re: #64 Citizen K

I still have questions about this: what about Congress’s power of holding someone in ‘inherent contempt’ still doesn’t require some kind of good faith cooperation of some manner? I mean…I keep hearing about them sending the Sergeant-At-Arms to arrest the person being held in contempt….but who else actually helps execute that order? What if the Executive continues to stonewall, obstruct, and otherwise protect whoever is being held in contempt? Where does the court come in, and what if the court ends up dragging things out and/or obstructing themselves?

Again, just saying ‘use the power of inherent contempt’ seems like shorthand for ‘wave a fucking magic wand you assholes’.

From what I’ve read about it, it’s purely the prerogative of the House. Needs no input from Trump, the Senate or anyone.

Reading Ted Lieu’s Twitter feed the past few days, it would require a rule change in the House. I really want that rule change to happen, because until one of these Trump mooks gets put into slam none of them is going to cooperate with anything.

Jail one, and watch that calculus change in a hurry.