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Steny Hoyer: Arresting reluctant Trump witnesses 'sounds appealing,' but won’t happen
by Susan Ferrechio
 | October 16, 2019 01:17 PM


House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer dismissed using a long-dormant congressional authority to arrest reluctant witnesses in their ongoing impeachment investigation of President Trump, even though he acknowledged “it sounds appealing.”

“We’ve made a judgment that we want the American people to understand that we are pursuing not arbitrary action, but considered and thoughtful action,” the Maryland Democrat told reporters Wednesday.

Congress has the authority to enforce subpoenas through the power of inherent contempt, which permits them “to detain and imprison a contemnor until the individual complies with congressional demands,” or until the end of the congressional session.

Inherent contempt has not been used in either the House or Senate since 1935.

Some Democrats, angry at Trump for blocking witness testimony and by the refusal of Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to comply with a subpoena, are increasingly eager for lawmakers to order the sergeant-at-arms to arrest the the no-shows.

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Isn't that nice.  The rats are reminding you that they have the power to arrest subpoenaed witnesses, but they say they ain't gonna use it.
They are extending an olive branch to the other side.

It doesn't seem like the rats have any shortage of people willing to testify.  They can work on the dodgers later.