Quote History Originally Posted By Lomshek:A chewing out! Wow! I bet that left a mark.
Almost as bad as going to prison
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Quote History Originally Posted By Lomshek:Originally Posted By Nick_Adams:
Merrick Garland's DOJ routinely advises federal officers of the Biden Admin to ignore congressional subpoenas unless it's one the DOJ says "okay" to first.
DOJ attys just got their asses chewed out recently by a D.C. federal district for just that reason, . Subpoena rules for thee but not for us.
A chewing out! Wow! I bet that left a mark.
Almost as bad as going to prison
It's a good illustration of how institutional power works though. DOJ can laugh off subpoenas because they do the prosecuting, so if they ignore the subsequent contempt referrals there doesn't seem to be much Congress can actually do in practice.