Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoHouse GOP moves toward holding Blinken in contempt of Congresswww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up148
arrow-up148external-linkHouse GOP moves toward holding Blinken in contempt of Congresswww.politico.comRapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoHolding a contempt vote while they are in government is kind of pointless, because the DoJ is unlikely to prosecute its own. Anyway let’s put it this way: in the past ten years only one Democrat has been found in contempt of Congress.
minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYet that’s exactly what Republicans are doing here.
Holding a contempt vote while they are in government is kind of pointless, because the DoJ is unlikely to prosecute its own.
Anyway let’s put it this way: in the past ten years only one Democrat has been found in contempt of Congress.
Yet that’s exactly what Republicans are doing here.