Too bad we don’t have any real Americans in the Republican controlled Congress, Hell just having an American as Speaker would go along way to fix this travesty.
He could bring in Wray, hold him in CONTEMPT of CONGRESS, and JAIL HIS ASS, just to bring him back before the Committee every single day in an Orange Jumpsuit, Leg Irons and Shackles...to resume testimony...
“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 could bring in Wray, hold him in CONTEMPT of CONGRESS, and JAIL HIS ASS, just to bring him back before the Committee every single day in an Orange Jumpsuit, Leg Irons and Shackles...to resume testimony...
The phrase, “Oh we couldn’t do something like that…” will be written on this country’s epitaph. Because the good people refused to save this country via the types of measures that were essential to its very founding, the country was lost. The refusal to acknowledge both the dire nature of our situation, and the severity of the actions necessary to correct it, will be the ultimate cause of our doom.
We are being ruled (yes “ruled”, not “led”) by lawless tyrants who are no less tyrannical than any who have come before them in world history. In a sane society these people would be rounded up and prosecuted for treason, followed by public execution if found guilty. These tyrants will not stop, and will in fact just further increase their lawlessness, unless and until the People unambiguously reassert their sovereignty.
He could bring in Wray, hold him in CONTEMPT of CONGRESS, and JAIL HIS ASS, just to bring him back before the Committee every single day in an Orange Jumpsuit, Leg Irons and Shackles...to resume testimony...
But your point is fallacious, because we’re talking Republicans, here. But as we all know, Republicans wouldn’t stoop to doing anything like this, as we are far above any retaliatory behavior; it just wouldn’t be prudent! So what if the Constitution demands it? We Republicans have ethics! We turn the other cheek! All four of them!
That's the way it used to work - when the men with guns were neutral.
Jan 6 protesters don't get long outrageous sentences without the DOJ charging them. They might not even get arrested. And then there are the DC judges and juries. I don't think of DC as US territory.