could think Bush vs. Clinton vs. McCain vs. Obama vs. Biden is more than Kabuki theater for retards.

Then again you think NYT is real, so......

[Spintendo]

@blablarg18 said in Appeals Court Refuses to Delay Steve Bannon's 4-Month Contempt Prison Sentence:

@Spintendo

Then again you think NYT is real, so......

I'm sorry we don't all appreciate the superior journalistic qualities of Seyed Ali Taghva quite like you do.

[blablarg18]

@Spintendo Swing & miss

[raphjd]

@Spintendo

What is "privileged" other than some senile old man answering questions?

Eric Holder was told by a court that he did not enjoy exec privilege. Did you intentionally leave that out or didn't your media tell you about that?

[Spintendo]

@blablarg18 A bigger question is whether or not your blame might be misplaced.

In several of these instances, you blame the sitting president--"Obama didn't prosecute" or "Biden didn't prosecute". But those presidents and the others I mentioned were working off of a framework -- that of executive privilege-- that existed long before they came into power, one which has been confirmed by the Congress and Courts.

It's as if you're expecting a president to suddenly say "You know what? Even though I have this ability to protect my administration, one that other presidents have used--I'm going to go out of my way NOT to use it, and hopefully no one else in my party will think I'm crazy for not doing it." You actually believe that is possible, that a president would do that?

When you're driving down the street, and you have legal abilities provided to you by the law (an ability to say, turn right on red, or change lanes in an intersection, or other privileges like taking certain tax exemptions) you're going to ignore those long-standing privileges and go out of your way to go the harder route by not taking them?

Your expectation that Obama and Biden should not avail themselves of the same rights Reagan and Bush took advatage of seems, at best, naive.

[blablarg18]

@Spintendo said in Appeals Court Refuses to Delay Steve Bannon's 4-Month Contempt Prison Sentence:

you blame the sitting president--"Obama didn't prosecute" or "Biden didn't prosecute".

It's an expression. The REGIME / UNIPARTY didn't prosecute.

Really - would you expect Obama to go after Lois Lerner ever? even if she stabbed children in the street? I wouldn't.

So again we agree. But maybe for different reasons.

Lerner misused IRS & violated law - and if I remember correctly, likely under White House direction as she made many many visits to White House - so badly, that, in fairness, or if Obama were honorable....

.... yes he would indeed go "I'm going to go out of my way NOT to [sheild Lois Lerner]"

Yes.

It's his lack of honor or Uniparty loyalty (same thing), that made him & cronies want to shield her.

BUT - I agree it's not just Obama, or not especially him - it's a REGIME / UNIPARTY.

Your expectation that Obama & Bush & Lerner & McCain & Holder & others aren't all in it together seems, at best, naive.

[Spintendo]

@raphjd said in Appeals Court Refuses to Delay Steve Bannon's 4-Month Contempt Prison Sentence:

@Spintendo
Eric Holder was told by a court that he did not enjoy exec privilege. Did you intentionally leave that out or didn't your media tell you about that?

The committee did file a lawsuit, authorized by House resolution, seeking judicial enforcement of the subpoena. The D.C. District Court held that it had jurisdiction to hear the dispute in 2013 and denied the committee’s motion for summary judgment in 2014.

But it was not until 2016—in a new Congress and after Attorney General Holder had left his position—that the D.C. District Court issued an opinion in Committee on Oversight and Government Reform v. Lynch instructing the new Attorney General to comply with the subpoena. Despite the committee’s victory, two aspects of the court’s reasoning affected Congress’s ability to obtain similar documents from Holder. Although the committee won the case, it still appealed the decision to the D.C. Circuit out of concern for the reasoning applied.

The case was held in abeyance pending a potential settlement between the committee and the Trump Administration. Although the parties reportedly reached a negotiated settlement in March 2018, that settlement was contingent upon the vacation of two specific orders issued by the district court earlier in the case.

In October 2018, the district court declined to vacate those decisions, leaving the fate of the negotiated settlement uncertain.

[Spintendo]

@blablarg18 said in Appeals Court Refuses to Delay Steve Bannon's 4-Month Contempt Prison Sentence:

so badly, that, in fairness, or if Obama were honorable.... yes he would indeed go "I'm going to go out of my way NOT to [sheild Lois Lerner]"

Yes.

It's his lack of honor or his Uniparty loyalty (same thing), that made him not do it.

But Obama DID go out of his way NOT to exert privilege. He refused, and she ended up taking the 5th.

[blablarg18]

@Spintendo ....whereupon Obama DOJ - that's an expression, don't overreact - Dropped whole thing.

As you described.

I'm just old enough to remember time when USA politicians pretended, at least, to be outraged by underling's misdeeds.

They'd go after their own underlings, in name of fairness honesty & good government.

But Obama couldn't afford to......... again,, all those Lois Lerner visits to WH.

[Spintendo]

@blablarg18 I mispoke, in the Lerner case it wasn't the DOJ that made that decision, it was actually the US Attorney for the District of Columbia.

[Spintendo]

@blablarg18 That's because even though the House adopted a resolution citing Lerner for criminal contempt of Congress, they did not choose to approve a resolution authorizing the committee to pursue civil enforcement of the subpoena in federal court, as had been done in the past. Thus, it was handled by US attorneys in the District of Columbia.

[blablarg18]

@spintendo Your precious Regime DOJ, jailed Bannon for political comments.

See below.

"Mock[ery]" and "name calling" are looooooooooooong USA-1A tradition

Even if Bannon has guilty conviction - wrong as it is - Still no need to jail him.

Fragile USA Regime said quiet part out loud

But, wave your hands now & explain it away

[blablarg18]

@Spintendo said in Appeals Court Refuses to Delay Steve Bannon's 4-Month Contempt Prison Sentence:

That's because even though the House adopted a resolution citing Lerner for criminal contempt of Congress, they did not choose to approve a resolution authorizing the committee to pursue civil enforcement of the subpoena in federal court, as had been done in the past. Thus, it was handled by US attorneys in the District of Columbia.

It's weird how you think that could make it better.

Soooooooooooooooo weird.

will say again: it's a REGIME...a UNIPARTY... a club or culture of people, who may pretend to fight, but, who misuse institutions, laws, circumstances & personnel appointments - to protect each other.

Look at its END RESULTS. Look at who fought for what to happen - or, who failed to fight ie. who sat there delighted, when certain things conveniently never happened.

If anyone deserves jail, it's Lois Lerner. But again - That would implicate Obama, old dead McCain, etc. Regime can't have that happen.

[blablarg18]

@Spintendo House to WITHDRAW ARGUMENTS they previously asserted.

https://thehill.com/homenews/4740358-speaker-mike-johnson-steve-bannon-appeal/

“The amicus brief will be submitted after Bannon files a petition for rehearing en banc and will be in support of neither party,” Johnson, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) said in a joint statement. “It will withdraw certain arguments made by the House earlier in the litigation about the organization of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol during the prior Congress. House Republican Leadership continues to believe Speaker Pelosi abused her authority when organizing the Select Committee.”

“We’re working on filing an amicus brief in his appellate work there in his case because the Jan. 6 committee was, we think, wrongfully constituted,” Johnson told Fox News’s Sean Hannity. “We think the work was tainted. We think that they may have very well covered up evidence and maybe even more nefarious activities.”

[blablarg18]

To sum up:

• USA DOJ never prosecutes Contempt of Congress, when it involves Executive Privilege issues.....

• as @spintendo showed, at length.....

• ......UNTIL it's Bannon & Navarro (or Executive Privilege for President Trump)

• even then, it's only white-collar misdemeanor......

• .....EXCEPT Bannon & Navarro, they get max jail

Decode key is: USA Regime shields its friends, of any political party.......... ...and jails dissidents

2 systems of "justice"