BREAKING: The Jan 6 Committee has subpoenaed ALI ALEXANDER and the Stop the Steal LLC.

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A reminder that Ali Alexander said in an online stream in July that at the time "several members of Congress and their chiefs of staff" had "asked if they could see" an "election integrity memo" he was releasing. https://mediamatters.org/january-6-insurrection/stop-steal-organizer-ali-alexander-says-several-members-congress-are-asking

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BREAKING: The Jan 6 Committee has subpoenaed ALI ALEXANDER and the Stop the Steal LLC.

This is the panel's third round of subpoenas. Story TK
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[wryter2000]

1. Great!

Now, enforce these subpoenas. No more letting the malefactors get away with not showing up.

[malaise]

2. Jeffrey Clark can expect one to show up

soon and very soon

[Silent3]

3. Another toothless subpoena! Yay!

Wake me up when someone bothers to enforce one.

[OnDoutside]

4. Well said.

[msongs]

5. well there's always a sternly worded letter as backup nt

[Budi]

6. That show-up date is on the subpoena.

There can be no arrest till he fails to show, doesn't matter what WE want rfn.

I believe the committee will indeed follow the law as written & arrest the no-shows.

I don't know the appearance date given on the subpoenas.

[Silent3]

8. Didn't a bunch of other subpoenas expire today, with no immediate consequences?

First you have to wait for the expiration of the subpoena.

Then you wait for congress to ask the DoJ to enforce the subpoena. No rush. Probably a few weeks go by as (shudder! the horror!) Congress issues increasingly stern letters before being so forward as to approach the DoJ about this.

Then the DoJ sits on that request for a while (can't imagine them ever moving faster then 2-3 months on something like this).

Then the court battles begin over whether and how the DoJ might eventually be allowed to actually do something. Give that at least two years.

By then, the people subpoenaed hope, and not without very good reason, a Republican House will drop the matter.

[Escurumbele]

13. If what they asked is due today, then they will expire at midnight, tomorrow they can be jailed.

I cannot remember what date these subpoenas deadlines were.

[Silent3]

14. I'd love to be pleasantly surprised that there's immediate action when the subpoenas fully expire

But if I had to put money down on the outcome, I'd take 10-to-1 odds that people like Bannon completely blow them off, and that at least six months, if not more, slide by before the slightest forceful effort to gain compliance happens.

[Budi]

7. Can't arrest till they fail to show up on the date listed on the subpoena.

[blueinredohio]

20. Yep!

[LanternWaste]

22. Another empty prophecy.

Wake me up when someone supports an assertion with something other than logical fallacies such as yours.

(six of one, half a dozen of the other... and each equal in weight with petulance)

[Jilly_in_VA]

9. He had better

plunk his skinny azz in the chair when he is supposed to. I don't care if he takes the 5th or how many times he does.

[viva la]

19. Yeah, there's no way he can claim exec privilege--

and Trump can't protect him or probably even threaten him. The man isn't in politics, isn't going to run for Congress-- he's a loose cannon.

He and Bannon, actually-- neither could even claim to be employed by the admin or government at that point.

But Aly's been "in hiding" i think since Jan 6. Let's see if they can serve him.

(I'm remembering how long Ghislaine Maxwell managed to stay hidden, though they found her eventually.)

[Buns_of_Fire]

10. That's the one I've been waiting for!

Ali Akbar got some 'splainin to do, yes he does. He'll probably take the fifth, but just seeing his carcass pulled in front of Congress does my heart good.

[monkeyman1]

11. last I heard was the 7th of oct -21 ? must be waiting till midnight d.c. time ?

[Escurumbele]

12. Have the 1st and 2nd round responded? and if not, what are Democrats going to do about it?

They have to enforce the subpoenas, otherwise this is a mute exercise.

[gab13by13]

15. I applaud the enthusiasm here,

but who is going to enforce the subpoenas?

I am free to have my opinion and I hope my opinion is wrong, but people who ignore the subpoenas will not appear. They may get fined, but some dark money billionaire will pay the fine.

No, the only course of action that I see that can get results is for DOJ to get involved, it has the clout to get things done. The DOJ needs to be doing the investigating.

[justgamma]

16. Dems have never held

Republicans accountable for anything. Still waiting for them to enforce the subpoena for Karl Rove.

[COL Mustard]

17. I Thought I Heard An Explosion

But it was just a bunch of assholes slamming shut.

[gab13by13]

18. I see advertised on TV

butt perfume.

[COL Mustard]

21. I Guess That's Better Than

Butt bleach. Which I've heard is popular with adult movie stars.

I, of course, have no knowledge of such, it's just what I've heard.