Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days agoHouse GOP moves toward holding Blinken in contempt of Congresswww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down12
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minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoSteve Bannon was nit SecState. He wasn’t even part of the government
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 days agoThen ask Pete Navarro or Mark Meadows.
minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoThey were out of government when subpoenas were issued. Gym Jordon wasn’t though.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days 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.
minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoYet that’s exactly what Republicans are doing here.
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.