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Sat Sep 21 00:54:10 +0000 2019

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Ted Lieu @tedlieu

@andreasgal @realDonaldTrump I sure wish I alone can exercise our inherent contempt powers. But I need a majority to agree with me. That's why I'm publicly raising this issue. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 21, 2019 Hibernated

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.@realDonaldTrump has stonewalled the American people & Congress, repeatedly. Litigation will likely result in final decisions by Supreme Court next year. We can't wait that long to get the #WhistleblowerComplaint. We need to exercise our inherent contempt powers NOW. — PolitiTweet.org

Josh Dawsey @jdawsey1

Ukrainians were upset they couldn’t get POTUS meeting & lost hundreds of millions in foreign aid. POTUS & Rudy deli… https://t.co/H…

Posted Sept. 21, 2019 Hibernated

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Inherent contempt allows Congress to fine individuals. Would this be litigated like everything else? Yes, but the litigants take the risk that if they lose, they will be financially liable. That is a powerful deterrent to force @realDonaldTrump officials to comply with the law. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 21, 2019 Hibernated

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