Posted on 04/25/2019 6:03:11 PM PDT by Innovative
Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly on Thursday threatened jail time for White House officials who are declining to comply with congressional committees' efforts to conduct oversight of President Donald Trump's administration.
Three officials have refused to comply with congressional requests to testify at the administration's urging, ratcheting up the long-brewing battle with House Democrats ready and willing to take their multi-front investigations to the courts.
The House Oversight Committee had asked to hear from senior White House adviser Stephen Miller on immigration, former security official Carl Kline on security clearances and Justice Department Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Gore on adding a citizenship question to the US census.
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Couldn't Trump just pardon those the Dems want to put in jail?
Just exactly what Justice department is going to prosecute them?
Does the House have the authority to issue warrants and have people arrested?
And if so, why wasn’t Eric Holder arrested?!
How can they be facing jail while Eric Holder could just ignore any Republican requests?
This is the difference between the Democrats and Republicans like Trey Gowdy.
Clowns have no such authority.
Good luck with that
“...Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly ...”
And who is this F head? Never heard of the gorp.
Whose army does Connolly command? How many battalions does he have??
The house has the authority to arrest people in contempt and even have their own jail in the capitol building. However, arresting a person in another branch of government would be very interesting......
They should all show up without a lawyer and plead the 5th. “ On the advice of my public defender, I refuse to get screwed by you aholes”.
That was my first question too.
They should all show up without a lawyer and plead the 5th. On the advice of my public defender, I refuse to get screwed by you aholes.
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Exactly. It would only take a minute and wouldn’t cost them a dime.
It’s not “oversight”; it’s harassment.
Karma is a beotch
do congress persons make the arrest themselves or do they have a enforcement department to conduct such activities?
How many divisions does he have?
These democrats have not learned yet that president Trump is NOT a Washington politician...They do not know what could come down on them....
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