Top House Republican to hit Blinken with contempt charge: ‘I don’t take this lightly’

[Althea]

I asked you first.

So...no?

 

[Althea]

Yes he can. Trump set the precedent that Executive branch officers can just blow off and ignore congressional subpoenas

LOL.

(Oprah voice) "You get executive privilege, and you get executive privilege, and you get executive privilege!"

 

[ExpressLane]

So...no?

What is your answer to my question? Are you afraid?

 

[ExpressLane]

LOL.

(Oprah voice) "You get executive privilege, and you get executive privilege, and you get executive privilege!"

(Oprah voice) We love you wingman Eric Holder.

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

Top House Republican to hit Blinken with contempt charge: ‘I don’t take this lightly’

Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, plans to move forward with a contempt of Congress charge against Secretary of State Antony Blinken this month.

Blinken has refused to comply with a series of subpoenas from McCaul, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee. McCaul plans to introduce the contempt charge on May 24, and it will likely proceed to the House floor on a party-line vote by early June, his office told Fox News.

"I don't take this lightly because a secretary of State's never been held in contempt by Congress before," McCaul told Fox News Monday evening. "And I think the secretary realizes that and the gravity. They probably prefer not to go down this route as well. But if they do not comply, we're prepared to move forward next week with a markup for resolution of contempt."

Even if passed by the House, the contempt charge would largely be a symbolic move, as President Biden's Justice Department would likely decline to prosecute the case.

McCaul first floated the possibility of a criminal contempt charge last week. Blinken and the State Department have blown past multiple deadlines to provide documents relating to President Biden's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan in recent months.

"The Department is now in violation of its legal obligation to produce these documents and must do so immediately," McCaul wrote last week. "Should the Department fail to comply with its legal obligation, the Committee is prepared to take the necessary steps to enforce its subpoena, including holding you in contempt of Congress and/or initiating a civil enforcement proceeding."......

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/to...nken-contempt-charge-i-dont-take-this-lightly
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Our representatives have told Blinken to come and testify as to what happened in Afghanistan and Blinken is thumbing his nose at the people of the US. Charge him with criminal contempt NOW.

Too bad that your blustering bullying bullshitter of an ex-IMPOTUSx2 set the precedent for ignoring subpoenas. Payback's a bitch, bitch!

 

[Poor Richard Saunders]

So you were fine with Jordan ignoring subpoenas? Right?

You don't seem to understand how hypocrisy works.

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

So in your view the rule of law should just be discarded?

 

[Phantasmal]

No, that's Leftists for you. Holder under Obama did the exact same thing to Congress and was also held in contempt.

Lol, you went to Holder, but skipped all the Trumpers who refused to comply with their subpoenas, that just how dishonest you are.

 

[Cypress]

LOL.

(Oprah voice) "You get executive privilege, and you get executive privilege, and you get executive privilege!"

MAGAs have no one to blame but themselves for undermining congressional subpoenas.


It'll be fun watching Republicans beg the Biden justice department to enforce their subpoenas.

 

[zappasguitar]

You don't seem to understand how hypocrisy works.

ExpressLane posted a typical GOP response.

They have one set of rules for Trump and Co and another for regular folk.