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Tribalceltic

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9. found very quickly on Wikipedia

Reply to TwilightZone (Reply #4)

Tue May 21, 2019, 11:16 PM

May 2019

In 1857, Congress enacted a law that made "contempt of Congress" a criminal offense against the United States

The criminal offense of "contempt of Congress" sets the penalty at not less than one month nor more than twelve months in jail and a fine of not more than $100,000.

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CONGRESS should FINE all the people they have called to testify $15,000 a day if they don't show up [View all] trueblue2007 May 2019 OP

To make the math easy that is 965,869.5 Rubles. CentralMass May 2019 #1

Jail and disbarment RainCaster May 2019 #2

Congressman Eric Swallwell was just on Lawrence & said people not complying should be fined & jailed trueblue2007 May 2019 #3

What process or law would allow $15k/day fines? TwilightZone May 2019 #4

found very quickly on Wikipedia Tribalceltic May 2019 #9

Upon conviction. TwilightZone May 2019 #10

I thought the fine would be $25,000. BigmanPigman May 2019 #5

Pocket change for these fuckers and the mobbed up billionaires who fund them Arazi May 2019 #6

those 15,000 // 25,000 .. A DAY fines are not pocket change to us.... the American people!!! trueblue2007 May 2019 #11

Not going to work watoos May 2019 #7

yeah but they won't do it. Pressure is being put HARD on the Dem House because now there is a GOP trueblue2007 May 2019 #8