Posted on 07/11/2018 7:10:20 AM PDT by mandaladon
So much for all of the anticipated excitement in Washington today. We were all set for former FBI attorney and Team Mueller member Lisa Page to show up and testify before the House Judiciary Committee. While it was going to be a closed session, at least some of the details were likely to leak out and several of the members have quite a few questions about Page’s text messaging history with her illicit lover, Peter Strzok. But now that’s all been put on hold. Despite having been served with a subpoena to appear, Page’s lawyer announced last night that she won’t be showing up.
Lisa Page, the former anti-Trump FBI lawyer and member of special counsel Robert Mueller’s team, said Tuesday evening that she will not attend a House committee hearing for which she had been subpoeanaed.
According to CNN, Ms. Page will not attend the planned deposition hearing by the House Judiciary and Oversight committees over access to her papers at the FBI, which had previously been provided to Congress
Page attorney Amy Jeffress, in a statement tweeted out by CNN reporter Laura Jarrett, said her client had only been subpoenaed four days before the planned hearing and needed more time to prepare…
So what happens now? In theory, Page could be charged with contempt of Congress. That carries a penalty of between one and twelve months in jail and/or a fine not to exceed $1,000. But it requires some extraordinary circumstances before they hand out penalties like that. Page’s attorney is making it sound as if she has every intention of complying but simply wants to review the materials she’ll be asked about in advance.
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I don’t blame her with four days to prepare, someone dropped the ball giving her only four days...
Now that she has a timeframe to prepare, if she stalls again, lock her up until she will testify...
She only responds to Strzok’s ‘poenas.
In a nutshell, that's exactly what is going on. That's why she wants to review all those documents before she's asked about them -- so she knows exactly where she can stray from the truth without fear of being contradicted by those documents.
Pleading the 5th looks bad and she doesn’t want to perjure herself.
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She doesn’t really have much to worry about. Republicans will never do anything to her. She just gave them biggest FU imaginable but she will never be indicted for anything.
As we see over and over again, the Swamp protects its own. They are never held accountable for anything.
“In a way, its good that Page is refusing to comply with the subpoena. It shines a very bright light on the pathetic weakness of our leaderless and inconsequential congress.”
We got all the bright lights, lasers, floodlights, HMIs, and kleig lights we need on that. Seems to do little good.
Welcome to Authoritarianism.
Embarrassing.....does anyone have guts to do the right thing anymore and put this impertinent piece of work in jail !
Congress is now subordinate to the DOJ branch of government which is run by UNelected bureaucrats, is UNaccountable to anyone (even the president), and UNcontrolable.
Other agencies will soon take notice and demand their own branches.
We are officially a banana republic.
Xlnt insight. She is probably afraid of something else much scarier to her.
Oh my!
That was pretty clever :)
We elect talkers, not doers. Their words get them elected, not their deeds. so that’s what they do when they come to Washington. They talk, pontificate and posture.
We elect them and put them there. Year after year. Just saying.
DC Switchboard for your suggestions:
202-224-3121
Millions of calls regarding Ms. Page would be a huge help; add your Strzok, McCabe, Mueller comments to those calls as well.
Let that sink in for a moment ...
well this would be a good time for a US attorney to subpoena her to a Grand Jury, see if she tries skipping out on that...seems it has to be done sooner or later, why not now?
She already said “no” so they might as well put her in solitary.
So this means Val’s married to FOX’s Greg? LOL
No, he’s married to a KENNEDY...............
From just an internet search:
Although the Constitution does not expressly authorize Congress to issue subpoenas, the Supreme Court has stated that the authority to subpoena is an "indispensable ingredient" of Congress' legislative power. Eastland v. United States Servicemen's Fund, 421 U.S. 491, 505 (1975).
and...
Contempt of Congress is the act of obstructing the work of the United States Congress or one of its committees . Historically, the bribery of a U.S. Senator or U.S. Representative was considered contempt of Congress. In modern times, contempt of Congress has generally applied to the refusal to comply with a subpoena issued by a Congressional committee or subcommittee —usually seeking to compel either testimony or the production of requested documents.
So even though its not a specified power in the constitution, it seems there is some legal precedent for congress to compel testimony. It seems to me that the only reason they should have to compel testimony is because the DoJ is NOT DOING ITS JOB, which would be investigating and charging folks under the law. Sad shape we are in.
Let her sit in the slammer until the committee is satisfied with her testimony.
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