Lib Writer Likens J6 Committee to Bozo

[Aaron]

https://www.westernjournal.com/lib-...-like-magic-marker-letter-written-bozo-clown/

“What’s being called a “criminal referral” by the Jan 6 committee carries just as much legal weight as a letter written in magic marker by Bozo the Clown. Has no basis at all in any statute or House rule, they just put out a Word document and made up a serious-sounding name for it,” Tracey’s tweet thread began.

“They didn’t even attempt to invoke the one statutory authority they do potentially have at their disposal, the criminal contempt statute (2 USC § 194). So they just wrote their equivalent of a long Substack screed, and hoped the phrase ‘criminal referral’ would get people excited,” Tracey continued.​

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

From the article:

Coming from one of the left’s own, that’s quite the unexpected but necessary reality check.

Tracey also explained that Congress doesn’t have the “criminal referral” power that the media would like its audience to believe.

“This item and countless others give the impression that Congress has had a formal ‘criminal referral’ power at its disposal since 1789, but was just never moved to use it till now. In reality, no such power exists, which is why the committee — including GOP Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming — invented this ‘informal’ (fake) power,” he tweeted.

In a follow-up tweet, Tracey clarified that the resolution that allowed the Jan. 6 committee to form in the first place only gave it the power to produce a final report on the matter that contained “findings, conclusions, and recommendations for corrective measures.”

Anything other than a final report, including a “criminal referral,” is simply another act of Kabuki theater produced by anti-Trump actors desperately hoping to make headlines and appease their rabid, anti-Trump base.​

 

[Baptist Believer]

“What’s being called a “criminal referral” by the Jan 6 committee carries just as much legal weight as a letter written in magic marker by Bozo the Clown. Has no basis at all in any statute or House rule, they just put out a Word document and made up a serious-sounding name for it,” Tracey’s tweet thread began.

“They didn’t even attempt to invoke the one statutory authority they do potentially have at their disposal, the criminal contempt statute (2 USC § 194). So they just wrote their equivalent of a long Substack screed, and hoped the phrase ‘criminal referral’ would get people excited,” Tracey continued.​

That's a weird take on things.

The January 6th Committee put together extensive evidence and sworn testimony of the events leading up to, and surrounding, the January 6th attack on the Capitol. It will be reviewed by open-minded people and the Department of Justice.

 

[Baptist Believer]

Tracey also explained that Congress doesn’t have the “criminal referral” power that the media would like its audience to believe.

Tracey is the first person in the media I have heard who thinks "the media" wants people to believe the criminal referral has any legal authority. EVERY media source I have heard over the last 18 months or so has made that explicitly clear. It seems like Tracey has created a straw man to attack.

In a follow-up tweet, Tracey clarified that the resolution that allowed the Jan. 6 committee to form in the first place only gave it the power to produce a final report on the matter that contained “findings, conclusions, and recommendations for corrective measures.”

Again, I wonder, who believes anything different? The only person I have seen who seemed to think the January 6th Committee had the power to indict was on this board, and I can't remember who it was.

 

[Salty]

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