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Undated: Contempt of Congress is the act of obstructing the work of the United States Congress or one of its committees. Historically, the bribery of a U.S. Senator or U.S. Representative was considered contempt of Congress. In modern times, contempt of Congress has generally applied to the refusal to comply with a subpoena issued by a Congressional committee or subcommittee—usually seeking to compel either testimony or the production of requested documents.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_Congress
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May 7: Why Congress can't rein in Trump
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/07/politics/donald-trump-congress-barr-mnuchin-contempt/index.html
May 8: Why William Barr's Contempt of Congress Charge Matters
Tensions between the legislative and executive branch have been simmering for weeks, but they reached a boiling point Wednesday. House Democrats on the Judiciary Committee voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for failing to provide the full version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election, and the White House responded by invoking executive privilege over it.
The immediate consequences will be mostly symbolic. About 10 percent of the Mueller report was redacted, at times clearly because it involved information relevant to the upcoming trial of longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone. The next step in the proceedings will be a vote on the House floor. Although it will likely pass since Democrats control the chamber, Barr will probably face few legal repercussions, as federal prosecutors are unlikely to pursue criminal penalties for a contempt of Congress charge against their own boss.
http://time.com/5585946/william-barr-contempt-congress-consequences/
May 8: House panel votes Barr in contempt, escalating Trump dispute
https://www.apnews.com/d64338bc6606456d978c33f11d2cf2b4
May 8: Trump Wants to Be 'King' and Congress Can't Allow It, Nadler Says
House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler said his committee has “no choice” but to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress Wednesday because the president must not be permitted “to operate a lawless administration and become a king.” ... “We can not allow Donald Trump and his minions to convert a democratic government into what amounts to a monarchy where Congress — elected by the people — has no real role,” Nadler said.
http://fortune.com/2019/05/08/trump-barr-contempt-of-congress/
May 9: Trump’s Contempt for Democracy is Pushing Congress Toward Impeachment
Politically, it might make more sense to focus on the next election, but Constitutionally, Democrats in Congress have no choice but to go after Trump now.
https://progressive.org/dispatches/constitutional-crisis-conniff-190509/
May 9: Trump vs. Congress. Part 8 Donald Trump’s war on oversight
What’s happening now could reshape the relationship between Congress and the presidency
JAMES WILSON—the one who signed the Declaration of Independence and took one of the Supreme Court’s first six seats, believed that “the House of Representatives [shall] form the grand inquest of the state. They shall diligently inquire into grievances.” Many years later Woodrow Wilson, then a young scholar of government, wrote that for a legislature “vigilant oversight” is “quite as important as legislation”. Many Supreme Court decisions have affirmed that Congress enjoys vast investigative and oversight powers to check the executive branch.
Partisanship influences how those powers are used. A Democratic Congress investigated Richard Nixon. During the Clinton administration, the Republican-led House issued more than 1,000 subpoenas and held hearings on the Clintons’ Christmas-card list. Presidents have rebuffed requests, but none has done what Donald Trump has: declare “We’re fighting all the subpoenas”, sue to block them and instruct officials to ignore them. He seems to feel that partisanship renders oversight illegitimate. That view is dangerous.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2019/05/09/donald-trumps-war-on-oversight
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May 10: A senior Democratic lawmaker has suggested fines of $25,000 a day for contempt on U.S. officials who stonewall congressional investigations of President Donald Trump and his administration.
Democrats who control the House have confronted the Republican president and his administration for refusing to cooperate with at least six separate investigations. Republicans have accused Democrats of grandstanding for progressive voters, but even the Republican-controlled Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-congress-contempt/us-house-could-slap-25000-per-day-contempt-fines-on-trump-advisers-democrat-idUSKCN1SG23U
May 12: Nadler squeezed with calls for ‘inherent contempt’
The House Judiciary Committee chairman faces pressure to get tougher with the Trump administration and threaten fines or jail.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/12/jerry-nadler-trump-subpeona-1317458
May 16: Nancy Pelosi Is Right: Trump’s Criminal Contempt of Congress Is a Constitutional Crisis
If Democrats think we are facing a major separation of powers clash between the executive and the legislature now, they should think ahead.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nancy-pelosi-is-right-trumps-criminal-contempt-of-congress-is-a-constitutional-crisis
May 21: Nadler prepares contempt vote for McGahn — but what are the consequences?
The White House argued McGahn has ‘absolute immunity’ and isn’t legally required to comply with a congressional subpoena
House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler is preparing a committee vote to hold former White House counsel Don McGahn in contempt of Congress, the second Trump official to get such treatment for defying one of Nadler’s subpoenas to testify about the special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
“Let me be clear: this Committee will hear Mr. McGahn’s testimony, even if we have to go to court to secure it. We will not allow the President to prevent the American people from hearing from this witness,” Nadler said at a hearing Tuesday for McGahn that the former White House lawyer skipped per the administration’s orders.
https://www.rollcall.com/news/nadler-prepares-contempt-vote-mcgahn-consequences
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