Posted on 09/19/2019 3:27:53 PM PDT by jazusamo
I agree, SJ Lee is one of the most obnoxious Rats in the House and that’s saying something.
She’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer either, Conway and Sanders have more upstairs by a long shot than she.
I don’t know how this would play out but is it possible that a “witness” could appear, under subpoena, take the oath, give his opening statement and then announce that he has complied with the subpoena and is now leaving the hearing?
Until there is a vote to hold in contempt could the Sergeant at Arms be ordered to detain him, and if so, could he then demand that he be provided with an arrest warrant?
If he is detained, is he then “under arrest? If so, does he now have the right to invoke his Miranda Rights?
Under the above scenario, this could get very interesting and could force the courts to define the boundaries of obligations under Congressional subpoenas.
Comments from attorneys would be appreciated.
Lewandowski should apologize and offer to come back and testify again.
...and then lay another mega troll on the clowns!
Rep. Johnson an old country boy, give him some of his beverage of choice, he’d tell you how he and his buddies tipped not only cows but bulls too!!!
BIG ONES!!!
Hmm...not an attorney here, but even The Waddler must surely realize that the spectacle of a `witness’ being strongarmed out of the House chamber in handcuffs to an uncertain fate would create an instant martyr in the eyes of the public.
Last guy to leave that many would-be tacklers grabbing thin air was Barry Sanders. Lewandowski is an artist.
Good point on the optics. I am interested in the legal consequences. Can the house actually arrest and detain/incarcerate him, even if only in a private office under guard, (since they don’t have a jail cell)? The Judiciary can do that for contempt of court, but does Congress have the same power? But you are correct that the optics would be a riot and Lewendowski would love to have the House do it since it would give him publicity for his Senate run.
Johnson has no “integrity” and if memory serves me correctly, no knowledge of geography, i.e. asking whether Guam will tip over if we station 12,000 more troops there.
Lewandowski should have answered the question about where did he go during a certain period of time (he answered that he took his family on a vacation).
I would have answered, “I planned to take us to Guam but I was worried that 4 more people on that island would tip it over so we went to our beach”.
Johnson, another name for a schmuck.
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