Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, demanded Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s presence at an Iran hearing on Jan. 29 after America’s top diplomat skipped the last one.
Can the House Sergeant at Arms arrest Pompeo and drag him into the hearing? Please?
I still can’t believe this is the place we’ve gotten to. They just keep thumbing their noses at the laws of the land.
Pompeo skipped the public hearing in favor of a trip to California, where Pompeo delivered remarks on U.S.-Iranian relations at Stanford University’s Hoover Institute.
Only if a U-Haul trailer and forklift are involved…
How about "I’m renewing my invitation’’ with a subpoena attached? Yes, he’ll still refuse to appear, but the legal process can move more swiftly.
Cuff him and stuff him.
I trust, however, that this will not be necessary.”
Heh. I wouldn’t trust Pomposity as far as I could throw him.
First question, under oath:
Mr. Secretary, you agree with former Secretary Tillerson that the president is a fucking moron, don’t you?
Doesn’t matter whether or not he can or not - he won’t and we all know it.
Only if he promises to lose him along the way.
Anyone remember the days when Rex Tillerson was the worst Secretary of State in history and an embarrassment to this country?
Good times.
(Edit: at that time he clearly was…just wanted to clarify)
Honestly, this is exactly what he should do.
So is it time to make an amendment or law to compel executive branch officials to appear when requested? I mean a subpoena is technically that, but it requires enforcement by the executive branch. Clearly, a mechanism with more teeth is required that doesn’t rely on the executive. (Any obvious unintended consequences?). Realistically, the admin would take the 5th or cite privilege, but at least they’d have to sit there and actively do it.
The arrogance and corruption of Trump and his inner circle is like a virulent cancer.
Wonder how he is enjoying his Russian Medal of Friendship these days.
The Republicans are morons for going along with this stuff…the next Democratic president is going to be able to point at the Trump administration and say that “Trump did this, I’m doing it too”, and Republicans will end up just as frustrated as Democrats. That’s not a way to run the government, for either party…Congress must have vigorous oversight over the executive in order to make sure it is following the law. Even seven Benghazi hearings, as much BS as that was, are better than no oversight at all, and Republicans are taking us in a direction where no oversight will become the norm, and that way lies chaos and the end of the republic (as shown by the current administration).
He might need an entire team to arrest him since Pompeo’s ass is guarded.
In the eyes of the world and of the State Department diplomatic corps, which team would be preferred …
Obama, Biden, with Clinton thenKerry
or
Trump, Pence, with Tillerson then Pompeo
Of course, I guess it’s not so with Republicans in Congress.
Another example of the Imperial Presidency at work. It’s further evidence of Trump &Co.’s disdain for even the idea of congressional oversight. Congress needs to be challenging these practices at every turn.
I don’t know - I think the way the SoS in charge of Benghazi and the loss of personnel took it on the chin a hell of a lot harder.
Something about multiple hearings, 13 hours at a stretch?
Wonder when similar hearings begin here?