The Department of Justice said Wednesday that Pam Bondi will not appear for her upcoming deposition in the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation given that she is no longer serving as the US attorney general.
The department argued that Bondi was subpoenaed in her official role as attorney general and not in a personal capacity. As such, she won’t appear on Capitol Hill on April 14 to discuss her role overseeing the release of the Epstein Files, Assistant Attorney General Patrick D. Davis wrote in a letter to House Oversight Chairman James Comer.
Oh yeah everyone knows if you get fired from your job you can’t be held responsible for anything you did at that job
Bullshit.
Chairman needs to respond with, “The only excuses for absence we’ll allow are death or incarceration.”
Nah, even in that second case they should have her dragged out there in an orange jumpsuit.
The department argued that Bondi was subpoenaed in her official role as attorney general
That’s just a blatant fucking lie. The subpoena was for Pam Bondi by name.
Yeah, I was going to say. She’s still the same person, and she can absolutely be subpeonad
Man, someone called this play on the day they fired Bondi. It will be interesting to see if Congress lets them get away with it or if they charge her with contempt.
Also be interesting if she does appear to see what she says. I bet it’ll be very different from last time…
“I don’t recall”
Great example why so many in Congress are getting out while they still can. Don’t have answer questions under oath.
Man, someone called this play on the day they fired Bondi.
I know I can’t be the only one, but I did!
Burn down every single Republican (legally and politically) and start from scratch. The whole lot of them are evil and corrupt. A decent chunk of Democrats too.
I hope she faces justice in other ways from the actual QAnon crazies who really care about the fact that Trump raped children for decades.
“The department argued that Bondi was subpoenaed in her official role as attorney general”
Who wrote this slop? Lindsey Halligan?
There’s only one witness who can answer what happened and why under her tenure at DOJ.
The department argued that Bondi was subpoenaed in her official role as attorney general and not in a personal capacity. As such, she won’t appear on Capitol Hill on April 14 to discuss her role overseeing the release of the Epstein Files, Assistant Attorney General Patrick D. Davis wrote in a letter to House Oversight Chairman James Comer.
The department is going to lose this argumnet.
Uhhh in this economy?!
I hope so at the least. Anyone trying to protect child rapists deserves to be locked up.
Oh nice just in time too, since SCOTUS vacated Bannon’s contempt of congress. Fucking shower of bastards
Anyone want to take a bet that the SC will vote that subpoenas have no power when this inevitably reaches them?
They already ruled that being in contempt has no consequences.
Congress can and should have her ass dragged in there by force if she refuses to appear.
Just to be clear, because I’ve seen it in a lot of these threads.
She can’t hide behind the executive from contempt of congress. She may be able to dodge a criminal charge, but congress has the power of inherent contempt.
Under inherent contempt, either chamber can direct its Sergeant-at-Arms to arrest and detain a person without relying on the courts or executive branch. The individual is brought before the chamber for proceedings and can be held until they comply or the congressional session ends.
Congress can literally physically force a person to be held in custody until they comply. It hasn’t been used since the 1930s but it is very much a thing that can be done.
Just like the Judicial branch doesn’t require the executive branch in order to enforce a court order or contempt. It can deputize people to see that its will is done.
The executive doesn’t have exclusive rights to use force to compel obedience, all branches can but have rarely needed to.
Right. So we just need Congress to do something it doesn’t want to do.
The purpose of a system is what it does.
I swear, this midterm is going to end up with another 45-50% voter turn out and people will continue to complain that nothing changes or has gotten worse.
People: IF YOUR VOTE DIDN’T MATTER, THEY WOULDN’T BE SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY AND EFFORT TO KEEP YOU FROM VOTING!
I don’t care if you live in a +60 (your political leaning) district. Vote in spite of that and make it +61.
Vote in every god damn election you fucking can, down to School District Board elections and even HOA’s. My city councilman just lost reelection by 1 fucking vote to some douchbag who will probably get bought out by some data center asshole within a week, and even though turn out was historically high, it was still only 18-20%. And when i asked my very liberal neighbor if she and her husband voted, she said “No, we just didn’t have time”. 🤦🏻
At least in my area, you are allowed to take time away from work to vote, it doesn’t matter what the election is for.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS AND FUCKING USE THEM!
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
