Powers, and the constitutional oversight responsibilities of congress. He used every trick in the book to stonewall our efforts at every turn. You do not have to take my word for it. Declared weump are fighting all subpoenas. I do not want people testifying, and no do overs. Like a mob boss than the president of the United States. His administration is more than happy to follow his lead. Attorney general barr refused to release the full, unredacted Mueller Report and underlying evidence. The committee voted to hold him in contempt of congress. That ans news today agreement was reached on some of the underlying evidence but it has yet to be seen whether the department of justice will live up to its deal so we need to keep all options on the table. There were some documents and information that falls outside of this agreement. Meanwhile, don mcgann has also failed to provide documents of congress while refusing to testify before congress. This unrelenting campaign of stonewalling with th
Later, travel writer and tv host rick steves talks about his role as an Advisory Board member of the National Organization for the reform of marijuana laws. Host good morning. It is tuesday, june 11, 2019. Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee sought again to shine the spotlight on the Mueller Report. Onay they will vote whether to seek action against attorney general william barr. Throughout the day on cspan, will be covering it all. As you do, we want to hear your thoughts and your reaction. Here is how. For republicans, give us a call 8001, for ther democrats, 2027488000 and for 2027488002. You can also catch up with us on social media. It is facebook. Com cspan. A lot of moving parts here is where we are right now. Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee, former white house nixon counsel john dean testified. Here is one of the headlines about the hearing. The house hearing detours into watergate is what the notes. Gton post yesterday, the Justice Department and the Judiciary Co
The guess to start, one of fundamental jobs of congress is to do oversight over the executive branch, to make sure that the democracy, people are happy with the work of the executive is doing. From time to time, congress is to satisfied with the cooperation it gets from the executive ranch, so one of the things we have seen, particularly in the last decade or so is Congress Going to court on occasion to try and get help enforcing subpoenas. Why not hold a formal contempt vote . Why take this route . Guest they are not mutually exclusive. Civiles where the enforcement has been pursued in the courts, it has been preceded by contempt vote by the house. The notion is that the house has a number of options when someone violates a subpoena and refuses to appear. The house could actually arrest the individual, it could send out the sergeant at arms, aided by capitol police, and put them somewhere in the capital. I think it would be cruel and unusual punishment to put them in the snack bar, bu
Guest they are not mutually exclusive. In the cases where Civil Enforcement has been pursued in courts, its been preceded by contempt votes in the house. The house has a number of options when someone violates a subpoena and refuses to appear. The house could arrest the individual, could send out a sergeant in arms and put them somewhere in the capital. They could arrest them. That was used in the 19th and early 20th century. It hasnt been used since the early 20th century. The second option is to refer the matter to the department of justice for prosecution, which is what happens when a private citizen is in contempt of the ongress. If its part of the administration, they are being advised by the department of justice, they are not likely to prosecute. They have the option of holding them in contempt. They can be arrested by the u. S. Marshal, which is a serious matter, but one that would have been approved by a court. In these matters where the administration has refused to comply wi
To try to get help enforcing subpoenas. Host nathan, why not hold a formal contempt vote . Why take this route. I think they are not mutually exclusive. In cases where several enforcement has been pursued in the courts, it has been proceeded by contempt votes in the house. The notion is that the house has a number of options when someone violates a subpoena or refuses to appear. Guest they are not mutually exclusive. In the cases where Civil Enforcement has been pursued in courts, its been preceded by contempt votes in the house. The house has a number of options when someone violates a subpoena and refuses to appear. The house could arrest the individual, could send out a sergeant in arms and put them somewhere in the capital. They could arrest them. That was used in the 19th and early 20th century. It hasnt been used since the early 20th century. The second option is to refer the matter to the department of justice for prosecution, which is what happens when a private citizen is in c