Would that keep him outta jail?
Do it. 9 am tomorrow.
Nah, better to keep Pelosi’s deranged criminal soviet committee charges in place and let the Dem NKVD drag all the Trump people off to jail.
It’s the right thing to do.
And you know how “republicans” like to do the Right Thing.
Why not also repudiate or rescind the NY DAs use of federal law to bring the case in NY against Trump. The NY DA had no authority and the case should be called illegal and invalid. Federal laws are created by congress and not the states, and the states are not authorized to uphold federal law.
They don’t have the votes to do it, is why they don’t do it.
Why didn’t any of those dimwits think about that before now?
What good would it do now? He’s already been tried and convicted. Damage done.
Excellent suggestion. What say you, Speaker Mikey?
Because they don't have the votes, that's why.
There was no insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6. Zilch.
These were and remain the creme of the crop of US citizens. I watched nonstop five hours of the live coverage of all the people peacefully assembling outside., some waiting for guards to open the door yo this public building. After s long wait thr guards did open the doors and direct people to file in an orderly manner. The Biden administration’s incarcerating people on bogus charges and keeping them prisoner ranks as the the biggest stain ever on the Democrat Party and those administering the US judicial system.
Steve Bannon describes this obscene falsified politic roundup for exactly what it is.
The ANSWER: Because, as politicians, we're too CHICKEN$HIT!
Because they don’t have the votes to do so.
Anyone who doubts this, refer to previous votes.
Perfect!
He has to ask? Why not act.
Because Johnson is a democrat sleeper agent.
He is just throwing us a verbal fish to try to make us feel good. He knows it won’t happen; he can’t allow it to happen. His overlords would be upset.
Why don’t you find Garland in Contempt of Congress and JAIL HIM??
“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.
Why doesn’t he stop asking questions and start doing something?