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Showing Original Post only (View all)The Acting Director of National Intelligence should not be permitted to defy a subpoena... [View all]
...from the Congress of the United States.
Send him a notice. If he refuses to appear for the subpoena, he is breaking the law. If he does not show up at such-and-such time, then he will be charged with Contempt of Congress. If it has to go to the Courts, then no one should expect any favors from the judges.
Also, a fine of $25,000 per day, each day that the subpoena is defied.
Final Notice.
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The Acting Director of National Intelligence should not be permitted to defy a subpoena... [View all]
kentuck
Sep 2019
OP
He is violating a statute passed by the Congress and signed by a President...
Thomas Hurt
Sep 2019
#6
On the other hand Congress does have the power of the purse that they can wield and withhold
cstanleytech
Sep 2019
#12
Could the House withhold salary funds for 'acting' directors until they are confirmed
Captain Zero
Sep 2019
#28
Congress can only appropriate money... it can't manage the spending of it directly.
FBaggins
Sep 2019
#24
They could however attache a warning to the money that if its used for x or x instead that
cstanleytech
Sep 2019
#31
Either way they do have the ability to apply pressure with the power of the purse but it
cstanleytech
Sep 2019
#33
He has because they have let him. I am sure there is a politician that can figure out the answer
Maraya1969
Sep 2019
#5
No! Because damn it I am so sick of Democrats saying, "This won't work" "You can't do that"
Maraya1969
Sep 2019
#29