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GOP Congressman Files Motion Ordering the Arrest of Lois Lerner
Lois Lerner’s status as an unincarcerated woman has been a source of constant wonder for conservatives, with many of us asking just what a Democrat needs to do to get arrested in this country.
Rep. Steve Stockman has had enough, and the Texas Republican is using a little-known power of Congress to bypass the Department of Justice in cases like Lerner’s.
Rep. Stockman introduced a resolution to have the House of Representatives’ sergeant-at-arms arrest Lerner and put her in D.C. jail. The power to do so, while rarely invoked by the House or Senate, can be used in cases of contempt of Congress like Lerner’s and has been upheld by the Supreme Court.
“Asking the Justice Department to prosecute Lois Lerner for admittedly illegal activity is a joke,” Rep. Stockman said in a statement. “The Obama administration will not prosecute the Obama administration.
“How much longer will the House allow itself to be mocked?” he added. “It is up to this House to uphold the rule of law and hold accountable those who illegally targeted American citizens for simply having different ideas than the president.”
Under the resolution, Lerner would be afforded full legal rights, including access to an attorney. (H/T Roll Call)
Here’s the text of H.Res 664, the bill which could put Lois Lerner behind bars:
Providing for the arrest of Lois G. Lerner to answer the charge of contempt of Congress
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. STOCKMAN submitted the following resolution, which was referred to the Committee on ______________
RESOLUTION
Providing for the arrest of Lois G. Lerner to answer the charge of contempt of Congress
Whereas Lois G. Lerner, former Director, Exempt Organizations, Internal Revenue Service, has been found to be in contempt of Congress for willfully and intentionally refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena duly issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, thereby obstructing the Congress in the lawful exercise of its constitutionally mandated legislative powers; and,
Whereas such behavior is an insult to the dignity of the House of Representatives, an attack upon the integrity of its proceedings, works violence upon the rights of the House collectively, and therefore implicates the long-recognized inherent power of the House to punish and commit for contempt, privileged under the Constitution; and,
Whereas recent history with similarly contumacious and insolent witnesses such as Eric Himpton Holder, Junior, strongly suggests that the present statutory judicial rubric set up to punish and reform such insubordinate and obstructionist witnesses would be ineffective in this case, as it is likely that the US Attorney for the District of Columbia would refuse to perform his lawful duty to bring the offending contemnor Lernerbefore a Grand Jury and prosecute the same for her misconduct pursuant to section 104 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 194) and section 102 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 192); and,
Whereas the executive and judicial branches’ prolonged and dawdling failure to prosecute Attorney General Holder’s insolent contempt of the 112th Congress strongly suggests that a like proceeding against contemnor Lerner would be similarly futile, and the threat of such prosecution has clearly been insufficient to encouragecontemnor Lerner to be honest and candid with the Congress regarding the heinous actions of the Internal Revenue Service;
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Speaker issue his warrant, directed to the Sergeant-at-Arms, or his deputy, commanding him to arrest and take into custody forthwith, wherever to be found, the body of Lois G. Lerner, and bring her to the bar of the House without delay to answer to the charge of contempt of its authority, breach of its privileges, and gross and wanton insult to the integrity of its proceedings, and in the meantime keep the body of Lerner in his custody in the common jail of the District of Columbia, subject to the further order of the House. While in custody, Lerner shall enjoy no special privileges beyond those extended to her fellow inmates, shall not access any computer or telephone, and shall not be visited by anyone other than her counsel, clergy, physician, or family.
Let’s make sure to put pressure on Congress to make certain that they pass this vital piece of legislation.
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