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Sounds like Pompeo is not going to comply (Original Post) OliverQ Oct 2019 OP
Find him in contempt and take him to court. MineralMan Oct 2019 #1
I certainly hope they do! leftieNanner Oct 2019 #3
They've got to start doing this. Mike 03 Oct 2019 #4
It's called Inherent Contempt... dlk Oct 2019 #2
I'm aware, but they seem unwilling to use that. OliverQ Oct 2019 #5
At some point House Dems may have no other choice dlk Oct 2019 #7
Trump doesn't care. He thinks he can shoot someone on 5th Ave. dem4decades Oct 2019 #13
Trump blasts those who take the Fifth struggle4progress Oct 2019 #6
He isn't. Just reported on Bloomberg still_one Oct 2019 #8
He is obviously a man who has a lot to hide. Doodley Oct 2019 #9
Care to comment, ROD???! Leghorn21 Oct 2019 #10
It is the United States House of Representatives randr Oct 2019 #11
Use it or lose it C_U_L8R Oct 2019 #12
IF Timewas Oct 2019 #14

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
4. They've got to start doing this.
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 11:02 AM
Oct 2019

We've crossed the rubicon, to borrow Pelosi's phrase. Any sign of weakness now will plunge us back into the perception that we allow ourselves to be stonewalled.

dem4decades

(11,296 posts)
13. Trump doesn't care. He thinks he can shoot someone on 5th Ave.
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 11:39 AM
Oct 2019

What does he care if the Democrats say noncompliance is a sign of guilt?

struggle4progress

(118,295 posts)
6. Trump blasts those who take the Fifth
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 11:04 AM
Oct 2019

By Kate Irby
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 02:24 PM

... “So there are five of them taking the Fifth Amendment, like you see on the mob, right?” he said at another rally in Iowa, though it was three former Clinton staff members who pleaded the Fifth. “The mob takes the Fifth Amendment. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”

That’s exactly the question Donald Trump was asked 26 years ago, in 1990 when he was in the midst of divorcing Marla Maples, according to the Huffington Post. During the divorce proceedings, which included five depositions, Trump pleaded the Fifth 97 times on approximately 100 questions related to marriage infidelity.

By pleading the Fifth, he avoided any admittance to adultery ...

https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article105178626.html

Timewas

(2,195 posts)
14. IF
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 02:38 PM
Oct 2019

If they cannot enforce their subpoena's then they are toothless tigers and might just as well hang it up

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