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To: Bennie Thompson, committee chairman
Jan 6 Committee, Use Inherent Contempt - Force Witnesses to Comply with Subpoenas
Please use the power of Inherent Contempt to compel witness to comply with your subpoenas. Time is running out, which is exactly what those refusals are trying to do. Inherent Contempt will bypass the Department of Justice and the judiciary entirely. Use the power you have to learn the truth while you can.
Why is this important?
This committee is running out of time. Witnesses with vital information are filing trivial lawsuits in the hope of running out the clock until the 2022 elections. After that, they assume the majority in the House will fall to the Republicans, who will disband this committee and we will never know the truth.
Congress and its committees have the authority to charge anyone who ignores a subpoena with Inherent Contempt. It is very rarely used, but the passage of new legislation to prevent it from happening again should warrant rarely used measures. It is immediately enforceable by the Sargent at Arms.
Congress and its committees have the authority to charge anyone who ignores a subpoena with Inherent Contempt. It is very rarely used, but the passage of new legislation to prevent it from happening again should warrant rarely used measures. It is immediately enforceable by the Sargent at Arms.