I don’t recall staring up into North’s nostrils as much as I did with Strzok, but they both responded with bristly, self-righteous indignation that their allegedly unlawful actions were anything other than patriotic defense of the country.

Overflowing with self-righteous certainty, they believe they can use almost any means available to achieve their goals.

All those involved in this scandal are bluffing and bluffing big.

That’s all they have.

But they’re fully confident that, given the forces, the powers and the protection racket that are on their side, it’s all they need.

They may be right.

It’s a battleground. Plus there’s the Republic to consider
(Cf. I Kings, III:16-28).

This passivity has nothing to do with his stupid and ill-considered recusal from all matters Russian.

We are in deeper danger than most of us here, even, realize.

Andrew C. McCarthy addresses this in his latest —“Strzok by a Farce: Congress should either use its contempt power or shut down the investigations”:

The committees pursuing the probe lack either the will or the votes — or perhaps both — to hold witnesses in contempt. This, despite audacious refusals to answer questions and turn over documents that would explain when and why the Trump–Russia investigation commenced. …

Only one official in the U.S. government has the power instantly to end the contemptuous flouting of Congress’s oversight authority: President Trump. He could, at any time, direct that all relevant documents be disclosed to the committees and that all executive-branch officials provide complete and truthful testimony. …

What serves the president’s political interest, however, does not serve the congressional investigations. Indeed, it makes matters worse. Committee Republicans blast the Justice Department and the FBI for obstructing them, even though their ire would be better aimed at Trump, who could end the logjam promptly. Everyone knows that if the president were a Democrat, that is precisely what Republicans would do. The fact that they give Trump a pass rather than blaming him for his subordinates’ intransigence bolsters the Democrats’ argument that the investigations are political theater. This gives the committees and GOP leadership even less appetite for a brawl over contempt.

The result is that, despite Republican control of the House, the votes may not be there to pass and enforce a contempt citation. Without a credible threat of enforcement, the Justice Department and FBI will continue defying subpoenas, and the FBI lawyers will keep instructing Strzok, Lisa Page, and other key witnesses not to answer questions.

The ‘judge’ in the Sen. Rand Paul assault case just handed down a 30 DAY ‘penalty’ for an attack that grievously injured a US Senator.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/07/the_amazing_marianne_another_mindreading_judge.html