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    From Bernie Cosell@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 8 21:32:42 2021
    A question about legal procedure -- is it really the case that there's no
    way to actually get a subpoena'ed person to show up? I didn't know you
    could just ignore theml [and indeed, I thought that if *I* ignored one the local sheriff would come and arrest me]. Is that not the case? Why aren't
    the Bannon, et al, being "arrested" [or whatever] and apparently view
    complying with a subpoena as optional. What am I missing?

    /Bernie\
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  • From Roy@21:1/5 to Bernie Cosell on Fri Oct 8 21:42:21 2021
    On 10/8/2021 9:32 PM, Bernie Cosell wrote:
    A question about legal procedure -- is it really the case that there's no
    way to actually get a subpoena'ed person to show up? I didn't know you could just ignore theml [and indeed, I thought that if *I* ignored one the local sheriff would come and arrest me]. Is that not the case? Why aren't the Bannon, et al, being "arrested" [or whatever] and apparently view complying with a subpoena as optional. What am I missing?

    /Bernie\


    Congress basically has no police power.

    If Joe ignores a subpoena then the committee asks the whole House to
    cite him for contempt of Congress. If that is approved then the case is
    turned over to the Justice department for prosecution.

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  • From Stuart O. Bronstein@21:1/5 to Roy on Sat Oct 9 08:49:03 2021
    Roy <montanawolf@outlook.com> wrote:
    Bernie Cosell wrote:

    A question about legal procedure -- is it really the case that
    there's no way to actually get a subpoena'ed person to show up?
    I didn't know you could just ignore theml [and indeed, I thought
    that if *I* ignored one the local sheriff would come and arrest
    me]. Is that not the case? Why aren't the Bannon, et al, being
    "arrested" [or whatever] and apparently view complying with a
    subpoena as optional. What am I missing?

    Congress basically has no police power.

    Well, they could sent the Sergeant At Arms around to throw them in
    jail. But that isn't done very often.

    If Joe ignores a subpoena then the committee asks the whole House
    to cite him for contempt of Congress. If that is approved then
    the case is turned over to the Justice department for prosecution.


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    Stu
    http://DownToEarthLawyer.com

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  • From Roy@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 9 11:38:21 2021
    This seems to be a good reference for the powers of the House to enforce
    a subpoena

    https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-houses-contempt-powers-explained

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