Dobyns prepares '21 questions' for indifferent-to-date legislators :: 01/31/2015

Determined not to let a thus-far deliberately indifferent Congress ignore the wider implications of “fraud upon the court” by Department of Justice lawyers in his case, retired ATF Agent Jay Dobyns has prepared a list of 21 questions lawmakers should ask of Attorney General Eric Holder and ATF Director B. Todd Jones. He posted the queries, along with links to media accounts, on his website Friday, and mirrored it to elicit support from forum members on CleanUpATF, the site that first posted allegations of “walked” guns from Operation Fast and Furious being found at the murder scene of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.

“Congress doesn’t need to hold hearings on this,” Dobyns maintains. “They simply need to draft a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and ATF Director B. Todd Jones demanding truthful and complete answers. This is all it will take. If the AG and Holder will answer honestly, this will be soon be resolved for good.”

He’s making big assumptions, particularly that the Holder DOJ will be inclined to do anything but stonewall, that is, continue with the same pattern of obstruction that resulted in contempt of Congress charges against the defiant attorney general. That said, the prospect of seeing this play out will give further evidence to the public of just how little the administration values fair trials and rule of law when they perceive an advantage undermining both.

That won’t happen unless and until lawmakers responsible for oversight stop ignoring the unprecedented action of a federal judge (and a Clinton appointee at that) sidelining seven United States attorneys from a case due to fraud. Why they have remained silent so far, while troubling, is hardly unexpected to those of us involved in the early days of Fast and Furious, when the media, the Congress, and even some “pro-gun groups” had to be dragged kicking and screaming -- and even harangued -- into calling attention to another clear record of government-sponsored lawlessness.

“Congress, you game?” Dobyns asks in relation to his case. “Will you oversee what we have elected you to monitor? The Department of Justice has already told the Court they are not willing to investigate the allegations made against them. Will you help me? I am only seeking the truth.”

Congress isn’t the only place help is needed. All Americans, regardless of political party, regardless of feelings about the administration, or of law enforcement, or of guns, have a vested interest in making certain that court cases are not corrupted by government misconduct, especially when a stated goal of DOJ, inscribed over Holder's office, is to ensure “The United States wins its point whenever justice is done its citizens in the courts.”

First, read the 21 questions. Ask yourself, were this your case against the government, if you’d want them answered. Then be a force multiplier and help spread the word -- something even now most major media with a few notable exceptions has avoided doing -- just like with Fast and Furious. That means if the word is to get out, it’s up to people who care to bypass a resistant “legitimate news media.”

Dobyns has specifically called out Senator Chuck Grassley, and Representatives Darrell Issa, Jason Chaffetz, Trey Gowdy and James Sensenbrenner, and is encouraging those interested in Congressional oversight to contact them. One complaint some have leveled is that politicians often exclude communications from citizens outside their districts or states, which is hardly legitimate, as their votes and committee assignment responsibilities affect all, and they certainly don’t discourage “outsiders” from contributing to their campaigns (besides, just look at the way Michael Bloomberg is buying up elections in other states to advance his “gun control” agenda).

Not standing for that exclusionary nonsense, what I do is use the address and phone of their local branch office (sometimes requiring I go to the USPS site to get the "+4" for the zip. It's also why I urge all advocates to get on social media, because you can tweet or message any of them that way, and their staffers will pick up and convey to the decision-makers what they see trending.

With that in mind, and if you’re on social media (and I've already addressed how not using those tools is squandering an opportunity and ceding an important communications front to those who use it to great effect), why not “tweet” the politicians Dobyns has singled out (see links under their names) with a link to his post, and maybe even using an #AskThe21Questions hashtag?

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http://www.examiner.com/article/dobyns-prepares-21-questions-for-indifferent-to-date-legislators