@Rapidcreek to politics • 2 months agoHouse GOP moves toward holding Blinken in contempt of Congresswww.politico.commessage-square8arrow-up150arrow-down12
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minus-square@FlowVoidlinkEnglish13•2 months agoEh, not always. Just ask Steve Bannon, federal inmate #05635-509.
minus-square@RapidcreekOPlink8•2 months agoSteve Bannon was nit SecState. He wasn’t even part of the government
minus-square@RapidcreekOPlink7•2 months agoThey were out of government when subpoenas were issued. Gym Jordon wasn’t though.
minus-square@FlowVoidlinkEnglish2•edit-22 months agoHolding a contempt vote while they are in government is kind of pointless, because the DoJ is unlikely to prosecute its own. Anyway let’s put it this way: in the past ten years only one Democrat has been found in contempt of Congress.
Eh, not always. Just ask Steve Bannon, federal inmate #05635-509.
Steve Bannon was nit SecState. He wasn’t even part of the government
Then ask Pete Navarro or Mark Meadows.
They were out of government when subpoenas were issued. Gym Jordon wasn’t though.
Holding a contempt vote while they are in government is kind of pointless, because the DoJ is unlikely to prosecute its own.
Anyway let’s put it this way: in the past ten years only one Democrat has been found in contempt of Congress.
Yet that’s exactly what Republicans are doing here.