Is there really a jail cell in the Capitol basement?
WASHINGTON – When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked recently whether Congress will hold administration officials in contempt for refusing Democratic demands for documents and testimony, she dropped this nugget.
A journalist, who was arrested in 1848 for refusing to divulge who gave him a secret treaty ending the war with Mexico, was imprisoned in a presumably better-smelling Capitol committee room during the day and slept at the sergeant-at-arms’ home at night. It’s unclear if things will get that far, as lawmakers try to negotiate with the White House to unwind what Pelosi has called a “constitutional crisis.”
In addition to seeking various documents that the administration doesn’t want to turn over, House Democrats have issued a subpoena for former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify. They’ve also prepared subpoenas for four other former Trump aides. The Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr. to appear before the Republican-led panel.
“I think that some people are assuming, that because of those bars, that was a place where they `imprisoned people,’” Scott said. “That’s just not true.”
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