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kentuck

(111,110 posts)
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 06:48 PM Oct 2022

The Committee must subpoena Trump.

And if he refuses to show up, then they should make a criminal referral to the DOJ.

The Justice Dept needs the support of the Congress. Otherwise, it would give the other side the opportunity to attack Merrick Garland as an incompetent and reckless Attorney General.

If there is to be a "war", then it can be a battlefield for politics or for actual violence. We prefer that we resolve our differences on the political battlefield.

If Garland then makes the decision to indict Trump for various crimes, then he has the imprimatur of the people behind him, in the name of the Congress of the United States.

In my opinion, it is important that the Committee give its full support to the Department of Justice, in this instance.

It will go to the full Congress for a vote, and it will be up to each Congress person to decide which way they wish to go?

(on edit) Furthermore, they should invite him to do it publicly, but under oath. He should explain to the people his role in the attack upon our Capitol. As a former president, he should volunteer to come in and answer all questions. That is not asking too much from a former president.

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The Committee must subpoena Trump. (Original Post) kentuck Oct 2022 OP
Perhaps they are waiting to see Mr.Bill Oct 2022 #1
Tomorrow is subpoena day malaise Oct 2022 #2

Mr.Bill

(24,330 posts)
1. Perhaps they are waiting to see
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 07:17 PM
Oct 2022

what happens at Bannon's sentencing on Friday, I think it is. If the judge lets him walk with a small fine, then what's the point? Then again, if Bannon gets six months in jail, they may be waiting until Trump sees that.

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