Bachmann claws her way back from obscurity to seize the crown of "craziest fuck on the planet"

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2. Hey, Michele, you complete dumbass, read this:

And FOX "news" too, you cess pool of lies:

Across administrations of both political parties, the longstanding position of the Department of Justice has been and remains that we will not prosecute an Executive Branch official under the contempt of Congress statute for withholding subpoenaed documents pursuant to a presidential assertion of executive privilege. The fullest explanation of the legal basis for the Department's position was provided during the Reagan Administration by Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel Theodore Olsen. Mr. Olson's opinion explained that "the contempt of Congress statute was not intended to apply and could not be constitutionally applied to an Executive Branch official who asserts the President's claim of executive privilege."

The Department relied on this longstanding position in 2008, during the George W. Bush administration, when it declined to prosecute two White House officials who were the subject of a contempt of Congress referral from the House of Representatives. Attorney General Michael Mukasey informed Speaker Nancy Pelosi that, in accord with "the Department of Justice's longstanding position taken during Administration's of both parties, ... the Department has determined that non-compliance by (the White House officials) with the Judiciary Committee subpoenas did not constitute a crime, and therefore the Department will not bring the congressional contempt citations before a grand jury or take any other action to prosecute (them)."

Consistent with this uniform position and practice, the Department has determined that the Attorney General's response to the subpoena issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform does not constitute a crime, and therefore the Department will not bring the congressional contempt citation before a grand jury or take any other action to prosecute the Attorney General.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like to discuss this matter further.

Sincerely,
James M. Cole
Deputy Attorney General

I just love posting that excerpt.