Posted on 04/30/2019 12:52:12 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Political pundit Robert Reichhhh encouraged Congress to consider having Attorney General William Barr arrested if he doesn't cooperate with lawmakers' demands.
Barr is scheduled to testify about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, but the Justice Department and majority party Democrats are grappling over the parameters.
Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., has said Barr will be subpoenaed if he doesn't show.
In an opinion piece in Newsweek on Tuesday, Reich, who was labor secretary in the Clinton administration, said there should be consequences if Barr refuses to comply with a subpoena.
"What could the Committee do? Hold Barr in contempt of Congressunder Congress's inherent power to get the information it needs to carry out its constitutional duties. Congress cannot function without this power," Reich wrote. "Under this inherent power, the House can order its own sergeant-at-arms to arrest the offender, subject him to a trial before the full House, and, if judged to be in contempt, jail that person until he appears before the House and brings whatever documentation the House has subpoenaed."
Reich noted historical precedence of at least threatening jail time, citing the Nixon era, but cast doubt on Nadler actually going through with such an extreme show of force.
"Would America really be subject to the wild spectacle of the sergeant-at-arms of the House arresting an Attorney General and possibly placing him in jail?" he said. "Probably not. Before that ever occurred, the Trump administration would take the matter to the Supreme Court on an expedited basis."
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The small mind speaketh once more.
And still, we do not give a .......
Some of these little fascists will not be satisfied until there is a civil war here in the US. For guys like Reich, I suspect he would die a very unhappy man if there wasn’t at least an attempt at a communist-backed rebellion in the US before the end of his life.
Sargent-At-Arms does not have a SWAT team. DOJ does. Just saying.
LOL, He definitely has fascist tendencies....
Eric Holder was held in contempt as well. Which means that if this principle is to be applied, he should be jailed first.
Thought that mige died...
The Dwarf is scared too.
They have his Master cornered
At least Loveless had class.
Reich and Obama, like Lenin and Adolph, are also short little guys.
Although, like other close “friends”, Adolph liked little boys, until they were all used up. Then they would dispose of them.
Trump should arrest the entire Democrat delegation and all candidates running against him.
Your sure talk big for such a small man......
Ah so, Robert (the Fourth) Reich has SPOKEN!
More lies or unlawful threats...
we have Regretfully.. had several very aptly named political hacks in recent years, (with just a little poetic license)...
Flake
Buttplug
PeLOUSY
HilLIARy
FakeaHaunchus
McShame
Hussein OBummer
and now
Robert the Fourth Reich
any more come to mind?
How very fascist of Herr Reich. The Left is replete with jackbooted thugs.
The Malignant Dwarf speaks.
Little Robert has a big mouth but a small brain.
The demons are unhinged!!!
Evil forces are getting stronger and stronger in my opinion.
Although, wasn’t Fourth Reich the stag of Epstein Island?
And “crazy” can be dangerous.
For some reason I’m having visions of pitchforks and torches if the Rats don’t simmer down a bit. How far do they step before they overstep?
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