I'm hoping Congress will use the inherent contempt powers that they have. Wait until DoJ says there is a basis for contempt, and then send the House Sergeant at Arms and some Capitol Police and pick him up. Detain him until he appears, or until the end of the Congressional term.
I'm hoping Congress will use the inherent contempt powers that they have. Wait until DoJ says there is a basis for contempt (although they don, and then send the House Sergeant at Arms and some Capitol Police and pick him up. Detain him until he appears, or until the end of the Congressional term.
He should absolutely go to jail for ignoring the subpoena.
I wondered the same thing. The idea makes me mad because some people are going to claim that his silence is proof of his innocence. jeeeez !
this committee is a farce....and the GOP knows it
I might not agree, but I understand what you're saying. I want to pick on your second sentence there, I think the GOP doesn't need anyone else to make them look bad. They do that all by themselves.
in a lot of cases i dont disagree
So,apparently you do not care that these people tried to overturn an election and by doing so committed an insurrection, you can look up the definition. Gopers seem fine with investigations that help them politically like the eight they had into Benghazi, but a real investigation into one of the worst riots in American history is just political? That is not only pitiful, but anti-American and anti-democracy. It is because wo many of them may be caught up in the investigation that they want this to go away, as do their followers.
Some people are going to claim that his silence is proof of his guilt. jeeeez !
Not jail, but a heavy fine and probation.
THere has been no report from the DOJ YET, and that is what this House investigation will get at, which is why the GOP wants to shut it down.
Why would you think that's a good thing? Is lawlessness a virtue now? If there were no consequences, it would mean no one would ever need to comply with any Congressional subpoena for anything, ever again.
Great, so if the targets of any future Congressional investigation, or their followers, say they believe the committee's investigation is a farce, they should also not comply because....why again? And I guess the argument goes that if it's not illegal, and prosecutable, it's not worth knowing about, and Congress should never investigate anything ever again, because there's always an FBI or other law enforcement agency available, and nothing else matters, ever again, but whether there is a prosecutable crime.
A DoJ report is no replacement for the Congressional investigation. The Congressional investigation is broader.
