Showing posts with label Contempt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Contempt. Show all posts

Friday, June 29, 2018

House Approves Resolution Giving Rosenstein 7 Days to Turn Over Requested Trump-Russia Docs or Face Impeachment, Contempt

June 29, 2018 Contempt , House Approves Resolution Giving Rosenstein 7 Days to Turn Over Requested Trump-Russia Docs or Face Impeachment 0 Comments

By Sara A. Carter, June 27, 2018

The House Judiciary Committee approved for the first time a resolution Tuesday demanding that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein turn over all requested documents regarding the FBI’s handling of the Russia investigation during the presidential election after seven days or face possible impeachment or contempt.

 The decision to move forward with the resolution came after a year of battles with the Justice Department and FBI to turn over requested documents. The committee voted on party lines 15-11 to pass the resolution directing Rosenstein to comply within the next seven days or face the consequences.
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Sunday, August 2, 2015

DHS Says Agency Recovered Work Permits Mistakenly Issued

DHS Says Agency Recovered Work Permits Mistakenly Issued

August 02, 2015 Contempt , DHS 0 Comments

U.S. Asks Judge To Drop Immigration Plan Contempt Hearing

By Laurel Brubaker Calkins, Aug 01, 2015 Bloomberg

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson asked a judge not to find him and other Obama administration officials in contempt after his agency recovered work permits mistakenly issued after the court halted a controversial immigration initiative.

Johnson said the government reclaimed all but 22 of the 2,500 offending permits and corrected federal computer databases to invalidate the rest, according to a report filed late Friday in federal court in Brownsville, Texas. Administration lawyers said the effort should prove Johnson and other top immigration officials have been sufficiently compliant to head off a contempt hearing set for later this month.

U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen ordered President Barack Obama’s program halted until a trial can be held over a lawsuit by 26 states. Hanen has repeatedly chastised White House lawyers and immigration officials for their “cavalier attitude” about violating his order and accused them of dragging their feet.

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