Democrats are taking about withholding pay check’s to those who, in listening to Donald Trump’s orders, are not honouring supoenea requests from Congress to come in from the cold and testify on their actions….
House Democrats are threatening the salaries of Interior, Commerce and Justice Department staff if they block ongoing committee investigations.
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) sent letters Tuesday calling for eight current and former Trump administration officials to provide information for two of the panel’s investigations, cautioning that officials who block the interviews from taking place could see their salaries withheld.
“Please be advised that any official at the Department who ‘prohibits or prevents’ or ‘attempts or threatens to prohibit or prevent’ any officer or employee of the Federal Government from speaking with the Committee could have his or her salary withheld pursuant to section 713 of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act,” Cummings wrote in the letters.
The move is the latest in an escalating power struggle between the Trump administration and House Democrats over investigations. Tensions between the White House and congressional Democrats have amplified in recent weeks, with President Trump telling reporters last month that he plans to fight “all the subpoenas.”
The White House has directed multiple officials to ignore requests by House Democrats to turn over documents to the committee.
The committee noted seven of the eight interview requests recently made related to the panel’s probes were either denied or remain unanswered….
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I doubt this will happen…
But throwing it out there is a thought….