Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoHouse GOP moves toward holding Blinken in contempt of Congresswww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down12
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minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoThey were out of government when subpoenas were issued. Gym Jordon wasn’t though.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·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.
minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYet that’s exactly what Republicans are doing here.
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.