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This lawless MF should be picked up NOW... (Original Post)
pbmus
Oct 2021
OP
Thanks, did Biden replace all of trumps US Attorney's including this one?
Eliot Rosewater
Oct 2021
#12
Thank god, so there is a law abiding, intelligent patriot in that office.
Eliot Rosewater
Oct 2021
#14
The date for him to produce documents has passed but not the date to personally appear...
PoliticAverse
Oct 2021
#15
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)1. Patience. All in good time.
FoxNewsSucks
(10,429 posts)8. Tell that to Susan McDougal.
I really hope you just forgot the sarcasm thingy.
I'm so fucking disgusted by republicons and tRump criminals still running free and working against us.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)10. What's she got to do with this? She was innocent and railroaded...
Nothing at all like these Trumpons.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,455 posts)2. Plead the 5th asshole. nt
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)3. What can the DOJ do if they want to, exactly? Anybody know?
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)5. From...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_Congress
For more:
Congresss Contempt Power and the Enforcement of Congressional Subpoenas: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure
Congressional Research Service
May 12, 2017
(.pdf) https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/RL34097.pdf
Following a contempt citation, the presiding officer of the chamber is instructed to refer the matter to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia according to the law it is the duty of the U.S. Attorney to refer the matter to a grand jury for action.
The criminal offense of contempt of Congress sets the penalty at not less than one month nor more than twelve months in jail and a fine of not more than $100,000 or less than $100.
The criminal offense of contempt of Congress sets the penalty at not less than one month nor more than twelve months in jail and a fine of not more than $100,000 or less than $100.
For more:
Congresss Contempt Power and the Enforcement of Congressional Subpoenas: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure
Congressional Research Service
May 12, 2017
(.pdf) https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/RL34097.pdf
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)12. Thanks, did Biden replace all of trumps US Attorney's including this one?
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)13. He's replaced most of them and the one in DC is a Biden appointee...
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia is Channing D. Phillips
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/meet-us-attorney
Phillips was appointed by President Biden...
Channing Durward Phillips (born March 9, 1958) is an attorney who has served as the acting United States attorney for the District of Columbia since March 2021. He previously served in the position from October 2015 to September 2017, under President Barack Obama.
...
On March 3, 2021, Phillips once again became acting U.S. attorney after being appointed by President Joe Biden.
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On March 3, 2021, Phillips once again became acting U.S. attorney after being appointed by President Joe Biden.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)14. Thank god, so there is a law abiding, intelligent patriot in that office.
triron
(21,999 posts)4. Why the fuck not just implement 'inherent contempt'?
Budi
(15,325 posts)6. He's holding out for when Trump ousts Biden & he gets another pardon
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)7. Sounds like a confession.
Round him up.
LiberatedUSA
(1,666 posts)9. Has the date he needs to show come and gone yet?
If not, then what is the problem?
Who was it that got drunk as shit and made the rounds on the networks saying he would ignore one, yet ended up doing it when the time came? One of the Trump lackies.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)15. The date for him to produce documents has passed but not the date to personally appear...
His lawyers are saying he won't appear or produce documents because of Trump's claim of executive privilege.
Bev54
(10,048 posts)11. Storm him in the middle of his podcast
so we can all see and hear.