Justice Department lawyers have repeatedly delayed or rebuffed the judge’s orders, culminating in a frustrating Thursday court hearing in which an exasperated but reluctant Sullivan floated the possibility of contempt proceedings.
“I just don’t want anyone to be blindsided if we have to go down that road,” he said. “It’s not a threat. It’s a promise. I have a job to administer justice, and I take that very seriously.”
"I have a job to administer justice, and I take that very seriously.”
Not seriously enough to actually do it, just serious enough to send strongly worded letters threatening to do it while being continually ignored over and over for the better part of a year.