State Dept Orders Sondland Not To Appear For Testimony Before House

In fact, it helps to not be!

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How have Dems been handling officials’ refusal to comply so far, beyond the usual shows of disappointment and concern? Have they taken it to court, or are they waiting for the messiah?

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You are. Both Barr and Ross were held in contempt.

The cases were referred to DOJ, who, naturally, declined to prosecute.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/17/house-votes-to-hold-william-barr-wilbur-ross-in-criminal-contempt-of-congress-1418900

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Another day, another Constitutional Crisis.

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Yep. I really will never understand the stupidity of people will to take the fall for Trump. He will NOT protect them. You’d think you could count on Repubs to act in their own best interest but, Perry and now Sondland (if he doesn’t resign and appear) will just end up taking the fall. Did they learn nothing from Nixon? 49 people got indicted and Nixon got to retire with a full Pardon by Ford.

Don’t be the idiots going to jail!

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No, but not doing something about it would be.

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A guy got sentenced to 10 days in jail for missing jury duty because he overslept. The House needs to start jailing anyone who defies a subpoena. Fair is fair.

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Oh yeah? Well, I ordered the entire administration to do everything they could possibly do to look guilty as hell, and they’re doing it like I sign their paychecks, so who’s laughing now?

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The GOP knows the Dems will always cave…on everything. Defying subpoenas is kid stuff to the criminal GOP and it’s being tolerated by the spineless, complicit Dem leadership. Folks, there’s no one minding the store and the thieves are just walking out with everything.

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Again, who is saying that?

Here’s what people are saying in this very thread:

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Nancy is where she is because of WB’s who blew the lid off of the “Trump-sez-you-can’t-talk-to-Congress-and-let’s-court-appeal-all-the-way-to-Election-Day” strategy.

If it were not for the WBs, we would still be Nancy-Bashing even worse than we are now.

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Tagging Trump Inc with another impeachment count matters.

Look at the cumulative effect on the polls already. Voters opinions against Trump are going to be set in stone.

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But it was a black guy. White guys can do whatever they want and judges never hold them in contempt see Flynn, Manafort , Stone…

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I said “I presume we’ll hear shortly”, you know exactly which users I’m referring to and they’ve been saying the same thing for the last 270-something days.

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Shh, you’re spoiling their meme. Red legs bad, blue legs good…

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No.

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“He is a sitting ambassador, an employee of State, and is required to follow their direction,”

Maybe in Russia, but not in America. In fact, we had trials in after WW2 that drove home the point.

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But “they” haven’t been wrong, have they? Pelosi’s been led by reality, hasn’t been leading.

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Raise your hand if you’ve ever been under a hold or document production order. I look forward to using the DOJ’s scofflaw theories if it ever happens to me again.

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