{"id":51370,"date":"2023-07-31T10:42:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T14:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=51370"},"modified":"2023-07-31T10:42:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T14:42:12","slug":"this-is-what-desperation-looks-like-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=51370","title":{"rendered":"This Is What Desperation Looks Like"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday, The New York Post<\/a> reported that the Department of Justice is attempting to arrest Devon Archer before he has a chance to appear before Congress.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Manhattan federal prosecutors on Saturday filed a letter requesting a judge set a date for Archer, 58, to start his one-year sentence in a fraud case unrelated to the first son\u2019s various scandals.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The request came after the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Archer\u2019s 2018 conviction last Tuesday on two felony charges for his role in a conspiracy to defraud a Native American tribe.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Archer \u2014 who is set to deliver closed-door testimony to the House Oversight Committee on Monday about Biden \u2014 had been challenging the conviction.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In light of the appeals court ruling, the DOJ \u201crespectfully requests that the defendant be ordered to surrender, at a date and time determined by the Court, to a facility designated by the Bureau of Prisons to commence his term of imprisonment,\u201d reads the letter to Judge Ronnie Abrams.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article also notes:<\/p>\n

Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), who has been the point-person on the GOP inquiries of the first family, has repeatedly shrugged off the Biden administration\u2019s various defensives.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Comer subpoenaed Archer in June and called the timing of the jail request letter \u201codd.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to put words in Devon Archer\u2019s mouth,\u201d Comer said on Fox News\u2019 \u201cSunday Morning Futures,\u201d \u201cbut I\u2019ll say this: He has an opportunity to come tomorrow to the House Oversight Committee and tell the truth.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Other Republicans also seized on the DOJ letter.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe DOJ is now actively committing the crime of obstructing a congressional investigation,\u201d Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz\u00a0charged in a tweet<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) shared Gaetz\u2019s tweet, adding<\/a>: \u201cThis is getting to be Banana Republic territory. They are moving from indicting their opponents to throwing witnesses in jail on the eve of Congressional testimony.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unfortunately we have been in Banana Republic territory for a while.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/p>\n

On Sunday the DOJ backtracked on the timing of Devon Archer’s arrest. Townhall posted the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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