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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Sergeant at Arms can arrest Whitaker and bring him to the House floor.
All the committee has to do is issue a contempt citation.
I think this is the process.
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The Sergeant at Arms can arrest Whitaker and bring him to the House floor. (Original Post)
Cattledog
Feb 2019
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NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)1. Wasn't Eric Holder found in contempt before?
what happened with him?
Cattledog
(5,914 posts)5. Story here:
so, it applied to documents, but not anything Holder actually had to testify about
triron
(21,999 posts)2. Arrest the motherfucker if he doesn't show.
ooky
(8,922 posts)3. They better bring towels.
That is one big, wet, sweaty dude.
The Trump brand version of Teflon.
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)7. A taser should suffice. nt
manor321
(3,344 posts)8. Yes. They can arrest and detain him until the House session ends.
Grasswire2
(13,568 posts)9. Outrageous
Send the gendarmes.
Trump team is showing us the hill they want to die on, apparently. Must be more damning even than Michael Cohen.
Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)10. What grounds are there for arrest? No subpoena has been served.