Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro Indicted On Contempt Charges For Defying Jan. 6 Panel, 2nd Trump aide to suffer this fate after Steve Bannon

[BackAgain]

Start with a rewrite of the electoral count act.

Which (even if f we assume it is a good idea) has absolutely nothing to do with this alleged “investigation.”

 

[BackAgain]

That's what Trump tried, when the judge ordered he pay $10,000 per day for ignoring a subpoena.

And that ruling is still being appealed.

 

[scruffy]

A speedy trial and jail.

Trump's time is coming too!

Peter Navarro Indicted On Contempt Charges For Defying Jan. 6 Panel

Navarro is the second former Trump aide to be charged with contempt of Congress over refusal to cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee.

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Pfft.

No one cares about that idiotic kangaroo court.

ZERO cooperation.

Zero

 

[BackAgain]

That's the power given to the Attorney General.

So yes.

Prosecutorial discretion, just like William Barr had.

No no. That’s a conflict of interest. Different than the availability or prosecutorial discretion.

 

[Nostra]

No matter how many times you claim the committee is illegitimate, the USSC ruled it was legitimate.

Case closed

Tell it to the judges (USSC)

It may be legal, but it is a joke, Dumbass.

HTH

 

[meaner gene]

Which (even if f we assume it is a good idea) has absolutely nothing to do with this alleged “investigation.”

Sure it does. Take the Eastman memo. It's basically lays out all the flaws in the electoral count act. Such as it doesn't clarify the role of the vice president as procedural, and all judgments over the electoral votes are given to congress.

 

[meaner gene]

And that ruling is still being appealed.

And Trump already PAID THE FINE.

 

[Lastamender]

And Trump already PAID THE FINE.

In that case it is over. Right?

 

[meaner gene]

No no. That’s a conflict of interest. Different than the availability or prosecutorial discretion.

Actually i'm not sure if it was the AG or the Deputy AG who made that decision after Holder recused himself.

 

[meaner gene]

It may be legal, but it is a joke, Dumbass.

HTH

Actually it "IS" legal (not may be)
And the level of humor is just an opinion, which everybody is entitled to.

 

[BackAgain]

Sure it does. Take the Eastman memo. It's basically lays out all the flaws in the electoral count act. Such as it doesn't clarify the role of the vice president as procedural, and all judgments over the electoral votes are given to congress.

No. It doesn’t. The “investigation” by the kangaroo committee is to ascertain what happened relative to January 6. It isn’t investigating whether our election procedures need an overhaul.

 

[BackAgain]

Actually i'm not sure if it was the AG or the Deputy AG who made that decision after Holder recused himself.

Me neither. But why not a special prosecutor?

 

[meaner gene]

In that case it is over. Right?

Trump already paid the fine. The court compelled him to.
And the fine is non-refundable, the appeal doesn't change any of that.

 

[BackAgain]

The USSC ruled the committee and it's subpoenas were legitimate.

Tell it to the judges (USSC)

I don’t think that’s quite what the Supreme Court ruled. Care to provide a link for your two claims about what the decision said?

I know they turned aside the President request Toni strike the lower court. And the SCOTUS said no to that request without ultimately deciding the question. But how did they supposedly determine that the committee was legitimate?

 

[meaner gene]

No. It doesn’t. The “investigation” by the kangaroo committee is to ascertain what happened relative to January 6. It isn’t investigating whether our election procedures need an overhaul.

Let me hit you over the head. What happened on January 6th was the counting of the electoral votes.
That's what they're investigating. How the count was delayed, who was behind the delay, and how to make laws that would protect the integrity of the process.

 

[meaner gene]

Me neither. But why not a special prosecutor?

Not required under law.
The DOJ was fully empowered to make that decision.

 

[bodecea]

Yes, but it was the January 6 committee that requested it.

Meanwhile over 1,000 witnesses still not enough?

LOL

Looking forward to the public hearings. Aren't you?

 

[meaner gene]

I don’t think that’s quite what the Supreme Court ruled. Care to provide a link for your two claims about what the decision said?

Trump Loses Big on Executive Privilege

The former president is in a dramatically weaker position than he was before the latest D.C. Circuit opinion.

www.lawfareblog.com

 

[1srelluc]

That's what Trump tried, when the judge ordered he pay $10,000 per day for ignoring a subpoena.

If you are prosecuted and convicted, the criminal statute for refusal to comply with a congressional subpoena before the committee of either House can result in the following punishment:

• Fined not more than $1,000, but not less than $100 AND
• Imprisonment in a common jail for at least one month, but not more than 12 months

Meh, I could do a year standing on my head.

 

[BackAgain]

Let me hit you over the head. What happened on January 6th was the counting of the electoral votes.
That's what they're investigating. How the count was delayed, who was behind the delay, and how to make laws that would protect the integrity of the process.

We know what happened procedurally on 1/6. Hell. Even you know that. Of course, that part isn’t under discussion. And your claim is wrong. That is emphatically NOT what they are investigating nor are they charged to investigate it.

So let me hit you over your pin head. (A much tinier and less significant target).

The purpose for which this faux committee was created was for the reasons Congress announced upon creating it. Since you apparently didn’t bother to look it up, I’ll help you out:

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT.

There is hereby established the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (hereinafter referred to as the “Select Committee”).

….

SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

Consistent with the functions described in section 4, the purposes of the Select Committee are the following:

(1) To investigate and report upon the facts, circumstances, and causes relating to the January 6, 2021, domestic terrorist attack upon the United States Capitol Complex (hereafter referred to as the “domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol”) and relating to the interference with the peaceful transfer of power, including facts and causes relating to the preparedness and response of the United States Capitol Police and other Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies in the National Capital Region and other instrumentalities of government, as well as the influencing factors that fomented such an attack on American representative democracy while engaged in a constitutional process.

(2) To examine and evaluate evidence developed by relevant Federal, State, and local governmental agencies regarding the facts and circumstances surrounding the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol and targeted violence and domestic terrorism relevant to such terrorist attack.

(3) To build upon the investigations of other entities and avoid unnecessary duplication of efforts by reviewing the investigations, findings, conclusions, and recommendations of other executive branch, congressional, or independent bipartisan or nonpartisan commission investigations into the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol, including investigations into influencing factors related to such attack.

SEC. 4. FUNCTIONS.

(a) Functions.—The functions of the Select Committee are to—

(1) investigate the facts, circumstances, and causes relating to the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol, including facts and circumstances relating to—

(A) activities of intelligence agencies, law enforcement agencies, and the Armed Forces, including with respect to intelligence collection, analysis, and dissemination and information sharing among the branches and other instrumentalities of government;

(B) influencing factors that contributed to the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol and how technology, including online platforms, financing, and malign foreign influence operations and campaigns may have factored into the motivation, organization, and execution of the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol; and

(C) other entities of the public and private sector as determined relevant by the Select Committee for such investigation;

(2) identify, review, and evaluate the causes of and the lessons learned from the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol regarding—

(A) the command, control, and communications of the United States Capitol Police, the Armed Forces, the National Guard, the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and other Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies in the National Capital Region on or before January 6, 2021;

(B) the structure, coordination, operational plans, policies, and procedures of the Federal Government, including as such relate to State and local governments and nongovernmental entities, and particularly with respect to detecting, preventing, preparing for, and responding to targeted violence and domestic terrorism;

(C) the structure, authorities, training, manpower utilization, equipment, operational planning, and use of force policies of the United States Capitol Police;

(D) the policies, protocols, processes, procedures, and systems for the sharing of intelligence and other information by Federal, State, and local agencies with the United States Capitol Police, the Sergeants at Arms of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Government of the District of Columbia, including the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, the National Guard, and other Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies in the National Capital Region on or before January 6, 2021, and the related policies, protocols, processes, procedures, and systems for monitoring, assessing, disseminating, and acting on intelligence and other information, including elevating the security posture of the United States Capitol Complex, derived from instrumentalities of government, open sources, and online platforms; and

(E) the policies, protocols, processes, procedures, and systems for interoperability between the United States Capitol Police and the National Guard, the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and other Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies in the National Capital Region on or before January 6, 2021; and

(3) issue a final report to the House containing such findings, conclusions, and recommendations for corrective measures described in subsection (c) as it may deem necessary.

Committees No Longer Standing | house.gov

january6th.house.gov

Notice what’s missing? That’s right. Any reference to any hint of a concern with clarification of the electoral certification procedures or laws.