Posted on 03/23/2023 7:55:16 AM PDT by bitt
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) called demands from House GOP leaders to force his testimony an “unlawful incursion” on his ongoing probe into former President Trump’s role in a hush money scandal.
The Thursday response from Bragg comes as lawmakers, led by House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), demanded the DA turn over all documents and communications about the case.
The move “is an unprecedent[ed] inquiry into a pending local prosecution. The letter only came after Donald Trump created a false expectation that he would be arrested the next day and his lawyers reportedly urged you to intervene,” Bragg wrote.
“Neither fact is a legitimate basis for congressional inquiry.”
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Laws for thee but not for me, huh biotch?
Hmm, he’s being rather contemptuous of Congress. I think there might be a law against that.
Bragg is beginning to look incompetent. And he’s been caught hiding testimony from the GJ.
Not if you’re a demoncrat. It’s ok then.
Again, he's an anti-American leftist liberal democrat, so this is not an issue.
Maybe Bragg is a low IQ low achiever example of a Affirmative Action student who got into Haavard to fill their quota so they could get Federal Funds. Most of his constituents consider him a loser.
Bragg, how was it a false expectation when you had idiots dragging out barriers in front of the courthouse?
It was YOU Bragg, that created that impression, not Trump. This is why decent DA’s want actual evidence, not cooked up political pap as evidence of a crime.
I'll bet you could make a killing selling speedbags with Al's face on them.
Bragg ties to hide behind the law while using it to persecute Trump. Very typical Maoist actions.
“Neither fact is a legitimate basis for congressional inquiry.”
This alone is enough for the Speaker to issue an Arrest Warrant for this clown and have him forcefully brought to Congress to answer questions.
“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.
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.
He’ll be given a pass - with the GOP backing down as well - otherwise they know they’ll be called every name for racists with White Privilege who want to bring back Jim Crow Laws and Keep Blacks like Bragg Down. I think Bragg will do it anyway, as pressure mounts and he looks increasingly inept.
When all else fails, use the race card. Works every time.
Wait for it in 3..2..1..
Still say a paranoid George Soros is imagining black vans surrounding his “secret” residence and suspects his security detail is about to betray him. He no doubt is calling Bragg endlessly with confusing, conflicting orders. That is why Bragg has not gone forward with the indictment . Bragg of course knows how to play the racism card when Republican congressmen seek information and needs the Soros apparatus and PR machine to fight them.
LOCAL PERSECUTION
NOW—it is spelled right
Change you name Chumpmonk!!! I’m offended your named after a Rebel General. My family fought for the North during the war.
Beginning to look incompetent?
Did you know he was incompetent (i.e., could you point to specific evidence) or was that just speculation given who he is and what he was trying to do?
Bragg, have you communicated with Soros or his representatives?
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