• kata1yst@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    Nah, this is a letter from a single congressmen listing all his committes to make it look scary and official. Contempt of a congressmen isn’t contempt of Congress.

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      6 days ago

      Isn’t that what a subpoena is? A letter from a duly authorized congressman or comittee directing production of information or testimony?

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        6 days ago

        No subpoenas in Congress are by quorum so one name listed that isn’t ranking chair and with the proper verbiage is simply a scare tactic.

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        6 days ago

        From Wikipedia:

        contempt of Congress has generally applied to the refusal to comply with a subpoena issued by a congressional committee or subcommittee

        So the question becomes is this Hawley or something the committee/subcommittee voted to send? It reads like Hawley to me, but IANAL.

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          6 days ago

          Yeah, thats what I’m curious about. I don’t know how much of this is formality and how much codified procedure, but it seems fairly plausible that this letter could be reasonably considered a subpoena - or at least, non-compliance could be considered contempt of congress.