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"and then they came for the socialists" (midwest.social)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] kata1yst 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah, this is a letter from a single congressmen listing all his committes to make it look scary and official. Contempt of a congressmen isn't contempt of Congress.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Isn't that what a subpoena is? A letter from a duly authorized congressman or comittee directing production of information or testimony?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

No subpoenas in Congress are by quorum so one name listed that isn't ranking chair and with the proper verbiage is simply a scare tactic.

[–] kata1yst 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

From Wikipedia:

contempt of Congress has generally applied to the refusal to comply with a subpoena issued by a congressional committee or subcommittee

So the question becomes is this Hawley or something the committee/subcommittee voted to send? It reads like Hawley to me, but IANAL.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, thats what I'm curious about. I don't know how much of this is formality and how much codified procedure, but it seems fairly plausible that this letter could be reasonably considered a subpoena - or at least, non-compliance could be considered contempt of congress.