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Originally Posted by dc_dux
The offers made by the WH were to have these (and other) WH officials testify in closed session, without a transcript and not under oath.
Bullshit!
It is the role of the DoJ and the AG to enforce the law..and that includes filing charges of Contempt of Congress before a federal grand jury when those persons subpoenaed to testify do not comply. Every person who having been summoned as a witness by the authority of either House of Congress to give testimony or to produce papers upon any matter under inquiry before either House, or any joint committee established by a joint or concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress, or any committee of either House of Congress, willfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the question under inquiry, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 nor less than $100 and imprisonment in a common jail for not less than one month nor more than twelve months.
US Code - Refusal of witness to testify or produce papers
and let the Judiciary determine if executive privilege applies. |
In the course of an investigation testimony under oath is not the normal initial request. Normally an investigation will start with simply talking to the parties or taking an informal statement from the people involved. Congress chose not to take that course, they instead made the choice of being confrontational. Not wise in my opinion.
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