Adam Schiff advocates for Inherent Contempt!!!

[Fiendish Thingy]

Just now on Rachel, Schiff proposed Inherent Contempt as a way to avoid court delays and avoid playing Trump's run-out-the-clock game. He specifically mentioned both imprisonment and fines as remedies via Inhernet contempt.

Now we're talking!!!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. My man!!

[calguy]

2. Way to go. If trump wants to play hardball

then Congress should give him his wish.

[CentralMass]

3. Do it !!

[hlthe2b]

4. I posted on this today--got little attention, but former Sen Carl Levin came out on this and was

echoed by Laurence Tribe. Both say it is both feasible and SHOULD be used.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212086446

[erronis]

31. Thanks for the link to your earlier post. Things are moving quickly and sometimes aren't noticed.

[ProudLib72]

5. So do it already!

Clap the cuffs on em and shove em in the slammer.

[Cracklin Charlie]

6. It's becoming painfully obvious that something must be done.

The Congress must use the powers they have been given.

[manor321]

7. They're finally catching up to what many of us have been saying

[Amaryllis]

8. Prison they can enforce. Don't know how they'd make them pay a fine when they can't make

them do anything else. Withholding salary they could also enforce. They need togo with the things they can enforce. IMHO.

[Fiendish Thingy]

10. They could put liens against property or other assets. Nt

[Amaryllis]

11. Good. Anything they can actually enforce is what they need to look at. Norms are gone.

[Control-Z]

9. Inherent contempt - NBC News

Under a rarely used doctrine known as "inherent contempt," the House or the Senate could send members of its security force — the sergeant at arms — to arrest and detain the witness.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1003411

[Grasswire2]

12. YES YES YES YES YES

......why not propose that from the get go?

[Takket]

13. well, the contempt had to be demonstrated before it can be inherant

and it has only been since the mueller report came out that Dems have started issuing the subpoenas that are being ignored.

[StarfishSaver]

17. Maybe

But it's so much more fun to second-guess and criticize the Democrats for not doing what we want them to do when we want them to do it, even when we don't understand what's going on.

[lunatica]

19. Word

[Fiendish Thingy]

21. Defying subpoenas, yes, but the intelligence committee has received NO briefings since Comey left

According to Schiff, the committee has received no counterintelligence briefings since Comey was fired- that's outrageous.

[zentrum]

14. +++Love the guy.

[gibraltar72]

15. Any means necessary.

[onetexan]

16. Keep up the strong-arming Mr. Schiff!!

hit 'em where it hurts

[ffr]

18. Do it!

We've have enough of this regime!

[defacto7]

20. Now..I'm..Listening

[Mme. Defarge]

22. So, what does it take to do it?

A majority of congress?

[Ponietz]

23. Congressman Schiff isn't the only one

Glad to see this before Loser, Jr., refuses to appear.

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Link to tweet

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[Fiendish Thingy]

24. Holy crap- first time I've had a post on the Front page

I've been here over 15 years, mostly lurking until I get a bee in my bonnet over something.

Glad I could stimulate the conversation.

[Ellipsis]

25. Good for you.

Well done.

Great topic

[emmaverybo]

26. You go Schiff. Put the screws to Baby Blimp and his gang.

[Bluesaph]

27. Can Trump pardon?

What would happen if he just blanket pardons everyone?

[Fiendish Thingy]

28. I dont think anyone can pardon for contempt, especially inherent contempt

As inherent contempt is not a statutory crime as I understand, but a procedural penalty. Pardoning for inherent contempt would raise issues of separation of powers I think...

[ecstatic]

29. Please do so, and quickly. nt

[pdsimdars]

30. Take a hint from Nike and JUST DO IT! (already)

[Honeycombe8]

32. Well, they have to do whatever it takes to protect the country.

Playing by the normal rules has not worked for over 2 years. It's time to take extraordinary measures, if necessary. Legal measures, of course.

[LiberalLovinLug]

33. "We're talking"

Yes, so what else is new?

Almost every day for months we get at least one headline here about some new promising action they are thinking about, talking about even! I am getting so sick of it.

[orangecrush]

34. DO IT!!!