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Old July 12, 2011, 07:18 AM   #588
Bartholomew Roberts
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Congress has no authority to bring any criminal charges against anyone. All any member of Congress can do is refer potential charges to....DOJ.
Not true. Congress may charge any civil officer of the United States (including the Attorney General and/or lower level DOJ staff) directly via impeachment. The House issues the charges and the Senate would hold the trial. Given how carefully Issa and Grassley have been proceeding (and working in concert), I wouldn't be too quick to dismiss that outcome.

And we need to be careful about confusing knowledge of Gunrunner with knowledge of gun walking. Gunrunner has been a program since 2006 and Fast and Furious was one of many of a subset of Gunwalker programs.

As for the NRA suing them, clearly the Administration wanted and expected that since the NRA had already informed them they would challenge the multiple sales requirement. The Administration appears to think this will help their narrative, though how they could think that I can't imagine.
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