Nadler squeezed with calls for ‘inherent contempt’

A growing number of Democratic committee members are pushing Nadler to take more aggressive steps to force President Donald Trump and top administration officials to comply with a host of congressional subpoenas. Some lawmakers even want Congress to dust off its little-used authority to fine or even jail witnesses, something that the House hasn't done in more than 80 years and is ill prepared to execute.

By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. "[Trump] certainly is the best argument for impeachment there is. This is the most impeachable president in the history of the United States of America. But that still leaves us a whole bunch of questions about what to do and when to do it," said Rep. Jamie Raskin, a member of the Judiciary and Oversight panels.

“You can't jump from nothing to everything. We have to go through a legal process,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal , another hard-line Trump critic “Once that [contempt] vote happens on the floor, then we also have inherent authority that is at our disposal. We have a number of steps we're looking at that we can take. People feel like we’re progressing at the appropriate pace.”

Some lawmakers tell POLITICO that the growing push for a more aggressive posture is being driven by the committee's younger members, many of whom are new to the skirmishes and polarizing fights that have long divided the Judiciary panel.

randy10307 Here. The most complete phone number list I have of them. TheResistance

I sit and wonder what the Democrats are going to besides send subpoenas all day every day. There has to be a bite behind all these republicans defying the law. Doing nothing is going to cost the Democrats in 2020.

Well they will pay in 2020 for sure.

How about we start getting The Senate on board with 'asking' citizens to follow the rule of law. Seems we 'act' as though they have little to no responsibility here. What happens when an R issues a subpoena and a D says, 'Naw...'?

Push hard!

the Democrats already weaponized our intelligence agency now weaponizing the house committee what next weaponizing the IRS... Any private citizen should be alarmed over this.

Show seriousness - start by LOCKING UP one Trump official!

Does this look like a man who enjoys his job?

Stand up Nadler! You’re burning daylight to do your job!

Lol , NOT gonna happen .

Democrats are on a witch hunt vote the bums out

You can bet if the tables where turned, the republicans would be way more aggressive than the democrats are ...

Do Something! The treasury secretary has nothing to do with trumps tax returns.. The IRS only...

out foxed again, your witch hunt will take 18 to 24 months to go to court, past next election fool,,,go MAGA ....TRUMP best POTUS ever

You need to start impeachment hearings.

Agreed enough is enough we turned the house for oversight so take care of this

Claims by Congress members of arresting the AG and media for accepting those claims are examples of the stupidity of both. Please tell me who US Marshals and the FBI report to?

I applaud House Dems for their efforts but I prefer they be as aggressive as their powers allow. No more passiveness. I want to see them fight fire with fire. If & when tables are turned, GOP go all the way. Dems need to do this too, especially now! RepJerryNadler. No mercy!

Do it! Americans LOVE abuses of power! They’ll richly reward TheDemocrats for it in 2020

A subpoena is pretty cut n’ dry. Not much more he can do.

Open Hearings.. you have more stance..and also CALL FIFTEEN OF MUELLERS TEAM..Trump cant Touch them!! and betting they have a story to TELL. RepJerryNadler RepAdamSchiff SpeakerPelosi HouseDemocrats

Nader should pay Mitch McConnell to tutor him on how to bulldoze opposition.

Don't make me bring my 'pet' to Washington...

Dems change rules and then cry when pubs use them. It'd be nice if we could just play by one set of rules.

instead RepJerryNadler foolishly offers Barr another opportunity t cooperate after voting to hold him in contempt. Barr's response was as expected: c'mon SpeakerPelosi ur base is watching. remember HillaryClinton not getting tough & ur base stayed home

Sergeant At Arms

Explainer: Congress no longer runs a jail, so just how powerful are its subpoenas?

Duh! Do it!

Keep it up, please 😋

RepJerryNadler

Treasonous acts, Barr is coming for you

Dems must go head to head, with the bully realDonaldTrump.

Sounds like Jerry's stuck between a rock and a hard place. All this tough talk, yet Democrats knew this is nothing more than saber rattling; except now, some expect actual results. Nadler, like many others, knows this feint was never meant to produce anything real.

Dems continue with their illegal action, too bad 😌

If a subpoena is sent, Congress must follow through with compliance or the tool is meaningless.

MediocreConmanOnTheRopes

Democrats have yet to come to grips on just how much credibility they lost when their great hope, the collusion hoax, fell apart.

The Democrats all subpoena no solution good luck with that

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