Posted on 05/11/2019 9:28:57 AM PDT by re_tail20
House Democrats are ramping up plans to hold more members of the Trump administration in contempt of Congress.
Instead of taking up a newly passed Judiciary Committee resolution holding Attorney General William Barr in contempt, Democratic leaders signaled they’ll hold off on a vote to give other administration officials time to comply with subpoenas House lawmakers issued as part of a sweeping investigation into Trump’s business dealings and political activities.
“There may be some other contempt of Congress issues that we want to deal with at the same time,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday when asked about the timing of a House vote on the Barr contempt citation.
She suggested the House vote on contempt would address “a cumulative effect of obstruction that the administration is engaged in,” in the face of broad inquiries by House committees led by Democrats.
The contempt list could grow to include Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and even special counsel Robert Mueller, whom Democrats had widely praised for his handling of a probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Democrats are also after Don McGahn, Trump’s former White House counsel, who has refused a subpoena to testify before the judiciary panel.
Mueller’s name went on the list Friday, when Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler announced he has not yet been able to reach a deal with the Justice Department for Mueller to testify before the committee.
Democrats believed Mueller was going to appear next week, but he won’t be coming.
“He will come at some point,” Nadler, D-N.Y., said to reporters. “If it’s necessary, we’ll subpoena him and he will come.”
A subpoena could lead to a contempt charge if Mueller does not show up, although it’s not clear whom Democrats would blame.
Mueller’s testimony hinges on Barr, who oversees the special counsel's...
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Why don’t they cut to the chase and vote to hold the entire administration in contempt. And while they’re at it, hold every Trump voter in contempt.
This nonsense will backfire on these vermin, come November 2020.
Can’t wait for the youtube videos.
This is getting so ridiculous. They are like crybabies who can’t have their way.
Welcome to the Third World at the hands of the Democrats.
Arresting and imprisoning the opposition is the norm in the Sh**hole countries.
The Rat filth are terrified that the whole frame up of Trump could actually collapse and he will be free to be President. So now they’re going all out.
They do.
...and that's the truth.
Clueless - Most people in America have figured out this is a time for a normal person to get ahead a little bit and are quite engaged in such. Not to worry though these same people are very much paying attention with their mobile devices.
Dear Democrats,
Contempt is really a strong enough word.
We all hate your stinking guts.
Why not just vote the 60,000,000 deplorables contempt citations? I’d love to be able to hang mine on the wall.
what a swell party the left are- lose an election- then turn around and attempt to destroy the lives of everyone associated with the party they lost to-
How long are the American people going to put up with this from their employees?
Doing so only dilutes and cheapens their dudgeon.
Pathetic.
BS.
Nadler will never subpoena Mueller. Nads knows that Jim Jordan, Gohmert, and Gaetz would question Mueller and demonstrate to all that Mueller is a Deep State hack.
Fuster cluck.
Today's Dems should strive to meet their standards of intellectual rigor.
It’s time that we hold them in contempt. 2020 can’t come soon enough to get rid of these rats.
Oh, Hardspun, that is a fantastic idea!
I would love to see shirts, signs, hats,memes, mocking their “contempt” crap.
Go Alinsky on them.
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