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So what happens if they still dont testify? well, when it comes to sitting members of congress, they could potentially be called up before the ethics committee, or congress could ask the justice department to prosecute any subpoena dodgers with whats called contempt of congress, which is a crime. in theory, congress could also use whats known as inherent contempt power, and have the sergeant at arms actually make arrests. now, that actually used to be pretty common up until the 1930s. now, wheth...

January 29, 2021 With the 117th Congress now fully seated, the private sector is set to face greater scrutiny from the Legislative Branch than it has in a decade, as Democrats regain control of both chambers of Congress and the presidency for the first time since 2010. Democrats are assuming unitary control as a number of hot-button issues involving private sector entities are front and center in the public discourse—many of which are drawing bipartisan interest—including COVID-19 relief sp...

Is It Justifiable For A Judge To Hear A Contempt Matter Of Which He Has An Interest? JAN 17, 2021 “Little things count most as they form the foundation of great things” - Benjamin T. Antiedu, Esq (Author Reading the Law) INTRODUCTION The first time I heard of contempt of court was 2013 during the hearing of the Election Petition where some political parties’ activists and an editor were cited for contempt for bastardizing the courts. In fact, the 2013 election petition, aside it being ...

Or is he just being safe? >> i -- i think both. i think hes being safe and i think with the opinion that was just handed down by judge brown jackson saying there is absolutely no such thing as absolute immunity. so people have to comply with these subpoenas. and if they dont, they dont have a legal basis to refuse to comply. i mean, that sent a powerful signal. and hopefully, congress will pick up on that and will begin issuing subpoenas. and using that as a basis to enforce them with their powe...

These subpoenas. and if they dont, they dont have a legal basis to refuse to comply. i mean, that sent a powerful signal. and hopefully, congress will pick up on that and will begin issuing subpoenas. and using that as a basis to enforce them with their power. and katy, in that opinion from judge jackson, she sets out just how the inherent contempt power works and how it is a lawful vehicle for congress to force people to comply with their subpoenas. >> glenn kershner. glenn, thank you very much...

Psy. robert, always good to see you. what are the -- i guess walk through the likelihood that were going to hear from either kupperman or bolton or mulvaney given -- given this hearing. >> boy, its hard to know what to expect. i do think its interesting. i mean, pete did a very nice job of laying out why the bolton/kupperman camp thinks that the interests of their side do not line up with mulvaneys legal interests. but i think that theres also something else at stake, which is that each camp is ...

Prisballas reporting about the way that theyre focusing this. it is like building a case. it is like putting something together for a trial. except your jury is the american people. >> abuse of power is the easiest avenue to achieve impeachment. it is not a crime but crimes are not necessarily all impeachable and the converse is that not all impeachable offenses must be crimes. so we have abuse of power and we do have precedent in the case of richard nixon but we also have precedent in the form ...

Back in 1935. since then congress has instead referred cases to the justice department. joining us now, senior legal affairs. back with us former u.s. attorney in the district of michigan. barbara, of these three inherent contempt, that means potentially extreme that the individual acting chief of staff could be drag to jail. is that correct? >> inherent contempt power exists. there is statutory contempt power where members of congress go to the department of justice and ask them to prosecute th...

However, sondland will not comply to turn over documents related to his official work on this. he says that those arent really his documents, its the state departments records, and that if congress wants to get them from the state department, theyre going to have to get the state department to cough them up. >> david, quickly, also the big headline talking about documents -- friday, acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, hes going to have to -- thats the deadline for the subpoena for more document...

However, sondland will not be complying with another request which is that he turn over all of his documents related to his official work on they says that those arent really his documents, its the state departments record, and that if the congress wants to get them from the state department, they are going to have to get the state department to cough them up. >> david, quickly, also the big headline talking about document, friday acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, he is going to have, to that...