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originally posted by: PokeyJoe
a reply to: CanadianMason
Its not an excuse, its actually what happened. Kinda hard to have government hearings if the government is shut down.
The Senators and Representatives...shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony, and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same....
Article I, Section 6, Clause 1
? A window of opportunity.
originally posted by: CanadianMason
a reply to: All Seeing Eye
Yes, it seems interesting...what do you make of it?
Cyber sleuths uncover major spy operation against House Republicans, campaign arm
The National Republican Congressional Committee said Tuesday it suffered a major hacking attack during the 2018 election.
“The NRCC can confirm that it was the victim of a cyber intrusion by an unknown entity,” NRCC spokesman Ian Prior told Fox News. “The cybersecurity of the committee’s data is paramount, and upon learning of the intrusion, the NRCC immediately launched an internal investigation and notified the FBI, which is now investigating the matter.”
originally posted by: All Seeing Eye
originally posted by: PokeyJoe
a reply to: CanadianMason
Its not an excuse, its actually what happened. Kinda hard to have government hearings if the government is shut down.
This is interesting, don't ya think?
The Senators and Representatives...shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony, and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same....
Article I, Section 6, Clause 1
The Supreme Court interpreted the language "in all Cases, except Treason, Felony, and Breach of the Peace" to encompass all crimes. Williamson v. United States (1908). Tracing the origins of the clause to parliamentary privilege, the Court found this identical language was used to qualify Parliament's privilege from arrest so that the members of Parliament were not immune from criminal prosecution. The Court concluded that the Framers' use of the identical phrase, without any explanation, indicated that Congress's privilege was to have the same limitation regarding criminal actions as did the parliamentary privilege from which the language was borrowed. The clause, therefore, does not provide Congress with any immunity from criminal prosecution.
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French presidential election candidate for the En Marche ! movement Emmanuel Macron (2ndR) is greeted upon his arrival in Dzaoudzi, on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, on March 26, 2017, as part of a campaign trip. / AFP PHOTO / Eric FEFERBERG (Photo credit should read ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/Getty Images)