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Do Congressional subpoena's mean anything?

Do Congressional subpoena's mean anything?

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mchill
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It doesn't look like they do. The House votes 229 - 202 mostly along party lines to subpoena Steve Bannon; Bannon tells the House to go and jump in a lake, the House refers the matter to the Justice Department, now Attorney General Merrick Garland sits on it day after day like a mother hen warming an egg, knowing full well that the clock is ticking on the House investigation, and that Bannon's testimony under oath is important. Is this how we deal with Congressional subpoena's, we just run out the clock? If so, then why bother issuing a subpoena?


https://www.newsweek.com/house-votes-approve-criminal-referral-against-steve-bannon-after-he-ignores-subpoena-1641370

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@mchill
I hate to say this but ..........

Say what you will about Trump, this sh&t wouldn't be happening in a reverse scenario.

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@mghrn55 said
@mchill
I hate to say this but ..........

Say what you will about Trump, this sh&t wouldn't be happening in a reverse scenario.
You are correct. Trump would have appointed an Attorney General that was loyal only to him, rather than to the American people. The AG would have immediately started the prosecution of the guy that ignored the subpoena if he was a member of the "other side" Maybe Biden should have done the same thing, rather than playing the roll of elder statesman, and appointing an independent AG, which is what an AG is supposed to be. Welcome to 21st century politics! 😕

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@mchill said
You are correct. Trump would have appointed an Attorney General that was loyal only to him, rather than to the American people. The AG would have immediately started the prosecution of the guy that ignored the subpoena if he was a member of the "other side" Maybe Biden should have done the same thing, rather than playing the roll of elder statesman, and appointing an independent AG, which is what an AG is supposed to be. Welcome to 21st century politics! 😕
It’s annoying but if the dems give up the moral high ground both parties will be rolling around in the mud at the bottom of the hill.
The electorate punished Trump and the Republicans severely for their disregard of the constitution and their abuse of executive power. Perhaps they should be trusted to reward decency in the White House.

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@mchill said
You are correct. Trump would have appointed an Attorney General that was loyal only to him, rather than to the American people. The AG would have immediately started the prosecution of the guy that ignored the subpoena if he was a member of the "other side" Maybe Biden should have done the same thing, rather than playing the roll of elder statesman, and appointing an independent AG, which is what an AG is supposed to be. Welcome to 21st century politics! 😕
He did...........William Barr ring a bell?

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We'll see more subpoenas this week as the Jan. 6 panel ramps up.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/us/politics/jan-6-subpoena.html

We'll see what this new angle uncovers.

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@Suzianne
And if the bastards are able to actually run out the clock getting it to SCOTUS where Trump's buddies might throw out the whole deal, effectively castigating the entire house, removing it's actual power.

I would not put THAT past those corrupt SCOTUS Trumpites.

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@mchill said
It doesn't look like they do. The House votes 229 - 202 mostly along party lines to subpoena Steve Bannon; Bannon tells the House to go and jump in a lake, the House refers the matter to the Justice Department, now Attorney General Merrick Garland sits on it day after day like a mother hen warming an egg, knowing full well that the clock is ticking on the House investigation, ...[text shortened]... eek.com/house-votes-approve-criminal-referral-against-steve-bannon-after-he-ignores-subpoena-1641370
Indictment has happened, Bannon turned himself in. Now lets see how things will develop.

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@ponderable said
Indictment has happened, Bannon turned himself in. Now lets see how things will develop.
There's more behind the scenes, though.

Meetings between the higher-ups. Communications about the event, before the event. There's far more to uncover than just Bannon (ewwww, sorry).

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@Suzianne
I heard they are not even counting on Bannon, just hoping someone flips.

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Nothing Burger 🍔

Just like your Russian Collusion BS 🙄

Have fun hoping...

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@sonhouse said
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I heard they are not even counting on Bannon, just hoping someone flips.
Correct.
Indicting Bannon will make others down the pipe nervous.

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@contenchess said
Nothing Burger 🍔

Just like your Russian Collusion BS 🙄

Have fun hoping...
Russian involvement in 2016 was real.
Mueller investigation mission was to determine if Russia meddled in the election.
Conclusion - yes

What fell out of the investigation in addition was if Trump campaign was in collusion with the Russians.
Conclusion - Trump got out of that by the skin of his teeth.

As Mueller put it ...
We don't quite have enough to proceed with an indictment without creating a constitutional crisis.

Or as FOX Propaganda put it....
Complete and Total exoneration !!

More Kool aid please !! 🤣

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@mghrn55

Steele Dossier was fake.

Everyone knows this. 🙄

Even the democrats know this.

Yall have fun with your new wishful thinking BS...🙄

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@contenchess said
@mghrn55

Steele Dossier was fake.

Everyone knows this. 🙄

Even the democrats know this.

Yall have fun with your new wishful thinking BS...🙄
There's much more to that than that dossier.
Russians were meddling then.
And they're doing it now.

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