“True, they could do that, but when is the last time Congress has actually done it?”
1935.
“Even if they did arrest someone at the DOJ for contempt, they would still be able to claim executive privilege in a court.”
Only the President can assert executive privilege. Somehow I doubt President Trump would do so.
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“1935.”
Which is exactly why nobody takes the power seriously anymore.
“Only the President can assert executive privilege.”
Others in the Executive Branch have invoked it in the past and gotten away with it, so that really isn’t established. In fact, Steve Bannon recently asserted it to Congress and at the time he wasn’t even employed by the government at all.