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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy is "Contempt of Congress" only a misdemeanor?
Going on trial for Contempt of Congress is equivalent to indecent exposure or possession of a joint...
https://ktla.com/news/ex-trump-adviser-navarro-indicted-by-grand-jury/
No wonder these people just tell Congress to go fuck themselves... no real teeth.
hlthe2b
(102,292 posts)it can be escalated to a felony)...
WarGamer
(12,452 posts)If it was a felony.
AZSkiffyGeek
(11,029 posts)Have never been to jail
WarGamer
(12,452 posts)Is minuscule.
Navarro will just drag this out and eventually produce the documents.
Pobeka
(4,999 posts)He's up on two counts.
Okay reality is he'll not get the max, because, you know, justice in america is broken.
WarGamer
(12,452 posts)Drag out the legal system until after November, hoping GOP wins.
He'll wait til the last minute and then produce the documents and charges will be dropped.
Pobeka
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AZSkiffyGeek
(11,029 posts)Not sure where youre getting your only two information
former9thward
(32,025 posts)Not trials. There have been very few of those. The pleas have been mainly to misdemeanors with little or no jail time.
AZSkiffyGeek
(11,029 posts)And multiple convictions.
Gotcha.
Ohio Joe
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WarGamer
(12,452 posts)Is there a list of people who've been historically charged with Contempt of Congress and the disposition of their cases?
I found a list of those held in contempt of Congress... including Janet Reno, Eric Holder, Meadows and Bill Barr... but no list of Federal prosecutions.
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bigtree
(85,998 posts)(CNN) Several close allies of Steve Bannon have been subpoenaed to testify before a New York state grand jury investigating his fundraising for a private border wall effort, people familiar with the investigation tell CNN.
The subpoenas were sent to several witnesses in recent weeks, requiring them to appear and provide testimony for the Manhattan district attorney's probe, the people said. Among those who received subpoenas are people in Bannon's "immediate circle," according to one of the sources familiar with the matter.
The subpoenas are the clearest indication that the Manhattan district attorney's criminal investigation into Bannon's fundraising efforts is intensifying and could lead to possible charges against former President Donald Trump's onetime adviser.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/03/politics/steve-bannon-new-york-grand-jury-build-the-wall/index.html
Bannon is scheduled to go to trial in July in the criminal contempt-of-Congress case the DOJ has brought against him for not complying with the House January 6 Committee's subpoena.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/15/politics/steve-bannon-contempt-of-congress-trial/index.html
msongs
(67,420 posts)AZSkiffyGeek
(11,029 posts)walkingman
(7,628 posts)American Justice system is all about no accountability for anyone other than the worker bees. It is all about money and connections.
bigtree
(85,998 posts)...it's about the documents he's been withholding which include conversations between Navatto and Trump, and other co conspirators about the plot he's descibed in public to overturn the results of the presidential election.
There's also the element of coercing Navarro's cooperation. The prospect of two months in jail can animate even the most recalicitrant offenders.
AZSkiffyGeek
(11,029 posts)The just wanna see Trump supporters in jail and dont care how they get there