The Department of Justice said Wednesday that Pam Bondi will not appear for her upcoming deposition in the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation given that she is no longer serving as the US attorney general.
The department argued that Bondi was subpoenaed in her official role as attorney general and not in a personal capacity. As such, she won’t appear on Capitol Hill on April 14 to discuss her role overseeing the release of the Epstein Files, Assistant Attorney General Patrick D. Davis wrote in a letter to House Oversight Chairman James Comer.
Hahahah, then she can be arrested as a private citizen for contempt of Congress.
Holy fuck these people are stupid.
But isn’t it the DoJ who would have to bring the indictment leading to the arrest?
What’s your second guess?
Congress can find someone in contempt, and they can direct US Marshalls to round up anyone who tries to run off.
Remind me which party controls Congress?
The United States Marshals Service is part of the executive branch, not controlled by Congress. Remind me which party controls the executive branch?
The same party that controls the Congressional committee that issued the subpoena.
Yeah, I should have said the Sergeant-at-Arms. Point being, their enforcement power, while not highly resourced, is independent of the Executive branch.
The Republicans. You can look these things up, you know.
If she’s still in DC, Congress actually controls the Capitol Police.
https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IN/PDF/IN11570/IN11570.4.pdf
It would… maybe be unprecedented for them to say, arrest her if she ever is on/in any of the areas of the Capitol they have jurisdiction over… but you can make a case that that’s within their lawful powers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol_Police
Wiki says they technically have nationwide jurisdiction.
If Trump gets to turn ICE into the Gestapo, why not?
Congress could theoretically turn them into something like the US Marshalls.
And remind me, which party is currently in control of Congress, to order the Capitol Police to take this unprecedented action?
Wiki is not the short name of Wikipedia
Yes it is
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no it’s A wiki
but is like reading someone call facebook just “book”
Well it sure ain’t pedia
Also true