Posted on 04/30/2019 12:52:12 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Political pundit Robert Reichhhh encouraged Congress to consider having Attorney General William Barr arrested if he doesn't cooperate with lawmakers' demands.
Barr is scheduled to testify about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, but the Justice Department and majority party Democrats are grappling over the parameters.
Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., has said Barr will be subpoenaed if he doesn't show.
In an opinion piece in Newsweek on Tuesday, Reich, who was labor secretary in the Clinton administration, said there should be consequences if Barr refuses to comply with a subpoena.
"What could the Committee do? Hold Barr in contempt of Congress—under Congress's inherent power to get the information it needs to carry out its constitutional duties. Congress cannot function without this power," Reich wrote. "Under this inherent power, the House can order its own sergeant-at-arms to arrest the offender, subject him to a trial before the full House, and, if judged to be in contempt, jail that person until he appears before the House and brings whatever documentation the House has subpoenaed."
Reich noted historical precedence of at least threatening jail time, citing the Nixon era, but cast doubt on Nadler actually going through with such an extreme show of force.
"Would America really be subject to the wild spectacle of the sergeant-at-arms of the House arresting an Attorney General and possibly placing him in jail?" he said. "Probably not. Before that ever occurred, the Trump administration would take the matter to the Supreme Court on an expedited basis."
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I hope they keep pissing him off. Hopefully Barr is busy getting his ducks in a row to put these corrupt evildoers away for a long, long time.
Eric Holder ignored the subpoena issued to call him to testify by the Repubican Congress during the reign of King Barack I, thus setting a precident for A G Barr.
A lot of justice could be carried out with a real investigation of Epstein Island.
Yep...If they keep going as wild as they are, it probably will get bloody....
Right this minute, Robert should have the same political
influence as the average American, he’s not in the
cabinet any more.
....until they do.
Arresting the Attorney General who is investigating prominent members of your party?
Smells like obstruction to me!
It’s Mr. Frodo!
Hi.
I’m thinking Congress has zero infantry divisions.
5.56mm
lol
Little sxxthead lawyer needs 2 b taken ‘out behind the barn’
As the Trump/Barr, etc. investigations get close, maybe after a couple of ops have been turned I would not be terribly surprised if the Organs send a squad to try to arrest DJT, i.e. run a real Coup. Many careers will end and maybe some will end in prison or in a country without extradition if something like that isn’t done.
The lollipop guild speaks again.
All politics involving the Left is strictly Us and Them.
He’s tired of being overlooked!
Must think he’s in China or the good old USSR ,LOL
Please try.....
Literal human shrimp.
Reich is insane.
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