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judy

(1,942 posts)
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 11:41 AM Oct 2021

If Congress will not enforce subpoenas

by dragging Bannon, Scavino, Patel and Meadows to jail if they don't comply, then on top of everything, we will have lost Congressional oversight
I still have hope that the Select Committee will do criminal referrals, but I don't know where Merrick Garland will be hiding...
Sorry to be so negative, but I cannot believe that with revelation after revelation, and refusal after refusal to follow the law, no one has been held accountable so far...

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If Congress will not enforce subpoenas (Original Post) judy Oct 2021 OP
Wow, less than 12 hours AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2021 #1
How Long Should We Give Them? SoCalDavidS Oct 2021 #2
Right there with you! blueinredohio Oct 2021 #3
Keeping That Powder Dry nt SoCalDavidS Oct 2021 #4
Doesn't really matter how long AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2021 #5
Yeah, Whatever SoCalDavidS Oct 2021 #8
I will, too. hamsterjill Oct 2021 #10
It's not as though 12 hours ago was the very first time that Dems PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #6
Your point? AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2021 #7
No, Democrats Are Perfect SoCalDavidS Oct 2021 #11
if they don't, then congress is basically a sham. Javaman Oct 2021 #9
Ali ALexander might change your mind? kentuck Oct 2021 #12
I'm actually concerned about him AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2021 #13

SoCalDavidS

(9,998 posts)
2. How Long Should We Give Them?
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 11:45 AM
Oct 2021

12 Hours not enough?

How about 12 Days?

12 Weeks?

12 YEARS?

It doesn't matter, because NOTHING will happen. I'll give them all the time in the world, and then if something happens, I'll admit I was Completely Wrong. I just doubt that I will be.

AZSkiffyGeek

(11,010 posts)
5. Doesn't really matter how long
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 11:54 AM
Oct 2021

There will be a vocal contingent screaming that it isn't enough, not fast enough, not punishment enough.
Because they don't really want justice, they want vengeance and don't care what procedures are skipped just so long as they get the result they want.

SoCalDavidS

(9,998 posts)
8. Yeah, Whatever
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 12:30 PM
Oct 2021

I WANT FUCKING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ATTEMPTING TO OVERTHROW THE DULY ELECTED GOVERNMENT!

I don't expect ANYTHING though, so yeah, that's not enough.

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
10. I will, too.
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 12:52 PM
Oct 2021

I’d love to be happily surprised by Bannon, et al being arrested. I’ll not hold my breath.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,853 posts)
6. It's not as though 12 hours ago was the very first time that Dems
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 11:55 AM
Oct 2021

have tried to subpoena people to come testify about their crimes and they've ignored the subpoena.

Javaman

(62,521 posts)
9. if they don't, then congress is basically a sham.
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 12:43 PM
Oct 2021

if they don't enforce the subpoenas, the very basis of our democracy comes into question.

if people feel they can ignore the rules without consequence, then what is next?

we are at a very terrifying point in our history.

kentuck

(111,089 posts)
12. Ali ALexander might change your mind?
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 12:55 PM
Oct 2021

I suspect some of the rally organizers will appear before the Committee. It could be explosive.

So, there are another two or three weeks of discovery with these subpoenas.

AZSkiffyGeek

(11,010 posts)
13. I'm actually concerned about him
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 12:56 PM
Oct 2021

Have they been able to find him yet? Hasn't he been incognito since 1/7?

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