then make the POS do it in front of the cameras for every questionShove a cattle prod up his ass, then crank up the voltage to “well done” - that SOB will sing like a canary.
You know what? I’m Ok with that.
That is his absolute legal right. And even if formally arrested and indicted, he has other rights.
* The right to legal councel.
* The right to be tried in an open court before an impartial jury of his peers.
* The right to confront witnesses and evidence against him and to cross examine or otherwise impeach said witnesses and evidence.
* An absolute presumption of innocence, until such time as a jury concludes that the evidence has proven his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Because this is one of those things things that defines us as a country and marks us out as Americans.
Unless your last name is Kavanaugh
The House Judiciary committee should make him plead the Fifth in front of the whole nation. Then, at the end of his non-testimony, the committee should vote to send a criminal referral to DOJ. He definitely perjured himself in his earlier testimony.
I don't intend this as a punishment for their exercising their right. Rather, I think a company that refuses to cooperate with government oversight is an ethical and security risk.
And Nothing will happen to any of these scumbags. It’s all, tick tock-boom-peril of Pauline, come back tomorrow, watch Hannity, send campaign cash, Baloney.
Subpoena him. Put him in a public hearing. Make the rat take the 5th like a communist in the 1950s.
Got something to hide there Glenny boy?
I doubt very much that Glen Simpson is the big fish in this conspiracy. He should be subpoenaed, given immunity, and then jailed for contempt if he refuses to give up the other conspirators.
I thought the 5th was for criminal trials-court trials.
How was this right ported over to the congressional arena? To their oversight? I’m gonna guess a SCOTUS decision....
MAKE HIM APPEAR TO TAKE THE FIFTH!!!
Here is an idea:
1. Force him to come to the hearing.
2. Make him publicly plead the Fifth.
3. “Congratulations Mr. Simpson, this is your lucky day. The committee has granted you FULL IMMUNITY for your testimony. Here is the formal grant.
Now, you are going to tell us EVERYTHING we want to know.”
Can you imagine his face at that moment? He would be truly F****D.
Refuse to testify, go directly to the jail cell in the basement.
Testify and lie... legal trouble.
Testify fully and openly and tell the truth, lets call it trouble in his “Social Network”.
then make the POS do it in front of the cameras for every questionMake him plead the old-fashioned way. Drag his butt in via subpoena and make him sit there in Congress and repeatedly invoke the 5th for hours. Please, someone in the GOP, understand the PR value of doing it this way vs. a letter from his lawyer.
He has already testified previously, he can NOT take the 5th, to do so would be Contempt of Court, furthermore CONgress is NOT a “Court of Law” and there is NO RIGHT to Refuse to Testify.
Congress has ALL the power in washington, the executive and judicial branch operate according to the whims of CONGRESS!
“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 can Remove the President
Congress can remove the head of every executive agency Congress can remove ALL of their employees
Congress can Abolish every agency they so choose
Congress can remove EVERY JUDGE IN AMERICA, including every supreme court justice.
Congress can abolish every federal court except the supreme Court
Congress can decide which cases the Judicial Branch can hear and decide
CONGRESS can Imprison ANYONE they want for any reason they so desire for as long as they wish. EXCEPT The President and Vice President
Congress can declare WAR
No other governing body has even 10% of the power CONGRESS has!!
CONGRESS IS ALLOWING ALL OF IT!!!
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.
Manafort him.
Let him! Remember all those intercepts and unmasking of US persons that were done in 2016 (and probably before and since)? Well, Simpson’s emails, texts, phone calls, etc., are every bit as available.