CONGRESS should FINE all the people they have called to testify $15,000 a day if they don't show up

[trueblue2007]

AND ...... I WANT THEIR ASSES IN JAIL ....... #LockThemAllUp and do it now.

I am getting fed up. These traitors are NOT respecting the House of Representatives. If these people were "Democrats"...... you know the Repukes would be fining them and jailing them right and left.

I want STRONG, ADULT politicians,,,,, not little woosy people. Gees, i am teed off !!!!! (but hey, I didn't swear once).

[CentralMass]

1. To make the math easy that is 965,869.5 Rubles.

[RainCaster]

2. Jail and disbarment

The Bar Association should be involved in this too.

[trueblue2007]

3. Congressman Eric Swallwell was just on Lawrence & said people not complying should be fined & jailed

[TwilightZone]

4. What process or law would allow $15k/day fines?

[Tribalceltic]

9. found very quickly on Wikipedia

In 1857, Congress enacted a law that made "contempt of Congress" a criminal offense against the United States

The criminal offense of "contempt of Congress" sets the penalty at not less than one month nor more than twelve months in jail and a fine of not more than $100,000.

[TwilightZone]

10. Upon conviction.

I am quite aware of contempt of Congress. My question was largely rhetorical.

The penalties you note require a conviction. In the meantime, we can't just fine people $15k/day for the heck of it.

[BigmanPigman]

5. I thought the fine would be $25,000.

[Arazi]

6. Pocket change for these fuckers and the mobbed up billionaires who fund them

They're laughing at fines. Jail them. Mnuchin 1st, followed by McGahn, Barr and Rettig

[trueblue2007]

11. those 15,000 // 25,000 .. A DAY fines are not pocket change to us.... the American people!!!

us "ordinary folks" will be realllllllllllllllllly pissed off that they are not cooperating. That these people are acting as though they are ABOVE THE LAW.

[watoos]

7. Not going to work

Congress can defund departments until people comply.

[trueblue2007]

8. yeah but they won't do it. Pressure is being put HARD on the Dem House because now there is a GOP

who has come out to say ...... IMPEACH TRUMP. There was a breaking news segment on Lawrence Oddonnell just now when they spoke about this.