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Robert Reich encourages Congress to consider arresting William Barr
The Washington Examiner ^ | April 30, 2019 | by Daniel Chaitin

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 Congress—under 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."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 116th; agbarr; barr; desperatedems; diminutive; idiot; midget; mueller; russia; witchhunt
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I hope they keep pissing him off. Hopefully Barr is busy getting his ducks in a row to put these corrupt evildoers away for a long, long time.


41 posted on 04/30/2019 1:30:42 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Eric Holder ignored the subpoena issued to call him to testify by the Repubican Congress during the reign of King Barack I, thus setting a precident for A G Barr.


42 posted on 04/30/2019 1:31:58 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: dfwgator

A lot of justice could be carried out with a real investigation of Epstein Island.


43 posted on 04/30/2019 1:32:43 PM PDT by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!))
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To: MayflowerMadam

Yep...If they keep going as wild as they are, it probably will get bloody....


44 posted on 04/30/2019 1:35:33 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: servo1969

Right this minute, Robert should have the same political
influence as the average American, he’s not in the
cabinet any more.


45 posted on 04/30/2019 1:38:07 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Law-abiding Americans and Venezuelans do not needs their guns....

....until they do.

46 posted on 04/30/2019 1:39:41 PM PDT by HotHunt (Been there. Done that.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Arresting the Attorney General who is investigating prominent members of your party?

Smells like obstruction to me!


47 posted on 04/30/2019 1:40:53 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s Mr. Frodo!


48 posted on 04/30/2019 1:44:03 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (A working definition of the new "Elite" would be; "Those who matter to those who think they matter.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hi.

I’m thinking Congress has zero infantry divisions.

5.56mm


49 posted on 04/30/2019 1:44:53 PM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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To: PGalt

lol


50 posted on 04/30/2019 1:45:27 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Little sxxthead lawyer needs 2 b taken ‘out behind the barn’


51 posted on 04/30/2019 1:47:27 PM PDT by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
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To: Fido969

As the Trump/Barr, etc. investigations get close, maybe after a couple of ops have been turned I would not be terribly surprised if the Organs send a squad to try to arrest DJT, i.e. run a real Coup. Many careers will end and maybe some will end in prison or in a country without extradition if something like that isn’t done.


52 posted on 04/30/2019 1:51:50 PM PDT by arthurus (bnbbb)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The lollipop guild speaks again.


53 posted on 04/30/2019 1:52:59 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: z3n

All politics involving the Left is strictly Us and Them.


54 posted on 04/30/2019 1:53:19 PM PDT by arthurus (h)
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To: dfwgator

He’s tired of being overlooked!


55 posted on 04/30/2019 1:53:58 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Must think he’s in China or the good old USSR ,LOL


56 posted on 04/30/2019 1:58:11 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Please try.....


57 posted on 04/30/2019 1:59:19 PM PDT by cranked
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
All 56 inches of him are enraged,it would appear.
58 posted on 04/30/2019 2:01:38 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Bill Barr:The Bill Belichick of Attorneys General)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Literal human shrimp.


59 posted on 04/30/2019 2:19:18 PM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Reich is insane.


60 posted on 04/30/2019 2:32:23 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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