Would Congress go to the Extreme of Locking up Trump Officals?

The NY Times does a piece which points to fact that Donald Trump’s Attorney General , who has been Trump’s private lawyer , seems to have allegence more his boss than the Law…

So enforcement actions by Congress against Trump officals and others should be enforced by Todd Blanche , the Attorney General….

(How far does Executive Privilege go with Congress checking on government spending?)

Hmmmmm?

The end of the NY piece posses a avenue seldom used…..

Congressional inherent contempt” power enforced by the Congress’s sergeant-at-arms action to  arrest people under the Congress’s orders who defy their orders to show up before them., or proivide information..

Whew!?

Are Democrats gonna move like Trump’s people have  , to dust off old laws on the books to get what they want?

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….“Although the Democrats control the Congress, the administration still controls the Department of Justice, and so to the extent that people get referred for contempt under the criminal statute, I don’t expect that to go anywhere,” he said.

Either chamber of Congress could also consider trying to use its long-dormant “inherent contempt” powers. Such a move would direct the sergeant-at-arms to arrest an official who refused to comply with the directives of Congress.

It would be another escalation in a fight that has been full of them even before it has begun…..

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