Congress Not Doing Its Job

For John, BLUF:  Let Mr Mueller's investigation play out.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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The IRS Scandal, Day 1681: Robert Mueller And Lois Lerner

From The TaxProf Blog, Professor Paul Caron, 15 December 2017.

The TaxProf links to and excerpts from an OpEd in The Wall Street Journal, Let Mueller Keep Digging, by William McGurn.

Here is the lede:

At a moment when the special counsel’s team is busy calling its own fairness and impartiality into question, why would Donald Trump even think of firing Robert Mueller?

I have to admit that this makes good sense.

Further down, the Writer says:

n its 1821 decision affirming the right of the House to hold people in contempt and jail them, the Supreme Court noted that depriving Congress of this authority would mean “the total annihilation of the power of the House of Representatives” to prevent people from just flipping it the bird. Isn’t that just what government officials from Ms. Lerner to Mr. Wray have been doing?

If executive branch officials continue to play games with subpoenas, Congress needs to give them a taste of the legislature’s powers, whether by cutting agency budgets, impeaching directors or holding uncooperative officials in contempt.  In this regard it’s good to know Devin Nunes, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, is still pursuing contempt citations for Mr. Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.  A contempt vote by the full House would of course depend on Speaker Paul Ryan, who complained in October about FBI “stonewalling.”

Yes, exactly.  It is time for Congress to stand up and do its duty.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff