Washington treats its own officials differently than average Americans. We've known this for decades. But now we have shocking new evidence that high-ranking DOJ officials routinely escape prosecution for crimes that would land most people in jail.
The Daily Wire reports:
RealClearInvestigations... examined several instances of DOJ employees committing crimes but not getting prosecuted. For example, an FBI attorney shoplifted from the Marine Corps Base Quantico Exchange multiple times before getting caught with $257.99 worth of stolen cosmetics. She admitted to also stealing from other stores but wasn’t prosecuted.
“Not that it was a surprise. The Justice Department regularly declines to prosecute high-ranking current and former department officials, even when its Office of Inspector General provides the grounds for it,” the outlet reported. “The Department of Justice OIG does not keep complete public records on the number of prosecutions that result from its investigations. But the office does keep track of certain cases – those involving wrongdoing by senior DoJ managers and officials that Justice declines to prosecute.”
In 2019 alone, the OIG “issued 27 such reports of alleged wrongdoing by senior Justice Department officials and employees that went unprosecuted – everything from nepotism in hiring, to making false claims on mortgage documents, to ‘lack of candor’ with federal investigators, to sexual assault.” You might recall the “lack of candor” crime, as it related to former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe lying to federal prosecutors regarding his role into the false claims that President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign colluded with Russia to steal the election.
Former FBI Director James Comey was also referred for prosecution by the OIG.
This behavior is absolutely unacceptable, but it will continue as long as federal officials believe they are immune to the will of We the People.
We must restore our control over the politicians and bureaucrats who work for us in Washington, and our most powerful tool is found in Article V of the Constitution.
Article V allows the states to call a convention for the purpose of proposing constitutional amendments. At this Convention of States, states can put forward amendments that limit the power and jurisdiction of federal officials, Congress, the President, and the Supreme Court.
These amendments will reduce the scope and size of the federal government, but they will also have a less tangible effect. They will remind our "leaders" in D.C. that they work for us and that we can hold them accountable.
The days of the "elite" in Washington must come to an end, and we can make it happen if we work together to call the first-ever Article V Convention of States.
Sign the petition below to let your state legislator know you support the state-led Article V process!
