Shot. . .
House Dems this morning threatened to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress over his refusal to send over an unredacted copy of the full Mueller report:
"We will make one more good faith attempt to negotiate & to get the access to the report we need and then if we don't get that,we will proceed to hold the Attorney General in contempt & we'll go from there."-House Judiciary Chair Nadler after his cmte hearing w/o Barr testifying. pic.twitter.com/TQE5QQhXS8
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) May 2, 2019
This has #Resistance Twitter dreaming of prison time for AG:
BREAKING: Chairman Nadler says if AG Barr doesn’t provide Congress with the information they need in the next 48 hours, they will hold Barr in contempt of Congress. Barr could wind up in prison, where he belongs. #MuellerGate
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) May 2, 2019
And now for the chaser. . .
Does anyone want to remind Dems what happened the last time this happened? They should remember since it was only in 2012 when then AG Eric Holder was held in contempt of Congress for failing to provide documents on the Fast and Furious scandal:
House votes to cite AG Eric Holder for contempt http://t.co/gcrc2m6e
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) June 29, 2012
Holder called the vote politically motivated:
AP VIDEO: Attorney General Eric Holder says vote to find him in contempt is politically motivated: http://t.co/fHVfCS5b -AB
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 29, 2012
And as for jail time? LOL:
Eric Holder won't be prosecuted for contempt charge http://t.co/Iyb3z1Mf
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) June 30, 2012
So maybe Dems can just cut out the BS theatrics (which they accused the GOP of in 2012) as we know exactly how this is going to play out, ‘eh?
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Related:
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) calls AG William Barr a 'chicken' for not attending today's hearing (Yes, he's eating KFC at 9:00 am, NTTAWWT) https://t.co/Mq1cMhfO6d
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 2, 2019
Like a BOSS! Chuck Grassley’s response to the media ABOUT the media, Dems, and AG Barr is the ultimate mic drop (watch) https://t.co/L3kpfwEezY
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 2, 2019
ICYMI ==> BRUTAL: Ted Cruz dismantles Dems’ ‘exceptionally weak arguments’ (even Bill Barr cracks up) https://t.co/IY9j8va2sJ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 1, 2019
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