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 Congressunder 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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As far as I’m concerned they can subpoena him, he can show up and tell them this isn’t a trial and he’ll only answer reasonable questions. They’re co-equal branches of government and they have no implicit power over him.
Frodo speaks lieterally to the a##es in the room, he’s got the height
“Whenever you think for one second why the left wants to take away your guns, see what is going on with the commie left and Venezuela right now..one in the same”
‘YOU GOT IT DUDET!’
Robert and his party desperately want us to become the next Venezuela. They’re sick.
Yeah, Killary.
Barr should cite the AG Holder (aka Wingman) precedent: FU Congress!
If I had to guess, I would say that's what panic looks like. The left is all coming out with this panicked response. In the past week look who crawled out from under their rocks, Hillary, Sally Yates, Ben Rhodes, and now Reich. I'm sure Comey, Brennan, Clapper and a few others will too. Nadler is almost manic about getting Trump to the point he is crossing into illegal actions. The left seems to feel the ax is about to fall on their necks.
I have read the Sergeant-at-Arms is a leftist who would balk at arresting a Democrat, but not a Republican.
US Marshals Service is in ... let's see... DOJ. Bzzzzt! Go back and try the courts again?
This little man has been making stupid statements since the Clinton presidency. He is a fool! Fortunately nobody listens to him.
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