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Clinton IT specialist ignores subpoena for House hearing; other witnesses plead 5th
Fox News ^ | 9/13/16

Posted on 09/13/2016 4:57:17 PM PDT by Libloather

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To: Mariner
And, it's not like Congress has an enforcement brigade of their own.

Yes, they do.
The Congressional Sargent-at-arms has arrest powers.

21 posted on 09/13/2016 5:20:13 PM PDT by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: Libloather
Clinton IT specialist ignores subpoena for House hearing; other witnesses plead 5th

Order the man at arms to arrest the man and place him in Jail for contempt of Congress.

Do it you cowards.

22 posted on 09/13/2016 5:22:04 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Mariner
And, it's not like Congress has an enforcement brigade of their own.

They do. They have a Sgt at Arms whom they can order to arrest the man. I believe they even have a congressional jail to hold him in.

23 posted on 09/13/2016 5:23:48 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: publius911
"The Congressional Sargent-at-arms"

How many of them are there? 50?

How do they find their targets...moped and a Smart Phone?

24 posted on 09/13/2016 5:24:57 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: georgiarat
Should they? Not this close to the election.

And why not? I can think of nothing more useful to this election than the promulgation of the knowledge that the man involved in Hillary Clinton's email server coverup is now in jail.

How is that a bad thing?

25 posted on 09/13/2016 5:25:16 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Libloather

Sounds like he’ll be getting an infraction noted in his permanent record.


26 posted on 09/13/2016 5:25:22 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

If the Pubbies decide to buy any airtime for political ads this year, how about just one solid minute of these worms taking the fifth, with no comment, just “Paid for by the...”


27 posted on 09/13/2016 5:27:07 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day")
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To: DiogenesLamp
How many boots on the street does this office have?

Near as I can discern they can leverage the Capitol Police...but I don't think they could deploy a unit to arrest somebody in Indiana or Texas.

Or, know how to find the person.

28 posted on 09/13/2016 5:31:54 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner
Near as I can discern they can leverage the Capitol Police...but I don't think they could deploy a unit to arrest somebody in Indiana or Texas.

I would the speaker issue a writ and then we can find out.

I'm willing to bet the Congressional force could go get someone if they were told to do so.

29 posted on 09/13/2016 5:38:49 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Libloather

This isn’t hard.

Find him
Hold him in contempt of Congress
Put him in jail til he testifies


30 posted on 09/13/2016 5:45:37 PM PDT by Personal Responsibility (We need a separation of press and state!)
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To: publius911
The Congressional Sergeant-at-arms has arrest powers.

And would I ever like to see the look on Soros's face when this gentleman shows up at his compound some day. :)

31 posted on 09/13/2016 5:54:19 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Personal Responsibility

Just big talk, the Washington Generals won’t do anything to them. Waste of time. Voting for Trump, but no Gopee.


32 posted on 09/13/2016 5:55:44 PM PDT by abbastanza
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To: DiogenesLamp

I believe they should not now because they can not get anything done before they leave for campaigning. He would not talk anyway and the press would do nothing but talk about “congressional overreach”. They should have used the contempt powers earlier this year.


33 posted on 09/13/2016 5:57:38 PM PDT by georgiarat (Obama, providing incompetence since Day One!)
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To: Paine in the Neck

I think we know the answer to that.


34 posted on 09/13/2016 5:58:12 PM PDT by MichiganCheese (The darker the culture, the brighter your light can shine.)
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To: Libloather
Congress has REFUSED to stop Baraq Insane Obama and anyone connected with him for the past 6 years so I see no reason for anyone to respect Congress ever again. We are now in the land of lawlessness and a post Constitutional era.

Good luck - if nothing else happens this election cycle I pray daily to God that the GOPee is done, over, and gone. Trump has chosen to run as a Republican - my position he could have and should have do so as a third party candidate.
35 posted on 09/13/2016 6:02:17 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Libloather
"He should be here. … It is not optional, "


36 posted on 09/13/2016 6:26:29 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: Mariner; All

Congress has ALL the power in washington, the executive and judicial branch operate according to the whims of CONGRESS!

“U.S. CODE
TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 6—CONGRESSIONAL AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE; INVESTIGATIONS
Sec. 193. Privilege of witnesses
No witness is privileged to refuse to testify to any fact, or to produce any paper, respecting which he shall be examined by either House of Congress, or by any joint committee established by a joint or concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress, or by any committee of either House, upon the ground that his testimony to such fact or his production of such paper may tend to disgrace him or otherwise render him infamous.”

Simply look up Hinds Precedents, especially chapters 53 and 51, and Cannon’s Precedents, especially chapters 184-185. You’ll find numerous detailed cases of Congress asserting its power, arresting people, holding them until they agreed to answer questions, and then releasing them. Some of these people did not refuse to appear, but simply failed to satisfactorily answer questions. One has to wonder how a previous Congress might have responded to Alberto Gonzales’s endless recitations of “I do not recall.”

Congress can Remove the President
Congress can remove the head of every executive agency Congress can remove ALL of their employees
Congress can Abolish every agency they so choose
Congress can remove EVERY JUDGE IN AMERICA, including every supreme court justice.
Congress can abolish every federal court except the supreme Court
Congress can decide which cases the Judicial Branch can hear and decide
CONGRESS can Imprison ANYONE they want for any reason they so desire for as long as they wish.
Congress can declare WAR

No other governing body has even 10% of the power CONGRESS has!!

CONGRESS IS ALLOWING ALL OF IT!!!

Congress has the authority to arrest and imprison those found in Contempt. The power extends throughout the United States and is an inherent power (does not depend upon legislated act)

If found in Contempt the person can be arrested under a warrant of the Speaker of the House of Representatives or President of the Senate, by the respective Sergeant at Arms.

Statutory criminal contempt is an alternative to inherent contempt.

Under the inherent contempt power Congress may imprison a person for a specific period of time or an indefinite period of time, except a person imprisoned by the House of Representatives may not be imprisoned beyond adjournment of a session of Congress.

Imprisonment may be coercive or punitive.

Some references

[1] Joseph Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution, Volume 2, § 842 http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/print_documents/a1_5s21.html

[2] Anderson v. Dunn - 19 U.S. 204 - “And, as to the distance to which the process might reach, it is very clear that there exists no reason for confining its operation to the limits of the District of Columbia; after passing those limits, we know no bounds that can be prescribed to its range but those of the United States.” http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/19/204/case.html

[3] Jurney v. MacCracken, 294 U.S. 125 http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/294/125/case.html 73rd Cong., 78 Cong. Rec. 2410 (1934) https://archive.org/details/congressionalrec78aunit

[4] McGrain v. Daugherty, 273 U.S. 135 - Under a warrant issued by the President of the Senate the Deputy to the Senate Sergeant at Arms arrested at Cincinnati, Ohio, Mally S. Daugherty, who had been twice subpoenaed by the Senate and twice failed to appear. http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/273/135/case.html

[5] Rules of the House of Representatives, Rule IV Duties of the Sergeant at Arms - [] execute the commands of the House, and all processes issued by authority thereof, directed to him by the Speaker. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/HMAN-105/pdf/HMAN-105-pg348.pdf

[6] An analysis of Congressional inquiry, subpoena, and enforcement http://www.constitutionproject.org/documents/when-congress-comes-calling-a-primer-on-the-principles-practices-and-pragmatics-of-legislative-inquiry/

In 1857, a New York Times reporter refused to say which members of Congress had asked him to get them bribes (protecting his “sources” just as various Judith Millers today protect the people who feed them proven lies that costs thousands of lives), so Congress locked him up until he answered and then banned him from Congress.

In 1924 an oil executive appeared but refused to answer certain questions, so the Senate held — literally held — him in contempt. Senator Thomas Walsh of Montana argued that this question of contempt was of the gravest importance, and that it involved “the very life of the effective existence of the House of Representatives of the United States and of the Senate of the United States.” The matter was taken to court, and the witness fined and imprisoned.


37 posted on 09/13/2016 6:28:20 PM PDT by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: clearcarbon

put him and his attorney in jail


38 posted on 09/13/2016 6:29:31 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Proudly deplorable since 2016)
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To: refermech
>>Clever of the FBI to give him immunity and then not charge anyone with crimes.<<

I first thought the FBI was attempting to not have their investigation compromised...boy, was I fooled.

Now the big picture is becoming so very clear. Massive cover up.

Just saw the clips of those who pled the 5th before congress a bit ago. There really is a huge conspiracy to subvert justice.

Feels like a Tom Clancy novel and we're all knee deep in the plot.

39 posted on 09/13/2016 6:37:05 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: DiogenesLamp
They don't have the means to find them.

They need the Executive for that.

40 posted on 09/13/2016 6:39:14 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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