Members of Congress are our employees , so why should they be allowed to refuse subpoena's ?

[duforsure]

They aren't above the law. They can't be allowed to corruptly do as they please with no oversight, or the corruption continues, and worsens without substantial consequences. Oversight for revenge also needs to be addressed as well, and those using it as a political weapon need to have consequences for abusing it. The Democrats need to go after anyone who was involved with the capital attack, and they need to be exposed, and the Supreme Court refusing the Jan 6th Committee to do this is basically obstruction of justice, and gives corrupt politicians immunity from the rule of law. The Dems need to speed things up too before time runs out on them. The Supreme Court members also needs looking into for involvement, and ties to the capital attack if there is anything exposed they were. We also need the whole truth.

[Emile]

1. The ones who refuse should be handed over to the Attorney General.

[Frasier Balzov]

2. Is every legislator an employee of all of us? Or just of the residents of their district?

Lawrence O'Donnell says that the Ethics Committee used to handle this kind of thing, but that it is ineffectual now.

[duforsure]

4. You're right, the people who employ them are from their districts,

But their oath to office is to represent the Constitution, and our country and rule of law, and the people.

[2naSalit]

8. ...because in Congress they make laws for the whole country.

[Trueblue1968]

3. We also need the whole truth. if members are crooks, lock them up and throw away the key

[duforsure]

5. 100% agree

Unless all the corruption is stopped , with serious consequences, this will continue to get worse. That applies for both parties and judges equally.

[FBaggins]

6. Which of them refused a subpoena?

It’s still an open question whether Congress even can subpoena a member..

At this point… it’s just “hey… we would like to talk to you on the record” and “Nah… I’m not interested”

One thing to keep in mind is that - regardless of whether they are our employees - “oversight” comes from the judicial and executive branches if a crime is committed. It doesn’t come from the opposing party in the same branch. We wouldn’t want to see the results of that if republicans ever return to power.

[Roy Rolling]

7. This whole effin deal

Why aren’t any of these suspected criminals in custody? Book em, fingerprint em, do the perp walk.

They can say their defense during the perp walk.

[Kablooie]

9. And how many Republicans politicians are in jail?

None!
Not one single person!!!
We hear
Should - soon - might be - must
Always in the future.but that future never arrives.
What should and must happen never ever occurs.

They are 100% above the law.
You are totally above the law if you break the law and attempt a coup in the name of Trump!
They are free to try as many times as they want because there are no consequences.
That's just the reality of today's government.

[Irish_Dem]

10. The point of having power is to use it. Avoiding consequences is one goal.

Power and wealth means there is a different set of life rules.