The judge threatened to hold her in contempt of court.
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What's the point of holding someone in contempt of Congress?
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Cummings is moving to hold Kline in contempt of Congress.
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Ignoring them could mean being found in contempt of court.
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"We are not in contempt of this Congress," Rosenstein said.
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When Baker refused Spath found him in contempt of court.
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What are the challenges of holding someone in contempt of Congress?
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Nadler on Friday threatened to hold Barr in contempt of Congress.
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If so, the administration may be held in contempt of court.
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Cummings is now moving to hold Kline in contempt of Congress.
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The SEC is seeking to hold Musk in contempt of court.
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Jason Chaffetz if he would hold Shkreli in contempt of Congress.
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Although she was held in contempt of Congress, it meant nothing.
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Barry also held him in contempt of court for his actions.
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He beats and kills and acts in contempt of the law.
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Might he be held in contempt of court and go to jail?
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Republicans, at the time, were considering holding her in contempt of Congress.
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They could hold administration officials or other witnesses in contempt of Congress.
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The judge found her in contempt of court and ordered her jailed.
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Mr. Mica asked if Mr. Shkreli could be held in contempt of Congress.
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First, Congress can hold Barr in contempt of Congress, which is primarily symbolic.
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He would be held in contempt of court if there are any violations.
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Those found to violate the rules could be held in contempt of court.
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He's the only attorney general to ever be voted in contempt of Congress.
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The House later voted to hold Barr and Ross in contempt of Congress.
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Schiff, meanwhile, directly called for Bannon to be held in contempt of Congress.
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But these witnesses withhold their testimony in contempt of Congress and the law.
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Intransigent police officials risk being held in contempt of court or even prosecuted.
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It would also make it easier to find them in contempt of Congress.
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My next guest says she should be held in contempt of Congress for it.
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Congress held then-Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over the fight.
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It's unclear whether a judge will hold the police department in contempt of court.
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The House Judiciary Committee voted 20-14 to hold Rove in contempt of Congress.
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The lower chamber voted to hold two top Cabinet officials in contempt of Congress.
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They can vote to hold someone who defies a subpoena in contempt of Congress.
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Democratic lawmakers are awaiting a floor vote to hold him in contempt of Congress.
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Mr. Burr left open the possibility of holding Mr. Flynn in contempt of Congress.
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That means holding key witnesses -- like Mulvaney, Bolton, and Giuliani -- in contempt of Congress.
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After a Federal District Court judge held him in contempt of court, he appealed.
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It's not hard to imagine a club of Cabinet officials held in contempt of Congress.
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The committee could vote to hold Simpson in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify.
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Lavelle's former boss at the EPA, Anne Gorsuch, was found in contempt of Congress twice.
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio was held in contempt of court for refusing to halt racial profiling.
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Holder refused to release records regarding the scandal, and was held in contempt of Congress.
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The committee could enforce the subpoena by voting to hold Bannon in contempt of Congress.
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The UK government has been found in contempt of Parliament for the first time ever.
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She wants her ex held in contempt of court for allegedly violating the custody agreement.
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The first step would be a committee vote to hold Bannon in contempt of Congress.
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Hatched by his inner circle in contempt of normal procedure, it has provoked a crisis.
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Last week, the agency asked a federal judge to hold him in contempt of court.
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When you have the Congress now, they are about to hold DOJ in contempt of Congress.
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Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed paperwork to consider Musk in contempt of court.
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Moore was first found in contempt of a court order by a judge in November 2012.
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Read more: The House just voted to hold two Trump cabinet officials in contempt of Congress
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During one particularly fiery exchange, Goodlatte threatened to hold the FBI agent in contempt of Congress.
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In the months since, he has threatened to hold Rosenstein and Wray in contempt of Congress.
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If he still declined, Democrats could take steps to have him held in contempt of Congress.
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That witness, Andrew Miller, has been held in contempt of the court and now may appeal.
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"He operated in contempt of Congress, and yes, I believe he should be" held in contempt.
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In January 2017, VidAngel was held in contempt of court and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine.
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The House Judiciary Committee moved a step closer on Monday to holding Barr in contempt of Congress.
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Later that month, the House of Representatives voted 255–67 to find Holder in contempt of Congress.
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Meanwhile, the House was threatening to hold Ross and Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress.
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A Senate effort to hold an online classified site in contempt of Congress is moving forward. Sen.
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It said it was taking over the legislature's role because it was in "contempt" of the law.
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If you don't comply, you can be held in contempt of Congress, which is a criminal charge.
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For instance, a judge could hold administration officials in contempt of court, rather than contempt of Congress.
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"Never before has the House of Commons found ministers in contempt of Parliament," the Labour MP said.
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Thune warned that Abramovich could be held in contempt of Congress if he did not answer questions.
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C.) said Republicans will discuss holding Simpson in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify (The Hill).
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The committee can vote to hold anyone refusing to comply with a subpoena in contempt of Congress.
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To avoid being held in contempt of court, a judge ordered Kelly to pay $161,663 by Wednesday.
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To avoid being held in contempt of court, a judge ordered he pay $161,663 by March 19983.
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The committee responded by moving to hold Kline in contempt of Congress, possibly followed by legal action.
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It was unclear whether the committee would move to hold either Hicks or Donaldson in contempt of Congress.
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Nadler has said he will move to hold McGahn in contempt of Congress because he did not appear.
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The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress.
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OK. What do you mean when you say she&aposs going to be held in contempt of Congress?
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Orrick ordered them to immediately remove the information, and held Daleiden and his lawyers in contempt of court.
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On February 25th, the SEC asked to hold Musk in contempt of court for allegedly violating the settlement.
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He did not stop doing this, and in October Lacroix was found to be in contempt of court.
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Nathan will decide if Musk should be held in contempt of court and whether he should be punished.
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Miller lost his case before a trial-level judge and was held in contempt of court, then appealed.
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" We know how they feel about the president, and the Republican House held Holder "in contempt of Congress.
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The court's reasoning: Parliament remained in contempt of court because of the unresolved fight over the three lawmakers.
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Judge Robinson also found Mr. Kobach in contempt of court and ordered him to take legal education classes.
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Prosecutors say the firm's response was so lacking that the company should be held in contempt of court.
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Republicans held Barack Obama's attorney general, Eric Holder, in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over documents.
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Bannon's decision not to testify potentially puts him in a position to be held in contempt of Congress.
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To avoid being held in contempt of court, a judge ordered Kelly to pay $161,663 by March 6.
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SOUTH AFRICAN COURT DEFERS JUDGEMENT IN CONTEMPT OF COURT CASE BETWEEN OLD MUTUAL AND FIRED CEO PETER MOYO
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Democrats said he should be held in contempt of Congress, but Conaway has deferred the matter for now.
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The pair were roundly criticized for the move, and may be held in contempt of parliament for doing so.
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Additionally, a judge ordered he pay $161,663 by Wednesday in order to avoid being held in contempt of court.
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Cummings said the panel will soon vote on whether to hold Kline in contempt of Congress over the matter.
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John Fisher of the New York-based Human Rights Watch said that Burundi "stands in contempt" of the Council.
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In October, Quebec's Superior Court ruled Lacroix was in contempt of court for continuing to solicit investment into PlexCoins.
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Zimmer initially threatened to hold Zuckerberg and Sandberg in contempt of parliament if they failed to appear on Tuesday.
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The SEC had attempted to hold Musk in contempt of court for his recent tweets about Tesla production levels.
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If Barr refused to release it, Democrats would then vote to hold him in contempt of Congress, experts said.
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If Trump administration officials refuse to comply with subpoenas, Democrats could vote to hold them in contempt of Congress.
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What's next: The head of the House Judiciary Committee chairman promised to hold Mr. McGahn in contempt of Congress.
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U.S. District Judge Murray Snow first found Arpaio and his three deputies in contempt of court earlier this year.
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A number of experts and officials said Johnson could be found in contempt of court and face prison time.
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The company wouldn't comply, so the special counsel's office asked Howell to hold the company in contempt of court.
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On Monday, Tesla must respond to the SEC's request to hold Elon Musk in contempt of a settlement agreement.
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Washington (CNN)House Democrats might as well save everyone's time and declare the entire Trump administration in contempt of Congress.
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Jerry Nadler, the chair of the committee, disagreed with this assessment and threatened to hold McGahn in contempt of Congress.
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Cohen said judges who follow Moore's order risked being held in contempt of court for violating the federal judge's ruling.
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Burford was found in contempt of Congress, and the administration lost a lawsuit giving its documents immunity from Congressional requests.
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Miami-Dade police are reportedly investigating the incident, and the judge could decide to hold Gutierrez in contempt of court.
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In all the most recent examples of an administration official being held in contempt of Congress, the case has fizzled.
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The on sitting Cabinet member ever to be held in contempt of Congress, and he is talking about running again.
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The committee, which wants documents from the former national security adviser, is thinking about holding Flynn in contempt of Congress.
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Additionally, a judge ordered he pay $214,22017 by March 6 in order to avoid being held in contempt of court.
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If teachers do, they could be found in contempt of court and spend up to six months in county jail.
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The judge held Miller in contempt of court, so he has taken his case to the federal Court of Appeals.
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Nunes, a California Republican, again raised the idea that House Republicans could hold Justice Department leaders in contempt of Congress.
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He could ask the full House to vote to hold them in contempt of Congress, which requires a majority vote.
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After Miller skipped out on his scheduled grand jury appearance, he was held in contempt of court earlier this month.
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Tata Sons denied being in contempt of the NCLT order and said it would give its response to the tribunal.
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If Jackson finds that Stone broke this term, he could even be held in contempt of court, fined or imprisoned.
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The second article holds Mr. Trump in contempt of Congress for his absolute refusal to cooperate in the impeachment investigation.
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CORRECTION: This headline has been updated to reflect that Barr was voted in contempt of Congress by the House Judiciary Committee.
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Congressman John Mica says he may move to hold Shkreli in contempt of Congress for his responses (or lack thereof) pic.twitter.
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Daleiden and his lawyers were held in contempt of court earlier this year for violating this seal and releasing additional footage.
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He was found in contempt of Parliament just four months ago for refusing to give evidence to lawmakers investigating fake news.
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"He didn't keep Kaiser alone, and if he did then we could be in contempt of the custody order," she wrote.
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And attempts to hold members of previous administrations in contempt of Congress all fizzled, setting the stage for protracted legal battles.
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Manning was found to be in contempt of court, remaining in custody until the Eastern District of Virginia grand jury expired.
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Musk had until Monday to explain why he shouldn't be held him in contempt of court over a tweet on Feb.
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The agency petitioned a judge this week to have Tesla's CEO found in contempt of an October settlement between the parties.
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The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress.
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Individuals who do not appear before Congress when summoned can be held in contempt of Congress, which is a federal misdemeanor.
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By July 1974, the House Judiciary Committee found Nixon had obstructed justice, misused his power, and was in contempt of Congress.
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Last week, May was found in contempt of Parliament for failing to publish the full legal advice underpinning her exit plan.
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She resigned after being held in contempt of Congress, for refusing to comply with a corruption investigation targeting a Superfund administrator.
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"The police are clearly acting in contempt of a court order and with an impunity that is not normal," she said.
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If pardoned individuals refuse to answer questions, congressional committees can hold them in contempt of Congress, a form of civil contempt.
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Their Wednesday vote to hold Barr in contempt of Congress was the first step in doing so, Judiciary Committee members said.
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In a subsequent interview he did answer some transition questions, but Democrats now want to hold him in contempt of Congress.
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If a citizen-juror acted like a Senate juror, he or she would be removed and held in contempt of court.
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David Cicilline of Rhode Island, became so frustrated that he asked Nadler to move to hold Lewandowski in contempt of Congress.
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The dispute led to Attorney General Bill Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross being held in contempt of Congress in July.
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For rulings on weighty legal issues that Democrats themselves have provoked, with threats to hold executive officials in contempt of Congress?
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If she doesn't, she risks being held in contempt of the court ... and having to pay Tyrese's legal and attorney fees.
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There are actual punishments for being in contempt of Congress -- the Senate or House sergeant at arms can detain the contemptuous person!
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Barr, who refused to testify before a Democratic-led House committee, is now in danger of being found in contempt of Congress.
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Plus, there are renewed fears about Brexit after U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May's government was found in contempt of Parliament on Tuesday.
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If Stone continues to post on social media after today, he could be found in contempt of court and face jail time.
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Arpaio was found in contempt of court in 2017 because he continued to make immigration arrests after he was ordered to stop.
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Among Tesla's most recent legal woes, the Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a motion to hold Musk in contempt of court.
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Cornyn said if Democrats interrupted a courtroom the way they did the hearing then they would be held in contempt of court.
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Earlier this month, Nunes threatened to hold Attorney General Jeff Sessions in contempt of Congress for withholding classified information on the investigation.
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But Jonathan Sumption, a former Supreme Court justice, said such a move would result in Johnson being held in contempt of court.
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House Republicans say they are considering floor action to hold Rosenstein in contempt of Congress if he does not comply this week.
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As a result, the judge found DeVos and the Department in contempt of court and ordered them to pay $100,000 in damages.
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Should Mr. Rosenstein fail to comply, they have threatened to subpoena him, hold him in contempt of Congress or even impeach him.
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House Democrats indicated that if Mr. McGahn skips the hearing, they would vote on whether to hold him in contempt of Congress.
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Pelosi added that Barr, who last week also refused to testify before the House panel, should be held in contempt of Congress.
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May's — have suggested that the prime minister was in contempt of Parliament for not publishing the government's full legal advice on Brexit.
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In 1978 he had held Attorney General Griffin Bell in contempt of court for refusing to turn over confidential F.B.I. informant files.
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And one of his close aides was held in contempt of court for ignoring his own subpoena, though the order was stayed.
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The Times said it chose to abide by the order while it appealed, rather than risk being held in contempt of court.
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After the judge's ruling, DeVos herself was held in contempt of court and hit with a $100,000 fine over the plan's implementation.
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In a dispute over department files related to that case, the Judiciary Committee ultimately recommended holding Mr. Barr in contempt of Congress.
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And when lawmakers vote to hold someone in contempt of Congress, the cases frequently end up in court, sometimes stalled for years.
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Monday is also the deadline for Tesla to respond to the SEC's request to hold Musk in contempt of a settlement agreement.
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A federal judge ultimately found the air traffic controllers' union president in contempt of court, and ordered him to pay a fine.
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While Mueller's office initially proposed she fine the company $10,23 per day for being in contempt of court, Howell raised the stakes.
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He asked Li to apologize and sign a declaration that he had made false allegations and was in contempt of the judiciary.
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The first step would be for the majority to call a vote to decide whether to hold him in contempt of Congress.
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Or does Ryan schedule a House floor vote on a meritless and politically motivated resolution to hold Rosenstein in contempt of Congress?
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He was held in contempt of Congress, and he goes down, I guess as one of the great attorney generals of all time.
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The decision could result in the executives being held in contempt of parliament, the senior Canadian politician who sent the summons told CNN.
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It could ignore a subpoena, running the risk of being held in contempt of Congress, and prepare for a potentially lengthy court battle.
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Cummings threatened to hold Conway in contempt of Congress if she refuses to comply with the subpoena before July 25, according to Politico.
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It's part of the left's war on the right MORE became the first sitting Cabinet member found to be in contempt of Congress.
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House Democrats are prepared to vote to hold Barr and McGahn in contempt of Congress on Tuesday over their decisions to defy subpoenas.
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The committee on Thursday morning will vote to hold Pagliano in contempt of Congress for failing to appear before the committee under subpoena.
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Moyo had also applied twice to have Old Mutual declared in contempt of court over its refusal to allow him back to work.
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The move came before a House committee voted to recommend that two cabinet secretaries be held in contempt of Congress over the matter.
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The food order was ultimately lifted, but not before a federal judge found Sheriff Franklin in contempt of court and fined her $1,000.
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"The defendant's conduct is willful and contemptuous," Lancaster wrote in a motion Monday asking a judge to hold Biden in contempt of court.
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Even after Bunning issued an injunction ordering the issuance of the licenses, Davis refused and was jailed for being in contempt of court.
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He declined to say whether Bannon should be held in contempt of Congress, a process that could lead to months of legal wrangling.
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He asked Li to sign a declaration that he had made false allegations, was in contempt of the judiciary, and to apologize unreservedly.
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On several occasions, Justice Ira H. Margulis rebuked him for outbursts in the courtroom, even threatening to hold him in contempt of court.
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The House Judiciary Committee was slated to vote on Wednesday on a resolution recommending the full House find Barr in contempt of Congress.
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"Because they are in contempt of Congress, on Wednesday, the Committee will vote to move forward to enforce our bipartisan subpoenas," he said.
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Nadler has said he plans to hold the Attorney General in contempt of Congress if the report is not turned over in upcoming days.
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If lawmakers want to punish someone who ignores a congressional subpoena they typically first hold the offender "in contempt of Congress," legal experts said.
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Page, who defied a subpoena Wednesday, would have been held in contempt of Congress had she not appeared at Friday&aposs session, lawmakers said.
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She was declared in contempt of court on February 26th after declining to answer questions from the prosecution in the case of Robert Ray.
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Upon hearing the news, Sullivan ordered their flight returned and suggested that Sessions could be held in contempt of court, according to the ACLU.
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Nifong was later held in contempt of court, spent one night in jail, and paid $1,000 as part of a settlement with the players.
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He was found to be in contempt of parliament earlier this year for failing to appear before lawmakers investigating "fake news" and the referendum.
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" However, the source close to the situation says Patton "was never in contempt of court" and that "allegations to the contrary are patently false.
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In June, the House of Representatives voted to hold McGahn in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about his role in the investigation.
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Republicans also are discussing holding top Justice Department officials in contempt of Congress for not turning over documents they've requested about the Clinton investigation.
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British far-right activist Tommy Robinson was found in contempt of court Friday for live-streaming defendants in a 2018 criminal trial, Reuters reports.
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When Miller received the subpoena for testimony, he refused to visit the grand jury, and a federal judge held him in contempt of court.
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Courts could order EPA to produce a regulation by a certain time and hold Pruitt in contempt of court if he fails to comply.
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Normally, a witness who refuses to answer a question at a congressional hearing can be held in contempt of Congress and face criminal prosecution.
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Senator Richard M. Burr, Republican of North Carolina and the committee's chairman, left open the possibility of holding Mr. Flynn in contempt of Congress.
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The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to approve placing Barr in contempt of Congress for refusing to hand over the full, unredacted Mueller report.
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The deputy attorney general, I mean, Eric Holder was held in contempt of Congress over that Fast and Furious stuff and nothing really happened here.
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These divisions led to May's government losing a record-breaking three votes in 63 minutes last month, and also being found in contempt of parliament.
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Donaldson's subpoena comes mere hours after McGahn blew off a subpoena from House Democrats, prompting calls for him to be held in contempt of Congress.
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May's government was then found in contempt of Parliament for the first time in history for refusing to publish its full legal analysis on Brexit.
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We are a rare breed these days, a people in support of the European Union and its shared identity, rather than in contempt of it.
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Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has been found in contempt of court and jailed for refusing to testify before a secret federal grand jury.
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Jerry Nadler, who is the chairman of the committee, reportedly plans to hold Barr in contempt of Congress if his snitty behavior does not improve.
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Attorney General Bill Barr canceled his scheduled appearance before the committee on Thursday, which caused House Democrats to consider holding him in contempt of Congress.
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If the judge, Alison Nathan of the Southern District Court of New York, does hold Musk in contempt of court, she would decide the penalty.
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At the far end that scale is holding Flynn in contempt of Congress — the first step in seeking Justice Department support to enforce the orders.
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For now, it's unclear how much appetite the Senate panel has to hold Flynn in contempt of Congress — the first step to enforcing the subpoena.
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It's part of the left's war on the right The Hill's Campaign Report: Obama legacy under spotlight after Detroit debates MORE in contempt of Congress.
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After the hotel visit, Kramer received another email from the committee which threatened to hold him in contempt of Parliament, according to the court filing.
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Observers who are closely tracking the tax-return fight said the House could consider voting to hold administration officials in contempt of Congress for noncompliance.
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Y.) speaks to ranking member Doug Collins (R-Ga.) as the committee votes to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress on Wednesday.
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So far, Nadler's committee has been the only one to move on a contempt resolution, voting this week to hold Barr in contempt of Congress.
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And Morgan County Sheriff Greg Bartlett was found to be in contempt of court in 2009 for failing to properly feed inmates in his jail.
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If a suspect is still alive and hasn't yet faced trial, calling them a terrorist could put the reporter or outlet in contempt of court.
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Washington, DC (CNN)Election officials in Wisconsin have been found in contempt of court after failing to remove thousands of voters from the state's rolls.
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As for his refusal to comply with the Senate's subpoena, it is up to lawmakers to decide whether to hold him in contempt of Congress.
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Late last month, a district court judge found Mr. Baur in contempt of court, forcing the public defenders to go back to taking on cases.
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The committee's Democratic chairman, Jerrold Nadler, called Lewandowski's conduct at the hearing "completely unacceptable" and was considering seeking to hold him in contempt of Congress.
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Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee have laid the groundwork to hold Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray in contempt of Congress.
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The judge responded by saying this lawsuit could potentially be more efficient, especially compared to holding Kupperman in contempt of Congress, then Congress suing him.
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Hillary could have been found in contempt of Congress or impeached, even now, because a federal official need not be in office to be impeached.
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The idea of empowering committee chairs to hold people in contempt of Congress is also under discussion, the aide said, but it has not been finalized.
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If he does fail to appear, Bannon could be held in contempt of Congress — though the last time Congress arrested and detained a witness was 1935.
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Musk is still battling the SEC over that very same settlement, and it's possible he will be held in contempt of court for allegedly violating it.
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Its excuse is that the legislature is in contempt of court; it had sworn in three opposition deputies suspended by the court for supposed electoral fraud.
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The judge told Margraves he was in contempt of court and informed him she could give him a jail sentence or fine him more than $7,000.
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Readers pointed out that the secretary of education was recently held in contempt of court for refusing to support students victimized by crooked for-profit schools.
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Failure to meet that deadline could prompt the House to hold administration officials in contempt of Congress, triggering legal maneuvers to get the agency to comply.
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He allegedly violated a court order in an ongoing voting-rights lawsuit, and now he has to convince the judge he isn't in contempt of court.
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The second tool is to hold an uncooperative official in contempt of Congress, which is a federal crime punishable by both jail time and a fine.
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The House voted in May to authorize the court battle against McGahn rather than moving to hold him in contempt of Congress for violating the subpoena.
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"Two key takeaways: Attorney General Sessions (1) is in Contempt of Congress for stonewalling and (85033) he did not contradict Comey's testimony," Lieu wrote on Twitter.
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In a renewal of Venezuela's bitter politics after the holiday lull, the ruling Socialist Party responded that the National Assembly was in contempt of the law.
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Nunes has recently suggested that lawmakers might move to hold Attorney General Jeff Sessions in contempt of Congress for withholding information tied to the Russia inquiry.
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On Thursday, Judge Laura Taylor Swain held Mr. Tsirkos in contempt of court for failing to begin payments on a $19983,000 judgment handed down in 2014.
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The school board had asked Scherer to hold the Sun Sentinel and two of its reporters in contempt of court after the paper published the information.
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The company is asking a judge to hold a separate tree sitter and her family in contempt of court and forcibly remove them from the trees.
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The House Oversight Committee recently voted on party lines to recommend that the House hold former State Department IT technician Bryan Pagliano in contempt of Congress.
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Mr. Neal told reporters that he saw little value in trying to hold Mr. Mnuchin or Charles P. Rettig, the I.R.S. commissioner, in contempt of Congress.
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Justice Angela Mazzarelli asked Ms. Wang if a state judge, for instance, could send Mr. Trump to jail if he was held in contempt of court?
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"They've got to go and testify, and potentially incur the wrath of the president, or potentially they could be held in contempt of Congress," Kadzik said.
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In August, after further delays in producing the documents, Judge Gillen held Oesterlund and his companies in contempt of court, dangling the prospect of criminal penalties.
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The House Oversight Committee subsequently voted to hold him in contempt of Congress, but a vote by the full chamber was delayed until after Election Day.
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The judge found 21-year-old Deandre Somerville in contempt of court in September after he missed the trial and didn't call to explain what happened.
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Democrats loudly protested last week that Republicans are failing to follow up on threats to hold former White House strategist Stephen Bannon in contempt of Congress.
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A Virginia judge had found Moore in contempt of court in 2012 for reneging on more than $330,000 in settlement, alimony and child support payments to Allison.
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Under federal court rules in criminal cases, a person who fails to obey a grand jury subpoena "without adequate excuse" can be held in contempt of court.
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On October 2, in contempt of that history, the government is holding a referendum asking Hungarians to reject an EU agreement to share responsibility for asylum seekers.
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The House Judiciary Committee may find William Barr, Mr Trump's attorney-general, to be in contempt of Congress for ignoring a subpoena demanding the unredacted Mueller report.
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Just hours after his decision, the House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Barr in contempt of Congress for failing to provide the committee with the unredacted report.
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What matters now is if Democrats decide to pursue a court case against the attorney general and if a judge holds him in contempt of court instead.
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By distributing the plans for the 3D-printed weapons, Wilson runs the risk of being held in contempt of court — something that the anarchist appears to relish.
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Why it matters: Nadler scheduled the vote on Wednesday for the committee to hold Barr in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over the full report.
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On Tuesday, a federal judge ordered Musk to submit documents by March 11 showing why he should not be held in contempt of court for his tweeting.
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Schiff declined to elaborate on whether that meant holding the department in contempt of Congress, saying the panel would confer with the House of Representatives' general counsel.
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The case led to Holder becoming the first attorney general to be voted in contempt of Congress but no charges were ever brought against any administration official.
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She said that the Nowata County Associate District Judge Carl Gibs, before threatening to hold her in contempt of court, had offered to secure a salary raise.
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Earlier this month, Nunes threatened to hold Justice Department officials in contempt of Congress if they don't release documents related to the source that he has subpoenaed.
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Mike Lillis and Olivia Beavers report that several House committee chairmen on Tuesday discussed voting to hold administration officials who refuse to testify in contempt of Congress.
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The statement came after House Democrats threatened to hold Mr. Barr in contempt of Congress after he failed to appear at a hearing of the Judiciary Committee.
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Her failure to show set up yet another clash between the executive branch and Congress that may end with an administration official held in contempt of Congress.
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If approved by a federal judge, the deal would resolve an attempt by regulators to hold Mr. Musk in contempt of court for violating the earlier settlement.
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John Baker, who oversees military commissions defense lawyers, in contempt of court for refusing to order the two civilian Pentagon employees to resume work on the case.
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In Kansas, Secretary of State Kris Kobach blocked 30,000 would-be voters from casting ballots (and was recently held in contempt of federal court for doing so).
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The pardon is also a slap in the face of the judge who had held Mr. Arpaio in contempt of court and was yet to sentence him.
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His decision to invoke his Fifth Amendment right puts him at risk of being held in contempt of Congress, which can also result in a criminal charge.
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If he finds the government missed his deadlines, he could hold government officials in contempt of court and has a wide variety of punishments available to him.
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"Roy Moore has advised the probate judges to do something that would be in contempt of court," said Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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He has threatened to hold senior officials in contempt of Congress if they did not comply — a bid that was ultimately successful with Ryan's backing this week.
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SEC: The US Securities and Exchange Commission is asking a federal judge to hold Elon Musk in contempt of court following "stunning" behavior by the Tesla CEO.
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Democrats say Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee are failing to follow up on threats to hold former White House strategist Stephen Bannon in contempt of Congress.
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Financial Services Republicans have long threatened to hold Cordray in contempt of Congress for failing to respect subpoenas, while the CFPB has insisted it's done what's required.
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Failing to provide the information could also result in Coinbase being found in contempt of court, which can result in substantial fines until it chooses to comply.
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The top Democrat on the committee said Friday it's likely that Bannon will be held in contempt of Congress after refusing to answer questions before the panel.
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In 2012, Eric H. Holder Jr. was the first attorney general to be held in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena for information.
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On Monday, hours before Cummings' letter, Flynn's lawyers said he would not be cooperated with that subpoena — a decision that could put Flynn in contempt of court.
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She was trying to hold him in contempt of court, which could have landed him behind bars, but the judge has postponed judgment day until March 14.
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That decision has put the 34-year-old Miller in contempt of court, but it's also opened a pathway to attack the constitutionality of Mueller's entire investigation.
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"One would hope that being held in contempt of Congress would be enough for the Attorney General just to do his civic and legal duty," Raskin said.
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ET. The SEC is seeking to hold Musk in contempt of court for violating a settlement agreement when he tweeted about projected Tesla car sales back in February.
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And Trey Gowdy, Oversight Chair, he said yesterday that officials will be held in contempt of Congress if the DOJ and FBI do not comply with the subpoenas.
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In a U.K. parliamentary first, British lawmakers have found the government in contempt of Parliament for refusing to publish advice from the country's top law officer about Brexit.
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In 2019, the SEC asked a judge to hold Musk in contempt of the court that approved their 2018 settlement after Musk tweeted a projection about vehicle production.
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" On Friday morning, a federal judge found her in contempt of court until she apologized and complied or until "the end of the life of the grand jury.
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Charles Kupperman, the former acting national security adviser scheduled to testify Monday, has been subpoenaed by House Democrats, who are threatening to find him in contempt of Congress.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that Attorney General William Barr should be held in contempt of Congress and "nothing is off table" regarding whether to impeach him.
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The government was held in contempt of Parliament, a first in modern times, for not publishing the full legal advice from the attorney-general concerning the withdrawal agreement.
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A suspect who refuses to supply a passcode—or who say they can't remember it, as in this week's Florida cases—could be held in contempt of court.
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Rebecca Bredow, 40, was in contempt of court after she ignored an order from a judge who told her she had one week to get her son vaccinated.
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House Democrats have formally introduced a resolution to hold Attorney General Bill Barr and former White House counsel Don McGahn in contempt of Congress, CNN's Manu Raju reports.
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If he does so, House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler has said he will subpoena Barr and potentially hold him in contempt of Congress if he does not comply.
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The House's vote on holding the former State Department staffer responsible for setting up Clinton's private email server in contempt of Congress will wait until after the elections.
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Frank A. Reino, a lawyer for Mister Softee, asked the judge to also hold Mr. Tsirkos in contempt of court for the other fines they claim he owes.
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An effort to hold Rosenstein in contempt of Congress is just as irresponsible and unjustifiable as the articles of impeachment that Meadows and Jordan introduced and quickly abandoned.
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The House is expected to vote next week on whether to hold Barr and former White House counsel Don McGahn in contempt of Congress for defying congressional subpoenas.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday he was "very disturbed" by Page's refusal to show up and indicated he is willing to hold her in contempt of Congress.
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Leon warned reporters not to use electronic devices and said they could be banned from the courtroom and held in contempt of court if they violated the prohibition.
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Depending on where you live, if your abuser/stalker violates the protection order, they can be held in contempt of court and arrested and charged with a crime.
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The House Oversight Committee on Thursday morning voted on party lines to recommend that the House hold former State Department IT technician Bryan Pagliano in contempt of Congress.
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Congress could ask a federal judge to enforce its subpoena — and declare witnesses who defy any judicial order to provide the information to Congress in contempt of court.
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That relations between the political branches have drastically deteriorated is reflected by the fact that no cabinet officer ever had been held in contempt of Congress until 2012.
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As an attorney, I would likely be held in contempt of court if I interrupted my presentation to a judge to protest racial injustice in America by kneeling.
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It's part of the left's war on the right MORE, declined to provide documents on the program to Congress in 2012 and was held in contempt of Congress.
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Aides said Wednesday that a vote to hold Pagliano in contempt of Congress is no longer expected before the House leaves Capitol Hill for the pre-election recess.
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A federal judge has held him in contempt of court for his resistance, positioning him to be jailed if he loses his court cases and still doesn't comply.
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The House voted two years later to hold Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about the IRS scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission says a series of tweets Elon Musk published last week violate its agreement with Tesla, and wants him held in contempt of court.
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If things continue to escalate, and Barr continues to resist Democrats' demands about the Mueller report, the country's top law enforcement officer could be found in contempt of Congress.
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After lawmakers threatened to hold officials in contempt of Congress, House Speaker Paul Ryan&aposs office said it finds the request for additional time on the remaining documents reasonable.
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He said that the Socialists would ask the Supreme Court to find the Assembly leadership in contempt of the court order that blocked the politicians from taking their seats.
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A district judge ruled them in contempt of court and imposed a $50,000-per-day fine on them so long as they kept refusing to comply with the subpoena.
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And it seems like tensions are rising fast: earlier this week, the government reportedly sought to hold Facebook in contempt of court for refusing to comply with its demands.
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The agency is asking a judge to find Musk in contempt of a settlement with the SEC that was reached following a previous bad tweet about taking Tesla private.
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Since then, the department has been entangled in a messy court battle, which recently resulted in Ms. DeVos being held in contempt of court and facing a $100,000 fine.
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his top aides on Friday were found in contempt of court for disobeying orders in a racial profiling case, according to multiple reports.
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Last month, a federal judge held Ms. DeVos in contempt of court for illegally collecting on loans owed by students who attended Corinthian Colleges, another defunct for-profit chain.
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Former Stone aide Andrew Miller, whom a federal judge held in contempt of the court last week for refusing to testify before the grand jury, is a third example.
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A federal court judge declared Davis in contempt of court for refusing to issue the licenses and not allowing her six deputy clerks to issue them in her place.
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Aides said Wednesday that a vote to hold Bryan Pagliano in contempt of Congress is no longer expected before the House leaves Capitol Hill for the pre-election recess.
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Manning last month was held in contempt of court for refusing to answer questions in front of a federal grand jury in a sealed case about Assange and WikiLeaks.
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In 1982, the House voted to hold President Reagan's Environmental Protection Agency administrator in contempt of Congress for her refusal to turn over subpoenaed documents to a House committee.
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The House will vote Tuesday to hold the Admin in contempt of Congress after defying subpoenas for documents explaining the effort to add a citizenship question to the #Census.
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Several conservative lawmakers blamed Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein for the delays and threatened to hold him in contempt of Congress unless they got the documents they were seeking.
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The House Judiciary Committee voted this week to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over Mueller's unredacted report and the underlying evidence.
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It's part of the left's war on the right MORE in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over documents related to the Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation.
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A federal judge in Manhattan has told Tesla CEO Elon Musk that he has until March 28500 to explain why he should not be held in contempt of court.
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A federal judge threatened to hold Attorney General Jeff Sessions in contempt of court after the Trump administration deported a woman and her daughter during their own court case.
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Four couples sued Davis in federal court for her refusal to do her job, and a judge ruled her in contempt of court and jailed her for five days.
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As Vox's Amanda Sakuma notes, Moore was found to have been held in contempt of court for failing to paying his former wife $300,000 in alimony and child support.
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On Wednesday, the Judiciary Committee voted to recommend that Mr. Barr be held in contempt of Congress after he refused to release Mr. Mueller's entire report and its evidence.
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In June 2012, the Republican-controlled House held Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over documents sought in a gunrunning inquiry.
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On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee moved to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for refusing to hand over an unedited version of the Mueller report.
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Passage of such a resolution would be only the second time in American history that the nation's top law enforcement official is found to be in contempt of Congress.
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Any teachers who refuse to comply with the injunction would be considered in contempt of court and could face up to six months in jail as well as fines.
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The House will vote this week on a resolution to hold former State Department IT technician Bryan Pagliano in contempt of Congress, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters Monday.
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Rooney also told Politico that he would "have to consider" whether or not to hold Bannon in contempt of Congress for refusing to answer some of the committee's questions.
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On Wednesday, Trump invoked blanket executive privilege over Mueller's full report in retribution for a pending vote by House Democrats to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress.
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Barr, one of the most controversial and powerful figures in Trump's Washington thanks to his handling of the Mueller report, escapes the stigma of being held in contempt of Congress.
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These drills are aimed at "showing strength, intelligence and readiness for all-round defense against any threat" and are being done "in contempt of sanctions and threats," the report said.
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Arpaio, who was sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, was found in contempt of court in 2017 because he continued to make immigration arrests after a court ordered him to stop.
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Attorney General William Barr could be held in contempt of Congress after a House vote Wednesday -- not unlike a similar move by Republicans against Eric Holder during the Obama administration.
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The special committee of legislators could find him in contempt of Parliament, thereby potentially triggering a vote of confidence which he would easily win given the Liberals' majority in Parliament.
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Jerry Nadler of New York, threatened to hold the attorney general in contempt of Congress if he does not give access to Mueller's full, unredacted report on the Russia probe.
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The SEC reiterated its request Monday to have Musk held in contempt of court over a February 19th tweet that the commission says is a "blatant violation" of the settlement.
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House Democrats are upping the ante in their attempt to get special counsel Robert Mueller's full, unredacted report by threatening to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress.
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Flynn's lawyers and the committee agreed on a schedule to provide documents, averting a showdown that could have ended with Flynn being held in contempt of Congress (and possibly jailed).
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Clinton ended up paying Jones $850,000 in a lawsuit settlement, a federal judge found him in contempt of court for making "intentionally false" statements, and his law license was suspended.
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As a result of his approach to law enforcement and his refusal to comply with previous court orders, a federal judge found him in contempt of court in July 2017.
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Read more:House Oversight Committee holds Attorney General Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of CongressThe Mueller probe is over, but here are 6 active congressional investigations into Trump
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The committee voted 23-85033 to hold Holder in contempt of Congress for his failure to release the documents, with the full chamber voting in favor of contempt 255-67.
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Barr has come under fierce criticism from Democrats over that issue, and on Wednesday was held in contempt of Congress by a House panel — something he joked about on Thursday.
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In April, a federal judge found Kobach in contempt of court for failing to comply with court orders in a case challenging a controversial state proof-of-citizenship voting law.
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If the move is backed up by a vote in the full House, it will make Barr the second sitting AG in history to be placed in contempt of Congress.
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As a result, they've backed off plans to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, the Democrat-controlled House Judiciary Committee said in an emailed statement on Monday.
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Should Mr. Puigdemont not show up in Madrid, in contempt of a court order, the Spanish authorities could request a European arrest warrant to get Belgian authorities to detain him.
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The committee also warned Mr. McGahn that if he did not show up for a public hearing this month, they would most likely hold him in contempt of Congress, too.
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The calls for Mr. Barr to be held in contempt of Congress stem not from Mr. Mueller's letter or his refusal to appear in front of the committee on Thursday.
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Members of Parliament on Tuesday afternoon voted to find Theresa May's government in contempt of parliament after it refused to release official legal advice on the prime minister's Brexit deal.
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Lawmakers also voted that the government was in contempt of Parliament for failing to publish its full legal advice on Brexit — a text explaining the legal implications of the deal.
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Just hours after Trump's announcement, the House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to place Barr in contempt of Congress for refusing to hand over the full, unredacted Mueller report.
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He was held in contempt of court in 2013 for failing to pay more than $330,000 for spousal support, child support and lawyer's fees to his former wife, Allison Moore.
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The head of the House Judiciary Committee chairman promised to hold Mr. McGahn in contempt of Congress, and warned Mr. Trump and other potential witnesses to expect new hardball tactics.
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It was last used in 1934 when Herbert Hoover's commerce secretary was declared in contempt of the Senate for attempting to destroy subpoenaed materials; he was jailed for 10 days.
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Moyo has also applied twice to have Old Mutual declared in contempt of court over its refusal to allow him back to work and its second attempt to sack him.
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Y., set a Wednesday vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for defying the panel's subpoena for an unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia report.
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A letter from Wright to Ashley, dated March 3 and made public on Wednesday, had told Ashley he could be in contempt of Parliament if he ignored a summons from lawmakers.
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At the beginning of the month, the House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Barr in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over the full, unredacted Mueller report and underlying evidence.
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While there are many ways someone can be in contempt of Congress, these days it usually happens when someone doesn't comply with a congressional subpoena, the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service said.
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A separate House panel — the Judiciary Committee -- has already voted to hold Barr in contempt of Congress for failing to provide the committee with special counsel Robert Mueller's full, unredacted report.
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Democrats released the transcript of Uthmeier's testimony as they also filed a 1,000-plus page document outlining their arguments for holding Attorney General William Barr and Ross in contempt of Congress.
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Elon Musk's lawyers told a federal judge Monday the Tesla CEO should not be held in contempt of court for tweets the Securities and Exchange Commission says violated a settlement agreement.
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Why it matters: Nadler has scheduled a vote on Wednesday for the committee to hold Attorney General Bill Barr in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over the full report.
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If Barr ignores the subpoena, as several Trump administration officials have done, Democrats on the committee have indicated that they will move to hold the attorney general in contempt of Congress.
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The SEC Wants Elon Musk Held in Contempt of &apos420&apos Tweet Settlement, Over Yet Another Bad TweetTesla CEO Elon Musk has once again gotten himself into trouble over a tweet.
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The source confirmed the appointment of Cummings, who was found to be in contempt of parliament earlier this year for failing to appear before lawmakers investigating "fake news" and the referendum.
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If he fails to prove why he hasn't paid, Maguire could be held in contempt of court, and if he does not show up for the proceedings, he could be arrested.
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They put forward a motion, which was backed by 311-293 in a vote on Tuesday, that found ministers in contempt of parliament and ordered the immediate publication of the advice.
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The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday is set to hold a vote on a resolution holding Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress over subpoenas related to the Mueller report.
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Several Republican lawmakers have raised the prospect of holding Rosenstein in contempt of Congress — or starting impeachment proceedings against him — if the House does not get the documents it is demanding.
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The House Judiciary Committee has teed up a Wednesday vote to hold Barr in contempt of Congress for failing to respond to a subpoena for Mueller's full report and investigative files.
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Senate intelligence chairman Richard Burr of North Carolina and vice chairman Mark Warner of Virginia floated the prospect of holding Flynn in contempt of Congress if he continued withholding the documents.
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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, a Republican from California, is leading that charge, threatening to hold Rosenstein in contempt of Congress and impeach him, along with FBI Director Chris Wray.
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What matters now is Democrats deciding to pursue a court case against the attorney general and former White House counsel, and if a judge holds them in contempt of court instead.
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Attorney General William Barr left Democratic lawmakers fuming when he failed to appear at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday, and they threatened to hold him in contempt of Congress.
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Speaking to reporters, she warned that House Democrats might move to hold more Trump administration officials in contempt of Congress if they refused to comply with subpoenas involving the Mueller report.
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The court agreed with a trial-level judge's ruling that Miller should be held in contempt of court and jailed for refusing to testify under a grand jury subpoena from Mueller.
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The House should pass a resolution to hold individuals who resist testifying in contempt of Congress, and to arrest and detain them unless and until they agree to give that testimony.
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And a federal judge recently held Ms. DeVos in contempt of court for illegally collecting on the debts of thousands of students defrauded by another, defunct for-profit chain of colleges.
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The magistrate, Sallie Kim, recently held Ms. DeVos in contempt of court for illegally billing nearly 46,000 Corinthian borrowers whose loans are supposed to be frozen until their case is resolved.
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Schiff has called for Bannon to be held in contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions, as well as Lewandowski, who also limited the scope of questions he would answer.
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More recently, Kim held DeVos and the department in contempt of court and imposed a $230,000 fine for violating her order to stop collecting on the loans of those Corinthian borrowers.
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He issued numerous subpoenas and threatened to hold FBI Director Chris Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in contempt of Congress for refusing to provide the information he was seeking.
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Arpaio, who was facing jail time for his arrests of immigrants in contempt of a court order, has been accused of racial profiling and poor treatment of immigrants in his custody.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May's government was found in contempt of parliament on Tuesday for refusing to release its full legal advice on Britain's exit from the European Union.
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Her defiance of the subpoena means she may be imprisoned again after a judge holds a closed hearing about her legal arguments and whether to hold her in contempt of court.
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Washington (CNN)The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress over obtaining the unredacted, complete report from special counsel Robert Mueller.
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And we had a myriad of instances with the Obama justice department, we had Eric Holder held in contempt of Congress over the documents in, I think it was, Fast and Furious.
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On the same day, and for the first time in history, the government was also found to be in contempt of parliament for failing to release full legal advice related to Brexit.
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Miller was held in contempt of court last summer for refusing to testify to a grand jury, presumably about Stone, WikiLeaks and the distribution of hacked Democratic documents during the 2016 campaign.
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Ken Starr went looking at Bill and Hillary Clinton's land deals and he ended up with Monica Lewinsky and a President who lied under oath and was found in contempt of court.
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Robinson was already on a suspended sentence after being held in contempt of court for filming inside a courthouse last year, in violation of the UK's laws around reporting on criminal trials.
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Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was held in contempt of court on Thursday for violating a previous order to stop collecting on loans from students who attended the now-defunct Corinthian College.
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The day before, the department warned Cummings in a letter that it would recommend the president assert executive privilege if the House voted to hold the officials in contempt of Congress. Rep.
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"When someone is in contempt of the agency in this manner, they need to react firmly and severely to retain their credibility with others who are accused of violating" agreements, he said.
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Supporters of Chelsea Manning have asked for the former U.S. soldier and whistleblower's release from solitary confinement, where she has been held for two weeks in contempt of court, The Guardian reports.
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While Walters' lawyers have said U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel could impose a number of sanctions, prosecutors on Friday said the remedy available was to hold the agent in contempt of court.
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Revelations of the operation created a political firestorm and set off a documents dispute between then-Attorney General Eric Holder and Congress that resulted in Holder being held in contempt of Congress.
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BREAKING THIS A.M. -- THIS AIN'T OVAH YET: Via The Hill's Katie Bo Williams, the House Oversight Committee this morning is holding former State Department IT technician Bryan Pagliano in contempt of Congress.
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Earlier this month, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes threatened to hold Justice Department officials in contempt of Congress if they don't release documents related to the source that he has subpoenaed.
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The measure, which passed 85033-11, is seen by House Republicans as a final warning shot to the law enforcement agency before lawmakers move to hold senior officials in contempt of Congress.
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House Republicans view the resolution, which is not enforceable, as one final warning shot to the law enforcement agency before lawmakers move to impeach or hold senior officials in contempt of Congress.
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The judge in this case heard arguments earlier this week on a motion from the government to hold the tech giant in contempt of court for refusing its request, according to Reuters.
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The scandal unfolded over years, as congressional committees investigated the practice and the House voted to hold former IRS official Lois Lerner -- who was ousted over the scandal -- in contempt of Congress.
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Few Democrats on Capitol Hill are sounding that alarm, however, weighing lesser legal options to gather documents and compel witness testimony, including Nadler's recent threat to hold Barr in contempt of Congress.
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The committee on Wednesday is set to vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for failing to respond to a subpoena for Mueller's full report and investigative files.
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After receiving the grand jury subpoena around summer 2018 and refusing to turn over the information, a trial-level federal judge held the company -- meaning the country, too -- in contempt of court.
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Each motion was rejected by the committee on a party-line basis -- except for one: To hold former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress for stonewalling the panel.
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Otherwise, Mr. Meadows said later, lawmakers would be left with no choice but to begin building a case to hold Mr. Rosenstein in contempt of Congress or to try to impeach him.
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A former top prosecutor on Saturday warned that were he to go against the law, Johnson would be in contempt of court and would face the same punishment as any ordinary citizen.
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" Democrats have not settled on a date for the vote to hold Mr. Barr in contempt of Congress, though Mr. Nadler said after Wednesday's committee action that he wanted it scheduled "rapidly.
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The House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over an unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on election interference.
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" Democrats have not settled on a precise date for the vote to hold Mr. Barr in contempt of Congress, though Mr. Nadler said after Wednesday's vote that he wanted it scheduled "rapidly.
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But if the Treasury Department refuses to hand over the returns, the chairman might consider holding the commissioner of the IRS and perhaps the secretary of the Treasury in contempt of Congress.
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She recently took the city back to court, but the city successfully argued that it was not in contempt of the settlement agreement because the gas leak had necessitated an emergency evacuation.
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That year, the Republican-led House voted to hold Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress because the Justice Department did not turn over documents related to the case.
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He fined the United Federation of Teachers $150,000 and held Mr. Shanker in contempt of court, sentencing him to 15 days, served over the Christmas holiday, in the Civil Jail in Manhattan.
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GOP members view the resolution, which is not enforceable, as one final warning shot to the law enforcement agency before lawmakers move to impeach or hold senior officials in contempt of Congress.
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Schiff also told reporters that Charles Kupperman — who skipped a Monday morning deposition and is seeking a judge's ruling on whether he has to testify — may be held in contempt of Congress.
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Last month, a federal judge held DeVos in contempt of court and imposed a $100,000 fine for violating an order to stop collecting on the student loans owed by former Corinthian students.
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It's part of the left's war on the right MORE and former IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress over a gun-tracking program and alleged scrutiny of conservative groups, respectively.
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But he allegedly didn't follow that last part, which is why the SEC recently tried to get him held in contempt of court for violating the settlement for a tweet posted in February.
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C., has said he wants the House to either hold Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in contempt of Congress or impeach Rosenstein if the Justice Department fails to meet the July 6 deadline.
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In the past several years, a federal judge has struck down his signature election law and found him in contempt of court for disobeying orders to notify people who were registered to vote.
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Many of those activities are already illegal, but the judge's order means that anybody who engages in them could be held in contempt of court, exposing them to additional civil or criminal penalties.
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Judge John Kastrenakes found the 21-year-old from West Palm Beach in contempt of court last month after he missed the civil trial and didn't call the court to explain what happened.
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The activists said that if the government goes ahead with the sale, it will not only be in contempt of court but also in violation of the country's and international animal welfare regulations.
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The chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee said in a television interview on Monday that his panel will hold former White House counsel Don McGahn in contempt of Congress for not testifying.
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On Tuesday, the Justice Department had warned Cummings in a letter that it would recommend the president assert executive privilege if the House voted to hold the officials in contempt of Congress. Rep.
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Richard Burr and Mark Warner, said Tuesday that Flynn had refused to respond to their subpoena for documents and that, if he continues to refuse, they may hold him in contempt of Congress.
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LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May's government was found in contempt of parliament on Tuesday for refusing to release its full legal advice on Britain's exit from the European Union.
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Ranking Democrat Adam Schiff released a statement last week moving to enforce a subpoena on Bannon, which would allow the committee to hold him in contempt of Congress had he failed to cooperate.
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This comes after House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, a California Republican, subpoenaed the DOJ for documents related to the confidential FBI source and has threatened to hold Justice officials in contempt of Congress.
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What the law says: A US District Court judge declared Davis in contempt of court for refusing to issue the licenses and not allowing her deputy clerks to give them on her behalf.
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The House will vote next week to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for declining to comply with a subpoena for special counsel Robert Mueller's full report and related evidence.
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Earlier this month, Judiciary members voted along party lines to hold Barr in contempt of Congress after he did not comply with a subpoena for Mueller's full, unredacted report and its underlying evidence.
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When you reflect on the current state of conservatism in the United States, there can be no doubt or confusion about it being an ideology that is in contempt of its former self.
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Legal experts said House Democrats could vote to hold Mnuchin or Rettig in contempt of Congress if they ignored a subpoena, as a pretext to suing in federal court to obtain Trump's returns.
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WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee voted to approve placing Attorney General Bill Barr in contempt of Congress Wednesday for resisting a subpoena to turn over the full, unredacted Mueller report and underlying materials.
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Mr. Nunes, who has pushed for greater and greater access to sensitive case files, did not like that answer and threatened to hold the attorney general and his deputy in contempt of Congress.
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The Obama Justice Department even refused to bring charges against Lois Lerner, who was held in contempt of Congress and was at the center of scandal running the tax agency's Exempt Organizations Unit.
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If the DOJ doesn't move more quickly or continues to hand over heavily redacted documents, Rosenstein could face impeachment proceedings or attempts to hold him in contempt of Congress, Meadows and others warn.
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Biden has until March 1 to produce the required financial information to avoid a hearing on whether he should be found in contempt of court for his repeated failure to provide those documents.
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As Amanda Sakuma wrote for Vox, Moore was previously held in contempt of court for failing to pay child support and alimony to his ex-wife in the wake of their divorce settlement.
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The judge refused to give Flynn access to more than 50 additional documents from prosecutors, and declined to dismiss his case or hold prosecutors in contempt of court, contrary to what Flynn requested.
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If documents are not produced, Congress can vote to hold administration officials "in contempt of Congress" and then go to court and ask a judge to issue an order forcing them to comply.
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Former White House strategist Steve Bannon has been refusing to answer lawmakers' questions about the Trump-Russia investigation — and they're so tired of it that they're considering holding him in contempt of Congress.
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Elon Musk's legal team responded late Monday, just before a deadline, to the Securities and Exchange Commission's request to hold him in contempt of court over a tweet he made about Tesla's production rate.
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Democrats may also vote to hold Trump's former White House counsel Don McGahn in contempt of Congress after the White House told him to refuse a subpoena for documents from the House Judiciary Committee.
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-New York, is preparing to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress this week unless the Justice Department turns over the full, unredacted Mueller report.
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Four couples sued Davis in federal court for her refusal to do her job, and a U.S. District Court judge ruled that she was in contempt of court and jailed her for five days.
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Hold IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig or Mnuchin in contempt of Congress (although this would be seen as an aggressive move and one that Neal has not said or inferred he'd pursue at this point).
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Legal experts say lawmakers could vote to hold administration officials in contempt of Congress, which would provide a basis for the House to ask a federal judge to order the Treasury Department to comply.
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The liquidators are asking each of the 91 defendants be held in contempt of court, which could result in criminal penalties, or impose weekly fines for failure to comply with the High Court order.
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The source in Johnson's team confirmed the appointment of Cummings, who was found to be in contempt of parliament earlier this year for failing to appear before lawmakers investigating "fake news" and the referendum.
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Well, Musk did not do that last thing, and the SEC filed to have him held in contempt of court after he tweeted (and later corrected) misleading Tesla vehicle production numbers in February 2019.
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His pardon for Arpaio, a former Arizona sheriff who was found in contempt of court for flouting court rulings ordering him to stop arresting suspected illegal immigrants without further cause, came late last month.
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If they win back the House, however, they could convene hearings, subpoena officials to testify, require the administration to hand over documents and hold officials in contempt of Congress if they fail to comply.
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Moyo, who was temporarily reinstated by the court in July, applied to have Old Mutual declared in contempt of court after it said he could not return to work while it appealed his reinstatement.
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Meanwhile, the Judiciary Committee is set to vote on Wednesday whether to recommend that the House hold Mr. Barr in contempt of Congress for not turning over an unredacted version of Mr. Mueller's report.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission wants to hold him in contempt of court for tweeting about production forecasts last week, which violated the terms of a settlement he made with the agency last year.
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The S.E.C. asked for Mr. Musk to be held in contempt of court over a tweet about Tesla production volumes, which it says infringed a settlement that put limitations on his social-media use.
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The State Supreme Court, in an order reflecting the discipline, wrote that Mr. Hopkins had been accused of wrongfully collecting money and held in contempt of court when he did not swiftly pay $18,000.
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Miller, a former aide to Stone, was subpoenaed last year to turn over digital records and testify to a federal grand jury, but he refused to testify and was held in contempt of court.
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Representative Jerrold Nadler, Democrat of New York and the committee's chairman, told Mr. Lewandowski near the hearing's conclusion that the panel would consider holding him in contempt of Congress for his refusal to cooperate.
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A judge held the city in contempt of court for failing to abide by a state policy that gives people in jail the right to see a judge or be released within 24 hours.
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House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff received a last-ditch attempt from the Justice Department to stave off a likely vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for a second time.
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Mr. Flynn's rejection of the subpoena put him at risk of being held in contempt of Congress, a rarely invoked process that, should lawmakers choose to pursue it, could result in a criminal citation.
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In addition, Schiff called for former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon to be held in contempt of Congress following his refusal to answer questions related to his time on the Trump transition team.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee said in a television interview on Monday that his panel will hold the former White House counsel in contempt of Congress for not testifying.
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And Eric Holder was held in contempt of Congress, he was very public that he was then President Obama&aposs wingman, he said it very publicly they had a very close relationship, an unapologetic relationship.
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Obama Attorney General Eric Holder was held in contempt of a Republican House panel after he refused to turn over all the information requested by lawmakers relating to the so-called Fast and Furious scandal.
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Tech Mahindra is asking for Khajeh-Hosseiny to be held in contempt of court — and it was his non-appearance that moved all of the relevant court docs from private arbitration into the public sphere.
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That brings us to today's committee vote, when Cummings will use the power the full House gave him Wednesday to hold Barr and Ross in contempt of Congress and pursue legal action of his own.
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The announcement has led some Canadian MPs to suggest that Sandberg and Zuckerberg could be found in contempt of parliament—a rod that, as the CBC reports, is seldom wielded by the body of legislators.
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WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress, marking congressional Democrats' most severe actions against President Donald Trump's administration to date.
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Rosenstein was at the center of a fight with the President's conservative allies in the House of Representatives who had threatened to hold him in contempt of Congress for withholding classified documents about the source.
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Meadows and Jordan have floated the possibility of impeaching Rosenstein, or holding him in contempt of Congress, for weeks, and they've been steadily building to this point with a campaign against the deputy attorney general.
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Elsewhere in the building that same day, a federal judge held Andrew Miller, another Stone associate, in contempt of court for refusing to obey a grand-jury subpoena also issued by Mueller for his testimony.
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President Barack Obama's Attorney General Eric Holder was held in contempt of Congress by the then Republican House for failing to hand over documents relevant to the Fast and Furious scandal over illegal gun sales.
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It's part of the left's war on the right The Hill's Campaign Report: Obama legacy under spotlight after Detroit debates MORE in contempt of Congress and conducting hearings on the IRS and 2012 Benghazi attacks.
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Not only was Moore found in contempt of court, but his failure to comply with the terms of his settlement even prompted a judge to order the sale of his house to satisfy his debts.
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Pascrell previously told CNN that he would like the Ways and Means committee to hold Mnuchin in contempt of Congress to make it clear just how serious the committee is about getting the tax returns.
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The loudest boos were for Mr. Kobach, the secretary of state, who earlier in the year had been found in contempt of federal court for failing to notify unlawfully suppressed voting registrants of their eligibility.
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The House Judiciary Committee announced a vote for Wednesday that would recommend that the House hold Mr. Barr in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena for Robert S. Mueller III's full report and evidence.
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The committee will vote on Wednesday on whether to hold Mr. Barr in contempt of Congress, after the Justice Department appeared to miss a deadline today to negotiate the delivery of Mr. Mueller's full report.
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But Conaway said that Republicans would not hold Bannon in contempt of Congress for failing to answer questions beyond what was authorized by the White House, despite threats to do so just several days ago.
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Maduro on Monday insisted the assembly was still in contempt of the law, but said pro-government lawmakers would retake their seats as part of a deal struck with a small group of opposition delegates.
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After Elon Musk accused the S.E.C. of trying to trample on his constitutional rights, the regulator hit back yesterday, reiterating its case that the Tesla chief should be held in contempt of court, Bloomberg reports.
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The argument behind the rule was that the assembly was in contempt of law for ignoring a court order preventing the swearing-in of three legislators from Amazonas state whose elections the court had deemed invalid.
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The Justice Department and House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler negotiated over the unredacted report and Mueller's evidence earlier this week before Nadler's committee voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress on Wednesday.
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The current word is that Republican leaders agreed to hold a vote on whether Rosenstein is in contempt of Congress in the first week of September, if conservatives don't get the documents they want by then.
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A Congressional Research Service analysis of contempt votes since 1980 examined the four times an executive branch official was voted by the House to be in contempt of Congress in that period and before President Trump.
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After the Trump administration refused congressional demands for more documents about the decision to add the question, the Democrat-led House Oversight Committee voted to hold Attorney General William Barr and Ross in contempt of Congress.
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HSF wrote that the documents were "never put in evidence" and that publishing them in this way "arguably interfered in the administration of justice" and potentially put those responsible for publishing them in contempt of court.
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In response to that and further escalating Venezuela's conflict of powers, the government-leaning Supreme Court later issued a ruling saying the legislature remained in "contempt" of the law and all its measures were thus null.
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Washington (CNN)Education Secretary Betsy DeVos violated a court order to stop collecting on the debts of some former Corinthian College students and now a judge is weighing sanctions or finding her in contempt of court.
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U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan approved the deal worked out on Friday that settled the dispute in which the SEC had sought to find Musk in contempt of a securities fraud settlement last year.
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The SEC in February sought to have Musk found in contempt of a fraud settlement last year after the CEO tweeted details about Tesla production numbers that were not vetted by the electric vehicle company's attorneys.
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Elon Musk says the Securities and Exchange Commission is "virtually wrong at every level" for trying to hold him in contempt of court after he allegedly violated the settlement agreement the two sides reached last year.
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News outlets reported in December that Nunes would ask his committee to vote to hold the Justice Department and FBI in contempt of Congress if they did not turn over the material sought by the committee.
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Legal experts said House Democrats could vote to hold Mnuchin or IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig in contempt of Congress if they ignore a subpoena, as a step toward suing in federal court to obtain the returns.
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Burr said Tuesday that "all options are on the table" if Flynn doesn't comply -- including possibly holding him in contempt of Congress -- but he added that was a long way off from where they are now.
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If the court concludes that the recipient is obligated to comply with the subpoena and issues an order to him to do so, then his continued refusal to comply could place him in contempt of court.
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Barnett told reporters that they had never identified the source of the carbon monoxide leak; nonetheless, a judge had mandated she return the 14 inmates to the facility or risk being held in contempt of court.
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The process has also been the subject of investigation by the House Oversight Committee, which has gone as far as to hold Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for failing to cooperate with Democrats.
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House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes served the department with a subpoena for the documents, threatening to hold Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in contempt of Congress on several occasions if he did not turn them over.
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Ultimately, a federal judge found Mr. Clinton in contempt of court and fined him; he acknowledged providing false testimony under oath, surrendered his law license for a time and settled the original harassment lawsuit for $22018,22020.
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It's part of the left's war on the right The Hill's Campaign Report: Obama legacy under spotlight after Detroit debates MORE was held in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over records about the program.
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The trip comes after the House Judiciary Committee voted last week to recommend Barr be held in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena for the special counsel's unreacted report and underlying evidence.
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Earlier this week, Nunes told CNN he was still planning to move forward on holding FBI Director Chris Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in contempt of Congress for not complying with the committee's subpoenas.
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The letter described as "premature" Cummings' decision to schedule a committee vote for Wednesday on holding Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over the materials.
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In that case, the Justice Department dragged its feet on producing documents until Representative Jerrold Nadler, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, got fed up, and the committee voted to hold Mr. Barr in contempt of Congress.
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The exact scope of the material was not immediately clear, but it appeared to provide a rationale for House Democrats' choice to back away from threats to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress.
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Democrats have other options, none of them particularly palatable or effective, ranging from votes to hold administration officials in contempt of Congress to civil lawsuits to pry free documents that the president is fighting to withhold.
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And for the first time in history, they voted that the government was in contempt of Parliament for failing to publish its full legal advice on Brexit — a text explaining the legal implications of the deal.
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It turns out that he has a lot of personal baggage: He was held in contempt of court for failing to pay alimony and child support, and his past writings show an extraordinary degree of misogyny.
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The judge threatened to hold another prospective juror in contempt of the court after he had asked his nearly 7,000 social media followers how he might use a high-profile case to promote a new novel.
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Refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena puts Mr. Flynn at risk of being held in contempt of Congress, a rare move that could subject him to a criminal citation should lawmakers choose to pursue it.
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She said the company, now called a "witness" in the docket, was in contempt of court for not turning over information to the grand jury and would be fined $50,000 for each day it didn't comply.
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In October, DeVos was found in contempt of court and the department fined $100,000 for mistakenly trying to collect on about 45,000 loans to people who were waiting to hear about the status of their claims.
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Gary's ordinance is not only in violation of federal law but, pertinent to this case, is also in contempt of the State of Indiana's chapter 18.2 provision, which specifically bans sanctuary city or welcoming city ordinances.
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That year, Maduro declared the 167-seat assembly to be illegitimate after the Supreme Court ruled it to be in contempt of the law for incorporating several lawmakers accused of buying votes, an allegation they denied.
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Early in May, a House committee voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress after he refused to release an unredacted Mueller report; the vote has yet to go to the full House.
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Indeed, Judge Griesa curiously phrased the battle in ethical terms, calling Argentina "immoral" for refusing to pay and even holding the country in contempt of court for refusing to repay the hedge funds and other debt holders.
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The Judiciary Committee voted earlier this month to hold Barr in contempt of Congress for not complying, and the Trump administration responded with President Donald Trump asserting executive privilege over the entire report ahead of the vote.
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Barr's absence -- which the attorney general made official Wednesday evening -- escalated the feud between House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler and the Justice Department, where the New York Democrat is threatening to hold Barr in contempt of Congress.
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Only one person in the past 40 years has been indicted and gone to prison after being held in contempt of Congress — former Environmental Protection Agency official Rita Lavelle — and she wasn't actually convicted of that crime.
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House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler on Thursday threatened to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress if the Justice Department does not provide access to the unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia report.
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Driving the news: The House is expected to vote on June 11 on whether to hold Attorney General Bill Barr and former White House counsel Don McGahn in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's parliamentary speaker John Bercow said he would make a decision as early as Monday evening on whether the government is in contempt of parliament for failing to release its full legal advice on Brexit.
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" A Washington state court did find Nold in contempt of court for leaking an Avenatti deposition transcript to The Seattle Times, but Nold pointed out that "the court found nothing wrong with sending the [California] bar complaint.
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A federal judge in Washington threatened to hold Attorney General Jeff Sessions in contempt of court Thursday after halting the deportation of a mother and daughter who were sent home in the middle of appealing their removal.
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Sullivan said any delay in bringing them back would be intolerable and that Sessions and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen should argue why they shouldn&apost be held in contempt of court if they failed to comply.
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Although they voted this week to informally condemn the president's remarks and voted on Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress, many members believe more must be done.
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But the move to limit the information, Labour and the Scottish National Party say, could place the government in contempt of parliament, which could lead to the suspension or expulsion of Davis from the House of Commons.
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In the letter, he threatened to drag Sessions and FBI Director Christopher Wray before the committee for a public grilling and hold them in contempt of Congress -- a jailable offense -- if they don't hand over the documents.
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Nowata District Judge Carl Gibson told Barnett, who was elected last November, that she would be held in contempt of court if she did not return more than 12 inmates to the jail, according to the network.
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Lawmakers from both parties on the House Intelligence Committee have indicated former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon should be held in contempt of Congress if he fails to appear for a scheduled interview Thursday, CNN reported.
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It's part of the left's war on the right MORE was held in contempt of Congress, but the Justice Department refused to submit the case to a grand jury — a decision I heavily criticized at the time.
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If Barr defied a congressional subpoena and refused to disclose the full report, the House could vote to hold him in contempt of Congress and seek to enforce their subpoena through a civil lawsuit in federal court.
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It's part of the left's war on the right The Hill's Campaign Report: Obama legacy under spotlight after Detroit debates MORE refused to provide relevant documents for a congressional investigation and was held in contempt of Congress.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Government ministers will not be held in contempt of parliament for their statements about the existence of studies on how Brexit will affect the economy, Britain's House of Commons speaker John Bercow said on Thursday.
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On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt of Congress for refusing to provide Democrats an unredacted version of the report by Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel.
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That was Representative Jerrold Nadler, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, as Democrats took a major step toward holding Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena for the unredacted Mueller report.
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The resulting showdown led to a legal defeat for the administration, which wound up having to surrender the documents; Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. became the first sitting cabinet member to be held in contempt of Congress.
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Mr. Moore was held in contempt of court after failing to pay more than $300,000 in child support and is also in a dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over $75,000 in back taxes that he owes.
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When Barack Obama was president, House Republicans held Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress for his failure to provide documents and information related to the so-called Fast and Furious gun trafficking program.
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A Donald Trump-appointed federal judge on Thursday said she's considering holding in contempt of court a Russian firm charged with interfering in the 2016 presidential election after the company failed to comply with a government subpoena.
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Barr, the top U.S. law enforcement official and a Trump appointee, on May 2 snubbed the House intelligence committee, which voted to hold him in contempt of Congress for not handing over a full, unredacted Mueller report.
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In one case, he threatened to hold Mr. Rosenstein in contempt of Congress or even try to impeach him if the documents he wanted were not turned over, including the file used to open the Russia case.
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February 20183, 2019 - After Musk tweets about the number of cars he anticipates Tesla will produce in 2019, the SEC asks a federal judge to hold him in contempt of court for violating the terms of the settlement.
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Washington (CNN)House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler has scheduled a Wednesday vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress after the Justice Department declined to provide an unredacted version of the Mueller report to Congress.
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House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler has scheduled a Wednesday vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress after the Justice Department did not meet a Monday deadline to release the full and unredacted Mueller report.
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Last week, the Justice Department gave House Republicans some of the documents they sought related to the Russia investigation and the Hillary Clinton email probe—after lawmakers threatened to hold officials in contempt of Congress for stonewalling requests.
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Uber and Lyft also risk being found in contempt of court by continuing to operate in defiance of the judge's order — but are evidently gambling on state legislators resolving the dispute for them in a matter of weeks.
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In theory, if negotiations break down, the government could be accused of violating the court order by missing the deadline for reunification of all kids under 5 — putting it at risk of being found in contempt of court.
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A federal judge in Manhattan on April 4 ordered Musk and the agency, which had previously asked to hold Musk in contempt of court for violating an earlier agreement, to try to reach an agreement within two weeks.
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Given that Musk has been wrong twice and didn't consult counsel despite the settlement, the SEC must have thought it was an easy case when it sought to hold Musk in contempt of court for the February tweet.
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Washington (CNN)House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters the House will vote this week on a resolution holding Bryan Pagliano, the former Hillary Clinton aide who helped set up her private email server, in contempt of Congress.
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Why it matters: The denial of the request is likely to increase the chances that the House will vote to hold Attorney General Bill Barr and former White House counsel Don McGahn in contempt of Congress next week.
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Tesla – The Securities and Exchange Commission asked a federal judge to hold Tesla CEO Elon Musk in contempt of court, saying he violated a settlement reached last year by tweeting about the automaker's projected production volumes last week.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway defied a subpoena and failed to appear on Monday at a congressional hearing about allegations she violated federal law, prompting a Democratic threat to hold her in contempt of Congress.
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The dispute stems from February, when the agency asked a federal judge to hold Musk in contempt of court for violating a September agreement that a Tesla lawyer would pre-approve all of his written communications—including tweets.
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They are acting in contempt of guardians of American security, the bipartisan tradition of congressional intelligence committees and the opinion of the American people who want these crimes thoroughly investigated without the stench and slime of partisan politics.
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After Mr. Trump invoked executive privilege to block disclosure of documents on the census, a House committee voted on Wednesday to recommend that the House hold Attorney General William P. Barr and Mr. Ross in contempt of Congress.
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House Republicans chose that route in 2012 when they held Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over internal Justice Department documents on a botched gunrunning investigation called Fast and Furious.
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After a lengthy back-and-forth in which Republicans threatened to hold Strzok in contempt of Congress and outraged Democrats objected and tried to disrupt the proceedings, Gowdy said he already knew the answer the question anyway (zero).
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In two terms as secretary of state, he acquired the power to prosecute voter fraud, crafted laws that restricted voting and was held in contempt of court by a federal judge who struck down some of that legislation.
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Last week, the House of Commons voted her government in contempt of Parliament — the first time any prime minister had been censured in that way — for failing to release the advice her government's lawyers had given on Brexit.
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Mr. Moore has already been criticized by Democrats for his failure to pay more than $300,000 in child support to his former wife, Allison Moore, which resulted in Mr. Moore being held in contempt of court in 2013.
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Washington, DC (CNN)A conservative law group is calling on a judge to hold Wisconsin election officials in contempt of court for failing to abide by a court-ordered removal of thousands of voters from the state's rolls.
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Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams told CNN last month that he would rather be found in contempt of court and locked up in his own county jail than carry out a court order to seize a person's weapon.
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At closing arguments the next day, Jasmine tries to call Sarah back to the stand again and refuses to do anything else, so the judge holds her in contempt of court and puts her in a holding cell.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday asked a federal court to hold Mr. Musk, chief executive of Tesla, in contempt of court for violating a settlement that he and the company reached with the commission last year.
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The resolution, which the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives is expected to consider on Tuesday, replaces an earlier plan by House lawmakers to vote formally on whether to hold Barr and McGahn in contempt of Congress, aides said.
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I think it&aposs very important for her to understand that and she should comply with that and she should comply with it now before she&aposs held in contempt of Congress which could happen as soon as Friday.
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The Democrat-led House Oversight Committee voted last month to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress over a dispute related to the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
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Some argue the Democrats should aggressively pursue all avenues to hold President Donald Trump accountable for his actions -- including, for example, holding Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before the House Judiciary Committee.
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Washington (CNN)The House Oversight Committee voted on Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress over a dispute related to the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
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It is "conceivable that she will once again be held in contempt of court, and be returned to the custody of the Alexandria Detention Center, possibly as soon as next Thursday, May 16," Manning's team said in the statement.
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The quip was an obvious reference to the fact that the House Judiciary Committee has voted to hold Barr in contempt of Congress, the latest volley in a fight between President Donald Trump's administration and House Democrats over oversight.
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Andrew Miller, a former associate of Donald Trump ally Roger Stone who was found in contempt of court after he refused to comply with a grand jury subpoena, is arguing the subpoena was invalid because Mueller's appointment was unlawful.
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On April 4, a federal judge gave Musk and the SEC two weeks to work out their differences, punting a request from the agency to hold him in contempt of court for allegedly violating an October securities fraud settlement.
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The case first came up last month, when the Department of Justice was reportedly looking to hold Facebook in contempt of court for refusing to comply with a wiretapping request for an ongoing investigation into the MS-13 gang.
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LONDON, March 9 (Reuters) - Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley has been told he could be in contempt of Parliament if he ignores a summons from lawmakers to answer questions about the treatment of workers at Britain's biggest sportswear retailer.
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The judge in the Messenger case heard arguments on Tuesday on a government motion to hold Facebook in contempt of court for refusing to carry out the surveillance request, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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Collins found the woman in contempt of court and sentenced her to three days in jail, "even though the victim pleaded ... that she needed to take care of her 1-year-old child," Florida Chief Justice Jorge Labarga said.
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On Monday night, lawyers representing the Tesla CEO submitted a filing to a federal judge in New York arguing that she should deny the Securities and Exchange Commission's request to hold Musk in contempt of court for—what else?
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers have backed off on plans to hold White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena last week as a string of current and former Trump officials spurn congressional oversight.
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Members of a joint federal and state task force probing the international criminal gang MS-13 had tried in August to hold Facebook in contempt of court for failing to carry out a wiretap order, Reuters reported last month.
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That's the thrust of an SEC action taken late Monday, when the US securities watchdog requested that a federal judge hold Tesla CEO Elon Musk in contempt of court for a short series of tweets he posted last week.
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Protests The court's argument behind its initial ruling was that the National Assembly was in contempt of law for ignoring an order preventing the swearing-in of three legislators from Amazonas state whose elections the court had deemed invalid.
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Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee suggested to CNN's Wolf Blitzer that Congress could ultimately be prepared to hold Sessions in contempt of Congress in an effort to force him to testify in more detail.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission last month filed a motion to hold Musk in contempt of court for allegedly violating an agreement they struck last fall, after the Tesla CEO tweeted about taking Tesla private at $420 a share.
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The Senate could vote on whether or not to hold Flynn in contempt of court for refusing to give the intelligence committee the documents, and if the majority votes "yes," a U.S. attorney could charge Flynn with criminal charges.
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A joint federal and state law enforcement effort investigating the MS-13 gang had pushed a district court to hold the social networking giant in contempt of court for refusing to permit real-time listening in on voice calls.
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While the resolution is not enforceable, Republicans say they wanted to send a clear message to the DOJ and are vowing to impeach or hold senior officials in contempt of Congress if they don't comply with their document request.
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A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Kansas' Secretary of State Kris Kobach be held in contempt of court for disobeying an order to register voters who were blocked from doing so because of the state's proof of citizenship law.
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The House Judiciary Committee is preparing to hold Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt of Congress on Wednesday for ignoring a subpoena for the full report of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, and his underlying evidence.
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The deal appeared to provide a rationale for House Democrats' choice, announced last week, to back away from threats to hold Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena for the materials in question.
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LONDON — Theresa May's government has been found in contempt of Parliament after it refused to comply with a motion passed by Members of Parliament (MPs) demanding that it release the full legal advice on the prime minister's Brexit deal.
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WASHINGTON — House Democrats, threatening to hold Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt of Congress, tried on Friday to revive negotiations with the Justice Department over a subpoena for Robert S. Mueller III's full report and its underlying evidence.
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The judge in the Messenger case heard arguments on Tuesday on a government motion to hold Facebook in contempt of court for refusing to carry out the surveillance request, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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A federal judge on Thursday held Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in contempt of court and imposed a $100,000 fine for violating an order to stop collecting on the student loans owed by students of a defunct for-profit college.
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"It is therefore conceivable that she will once again be held in contempt of court, and be returned to the custody of the Alexandria Detention Center, possibly as soon as next Thursday, May 16," Manning's team said in the statement.
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In significant defeats on Tuesday, her government was found in contempt of parliament and then a group of her own Conservative Party lawmakers won a challenge to hand more power to the House of Commons if her deal is voted down.
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And he's pandering to concerns that undocumented immigrants are taking native-born (read: white) Americans' jobs — by pardoning a sheriff who was found in contempt of court for profiling Latinos as unauthorized immigrants after a court told him not to.
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After failing to show up to two hearings for the wrongful death lawsuit filed by his girlfriend Bobbi Kristina Brown's estate, Nick Gordon was found legally responsible "by default" for her death and held in contempt of court Friday morning.
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The House Judiciary Committee voted last week to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for declining to release the unredacted report, though the full House must still vote on whether to hold the attorney general in contempt. Rep.
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Reuters wrote:Members of a joint federal and state task force probing the international criminal gang MS-13 had tried in August to hold Facebook in contempt of court for failing to carry out a wiretap order, Reuters reported last month.
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After 2006 a new batch of supposedly high-value prisoners, including the alleged planners of September 11th, arrived, having been tortured by CIA agents, among others, in secret "black sites", in contempt of international law and America's own values of justice.
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Elon Musk says he shouldn't be held in contempt of court over a recent tweet about Tesla because he didn't violate his settlement agreement, and "there is no basis to issue contempt sanctions against him," according to a new court filing.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May's government has been found in contempt of Parliament for the first time in history in a 311-293 vote in the House of Commons after a refusal to publish its full legal analysis on Brexit.
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The House is expected to vote on June 11 on whether to hold Attorney General Bill Barr and former White House counsel Don McGahn in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Monday.
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But Williams noted that Wright — a computer scientist, author, and business owner who has run afoul of the Australian tax authorities and was once held in contempt of court — had raised his profile around the world with potentially lucrative consequences.
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Washington (CNN)The chairman of the House Oversight Committee on Monday said the panel will vote to hold White House counselor Kellyanne Conway in contempt of Congress later this month unless she agrees to appear to testify in a hearing.
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But pro-EU lawmakers criticised his return to the corridors of power, with one calling it "an appalling error of judgment", and noting that Cummings had been found in contempt of parliament earlier this year for failing to answer questions.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May's government was found in contempt of parliament on Tuesday for refusing to release its full legal advice on Brexit, underlining the depth of opposition among MPs to her deal on leaving the European Union.
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House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler (D-NY) has already threatened to hold Barr in contempt of Congress for not showing up to the scheduled hearing on Thursday and not meeting Democrats' subpoena deadline to produce the unredacted Mueller report.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is doubling down on the government's demand to find the Tesla CEO in contempt of a previous fraud settlement that required him to have the company pre-approve any tweets that could materially impact the automaker.
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The lawyers of Tesla CEO Elon Musk shot back at regulators on Monday night, arguing that the Securities and Exchange Commission was broadly overreaching and infringing on Musk's First Amendment rights by seeking to hold him in contempt of court.
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But pro-EU lawmakers criticized his return to the corridors of power, with one calling it "an appalling error of judgment", and noting that Cummings had been found in contempt of parliament earlier this year for failing to answer questions.
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Two committee investigations during Issa's tenure led to House floor votes to hold Obama administration officials in contempt of Congress: Attorney General Eric HolderEric Himpton HolderGOP governor vetoes New Hampshire bill to create independent redistricting commission Why target Tucker Carlson?
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Nunes then closes the letter by stating that if the Justice Department and FBI do not provide the documents, he will seek to hold Sessions and Wray in contempt of Congress -- which is punishable with up to a year in prison.
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Rosenstein has faced sharp criticism from President Donald Trump and House Republicans, who have threatened to hold him in contempt of Congress if he fails to comply with their document requests on a variety of issues related to the Russia investigation.
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NEW YORK, March 22 (Reuters) - Lawyers for Elon Musk said on Friday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had failed to satisfy its heavy burden of showing that the Tesla Inc chief executive should be held in contempt of court.
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What's more, the agency said that because Musk didn't get the tweet preapproved by Tesla, he had violated the terms of their settlement, and it asked a judge to hold him in contempt of the federal court that approved that settlement.
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The Oversight panel's report is based on an investigation that took more than a year, including a subpoena to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and a threat to hold its director, Howard Shelanski, in contempt of Congress.
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One of President Donald Trump's new picks to serve on the Federal Reserve Board, Trumponomics author Stephen Moore, was found to be in contempt of court in 2012 for failing to pay more than $300,000 in alimony and child support.
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The House Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to recommend holding Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas in the committee's investigation into how and why the question was added.
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Pelosi said earlier this month that she agreed with Nadler's assertion that the U.S. was facing a "constitutional crisis" after the panel voted to hold Barr in contempt of Congress after he refused to turn over Mueller's full report to lawmakers.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Oversight Committee plans to vote next week on holding Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for stonewalling a probe into an alleged scheme to politicize the 2020 U.S. Census.
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The government hasn't been afraid of using these powers, either: Web publishers have been jailed for sedition and their websites ordered to be shut down, while bloggers have been sued for defamation or found to be in contempt of court.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is doubling down on the government's demand to find the Tesla CEO in contempt of a previous fraud settlement that required him to have the company pre-approve any tweets that could materially impact the automaker.
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It took the Republicans about eight months between the time they issued a subpoena to Obama Attorney General Eric Holder for information on the Fast and Furious program and when they actually voted to hold him in contempt of Congress.
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After weeks of objections, the Justice Department said it found the proposal reasonable and would work with the committee to share the materials in question, but only if the House would back off on holding Mr. Barr in contempt of Congress.
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Mueller report: The House Judiciary Committee will vote on Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress after he appeared to miss a congressional subpoena's Monday deadline to negotiate the delivery of the full report with key evidence.
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A prominent critic of Mr. Moore's nomination, the University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers, said he was deeply troubled that Mr. Moore had been held in contempt of court given that he could soon hold a seat on the Fed.
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Earlier this month, the Oversight Committee voted to hold Ross and Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over subpoenaed documents about the citizenship question and the Justice and Commerce departments' coordination in creating it.
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In Ozaukee County, a heavily Republican county north of Milwaukee, a judge ordered the voters immediately removed from the rolls — and on Monday, after the Elections Commission deadlocked over doing so, he held the panel's Democrats in contempt of court.
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Enrique Sánchez Falcón, a Venezuelan constitutional expert, said he also believed that the court would continue to consider the legislature to be in contempt of the law and questioned whether it was even legal for its earlier decision to be revised.
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The House first voted to enforce the subpoenas in July, formally holding Barr and Ross in contempt of Congress for defying the committee's subpoenas seeking information about the administration's ultimately unsuccessful efforts to add a citizenship question to next year's census.
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Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said Wednesday that he doesn't think he will be held in contempt of Congress a day after the House Judiciary Committee's chairman threatened to do so following a contentious hearing.
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It's part of the left's war on the right MORE and ex-IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress while he served as Oversight Committee chairman, a post he relinquished at the end of 2014 due to term limits.
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The fireworks that usually consumed the Oversight Committee often grabbed headlines and animated the conservative base as they held the attorney general in contempt of Congress, investigated the IRS and convened a blockbuster hearing into the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya.
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Washington (CNN)The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said Friday it's likely that Steve Bannon will be held in contempt of Congress after refusing to answer questions before the panel, which is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
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Attorney General William Barr, the top U.S. law enforcement official and a Trump appointee, on May 2 snubbed the same committee, which later voted to hold him in contempt of Congress for not handing over a full, unredacted Mueller report.
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A federal judge gave Elon Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commission two weeks to resolve a dispute about whether Mr. Musk had violated a settlement he reached with the commission in October and should be held in contempt of court.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The government will publish the full legal advice on Britain's exit from the European Union after being found in contempt of parliament for failing to do so, Andrea Leadsom, leader of the lower house of parliament, said on Tuesday.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Judges on Friday found British far-right activist Tommy Robinson to be in contempt of court after he filmed defendants during a trial last year and posted the footage on social media, breaching reporting restrictions on the case.
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House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler has threatened to hold Barr in contempt of Congress -- not because he skipped the hearing, but over a subpoena to obtain the unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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Kline agreed to appear this week after a leading Republican on the Oversight Committee stepped in, but House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings has said he still won't hesitate to hold Kline in contempt of Congress if the committee's questions aren't answered.
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They could end up at the Supreme Court one day and the Trump-appointed Justice Neil Gorsuch will have some firsthand knowledge if it does: His mother is one of the very few people to actually have been held in contempt of Congress.
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House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings announced Monday evening that his committee would vote Wednesday to hold Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress over that panel's subpoenas in its investigation into adding a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.
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"Taking this rare and powerful action to hold the Secretary of Education in contempt of court shows the extreme harm Betsy DeVos' actions have caused students defrauded by for-profit colleges," said Project on Predatory Student Lending Director Toby Merrill in a statement.
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WASHINGTON — The House Oversight and Reform Committee advanced a resolution Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for withholding documents on the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
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Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said on Thursday that he may hold Barr in contempt of Congress if the attorney general does not turn over an unredacted copy of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday at a Washington Post event that she believes Attorney General Bill Barr should be held in contempt of Congress over his refusal to provide the House Judiciary Committee with an unredacted copy of the Mueller report.
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Brexit legal advice In December 2018, Bercow helped force the publication of the legal advice that the government had commissioned on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal, by ruling there was "an arguable case" that the government had acted in contempt of parliament.
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A federal judge gave Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commission two weeks to work out their differences, punting a request from the agency to hold him in contempt of court for allegedly violating an October securities fraud settlement.
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Following the House Republicans' vote in 2012 to hold the attorney general at the time, Eric H. Holder Jr., in contempt of Congress, the action against Mr. Koskinen appeared to show the lengths they would go to pursue Obama administration officials they oppose.
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CNN reported Friday that Nunes threatened to hold Justice Department officials in contempt of Congress on several occasions for failing to turn over sensitive documents related to the Russia investigation only to not read the materials once they were made available to him.
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"If House Republicans refuse any accommodation short of the Department of Justice handing over custody of these documents -- which it cannot do -- I fear the majority will have manufactured an excuse to hold the deputy attorney general in contempt of Congress," Nadler said.
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CHAIRMAN LOOKS TO HOLD OBAMA OFFICIAL IN CONTEMPT: The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee wants to hold a top Obama administration official in contempt of Congress over his response to an investigation into a contentious water pollution rule. Rep.
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It's part of the left's war on the right MORE after the House voted to hold him in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena seeking records related to the botched "Fast and Furious" gun-tracking operation. Rep.
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Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was found in contempt of court by two London judges for streaming footage of the defendants, who were accused of sexually exploiting underage girls, and revealing the men's identities while the jury was still deliberating.
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"The President's pronouncement amounts to a direct assault on the constitutional order and on Congress's constitutional oversight and legislative interest with regard to the President and his Administration," wrote Nadler, who led his committee in voting to find Barr in contempt of Congress.
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"We gave Attorney General Barr and Secretary Ross every opportunity to produce the documents the Committee needs for our investigation, but rather than cooperate, they have decided that they would rather be held in contempt of Congress," Cummings said in a statement.
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" Sullivan then threatened to hit Sessions with contempt, saying that if the immigrants weren't returned he was going to order officials to explain "why people should not be held in contempt of court, and I'm going to start with the attorney general.
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Trump all but promised to pardon the former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was found in contempt of court for deliberate acts of racial profiling against Latino Americans simply because of the color of their skin, their accent or their last name.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House committee voted on Wednesday in favor of holding two of President Donald Trump's closest advisers in contempt of Congress for defying congressional subpoenas related to an effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. Census.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is threatening to invoke presidential powers to withhold documents on its efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. Census, unless House Democrats drop threats to hold two top Trump advisers in contempt of Congress.
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The Oversight Committee voted largely along party lines this month to recommend that Mr. Ross and Attorney General William P. Barr be held in contempt of Congress, after President Trump invoked executive privilege to block the disclosure of documents on the decision.
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The House Judiciary Committee voted to recommend that Mr. Barr be held in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over the unredacted Mueller report, hours after Mr. Trump asserted executive privilege to shield the full report and underlying evidence from public view.
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WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the United States was in a "constitutional crisis" and warned that House Democrats might move to hold more Trump administration officials in contempt of Congress if they continued their refusals to comply with committee subpoenas.
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Even as the chairman privately defended his approach, the attack appeared to be paying at least some dividends for the president's eldest son, who could theoretically face calls to be held in contempt of Congress if he does not comply with the subpoena.
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U.S.: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the country was in a constitutional crisis and warned that House Democrats might move to hold more Trump administration officials in contempt of Congress if they continued their refusals to comply with subpoenas regarding the Mueller report.
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Mr. Clinton was separately found in contempt of court and fined by a federal judge and later struck a deal with Mr. Starr's successor in which the president admitted not telling the truth under oath, paid a fine and surrendered his law license.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May's government on Tuesday lost a vote to delay a ruling on whether its ministers had acted in contempt of parliament by refusing to release its full legal advice on Britain's exit from the European Union.
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So, when this happens, when people blow through norms that have laws behind them, some of which do, some of which don't, one of the things, for example, this week was not meeting demands from Congress and being held in contempt of Congress.
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McGahn's decision not to comply with the subpoena could push Nadler to hold McGahn in contempt of Congress, just as he's moving to do with Attorney General William Barr after the Justice Department defied a subpoena for the unredacted Mueller report and underlying evidence.
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The White House made a similar argument blocking White House counsel Don McGahn from turning over documents or testifying, and House Democrats are now preparing to vote next Tuesday to hold him in contempt of Congress after he didn't appear at a hearing last month.
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Unless there's a last minute deal with Barr, the Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Jerry Nadler plans to hold a vote Wednesday declaring the nation's top law enforcement official in contempt of Congress, in a dispute over his handling of the Mueller report.
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Musk is also due to file a brief with the Southern District of New York on Monday explaining why he shouldn't be held in contempt of court for allegedly violating his September 2018 settlement with the SEC over his abandoned attempt to take Tesla private.
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Mr. Kobach, who served last year as the vice chairman of the Trump administration's short-lived presidential commission on voter fraud, was reprimanded in a 25-page ruling by Federal District Judge Julie A. Robinson of Kansas, who held him in contempt of court.
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In one instance, the House Oversight Committee held then Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress during the Obama administration for failing to turn over documents related to Operation Fast and Furious, a gun walking scandal that left border patrol agent Brian Terry dead.
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As Tesla prepared to launch its newest vehicle, the Model Y, Elon Musk's lawyers filed a defence against the Securities and Exchange Commission's claim that he was in contempt of court for tweeting misleading company information, which would contravene last year's settlement with the regulator.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge found former U.S. soldier and WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning in contempt of court and ordered her back to jail on Thursday for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury, a law enforcement official and her legal team said.
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CNN reported earlier this month that Nunes threatened to hold Justice Department officials in contempt of Congress on several occasions for failing to turn over sensitive documents related to the Russia investigation only to not read the materials once they were made available to him.
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A judge in Texas held a private employee and her lawyers in contempt of court for violating an injunction he had issued against enforcement of the Department of Labor rule – even though the employee and her lawyers were not involved in the DOL injunction case.
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The British currency fell sharply after Prime Minister Theresa May's government was found in contempt of parliament on Tuesday for refusing to release its full legal advice on Brexit, underlining the depth of opposition among lawmakers to her deal on leaving the European Union.
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The details: The ruling comes exactly two months after U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson ordered that Kobach be held in contempt of court for refusing to abide by her previous temporary injunction, which ruled that the state must register voters blocked by the law.
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On Wednesday, they took a first step toward doing so when the Judiciary Committee voted to recommend that the House hold Mr. Barr in contempt of Congress for refusing to release an unredacted version of the Mueller report, along with the report's underlying evidence.
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Mueller report: The House Judiciary Committee will vote on Wednesday on a recommendation to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress after he appeared to miss a congressional subpoena's Monday deadline to negotiate the delivery of the full report with key evidence.
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The House has also held off on voting to hold Mr. Barr or Mr. Mnuchin in contempt of Congress, a step that in the past has preceded asking a judge to issue an order requiring an executive branch official to comply with a subpoena.
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Unable to reach an accommodation, the Judiciary Committee moved this month to hold Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt of Congress and President Trump invoked executive privilege, walling off the materials they wanted for an investigation into obstruction of justice and abuse of power.
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The former White House counsel Don McGahn, a major source in the Mueller report, refused to comply with a congressional subpoena, and the House has yet to move to hold him in contempt of Congress or to go to court to have its subpoena enforced.
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House Democrats are moving to hold those who ignore subpoenas in contempt of Congress — a process that Speaker Nancy Pelosi presciently streamlined shortly after assuming control by giving the power to pursue legal action against noncompliant witnesses to a bipartisan panel of five members.
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"The House Judiciary Committee announced a vote for Wednesday that would recommend that the House hold Mr. Barr in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena for Robert S. Mueller III's full report and evidence," Nicholas Fandos and Mr. Rappeport reported in another article.
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Jed said the company was already in contempt of court for failing to send an authorized representative to Monday's hearing as the judge demanded, but Dubelier said that was completely unreasonable for the Russia-based firm to do on a couple of days notice.
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This case led to the 2014 judgment that forced Japan to cancel Jarpa II. In 2015, an Australian court fined the Japanese whaling company Kyodo Senpaku 1 million Australian dollars, or $750,000 at current exchange rates, after finding it was in contempt of court.
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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. Congress can subpoena testimony and documents, then enforce these formal requests by holding recalcitrant subpoena targets in contempt of Congress.
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The U.S. Capitol building no longer has a dedicated detention facility on-site, but in the past some rooms have been used to detain those suspected of committing crimes in the building or those held in contempt of Congress, according to the U.S. Capitol website.
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In a warning shot on Monday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi informed colleagues that she intended to schedule a full House vote "soon" to hold Mr. Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas for documents related to the census question.
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The tense congressional hearing came as Republicans brought to the House floor a non-binding resolution that scolded the Justice Department for not turning over more records, a move that is widely seen as a possible precursor to holding Rosenstein in contempt of Congress.
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Elon Musk: The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked a federal court to hold the Tesla chief executive in contempt of court for posting an updated production outlook on Twitter without first seeking legal approval, in violation of his settlement with the commission last year.
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WASHINGTON — A House committee voted on Wednesday to recommend that two cabinet secretaries be held in contempt of Congress, hours after President Trump invoked executive privilege to block disclosure of crucial documents on the decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
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In related news, the House Oversight Committee said on Monday it plans to vote on Wednesday on whether to hold Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for stonewalling a probe into an alleged scheme to politicize the 2020 U.S. Census.
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The Washington Post reported Thursday night that the House Oversight Committee was likely to hold Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress over a refusal to turn over information regarding the decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee plans to vote on Wednesday on whether to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for stonewalling a probe into an alleged scheme to politicize the 2020 U.S. Census.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats intensified their pressure on President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday as U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused Attorney General William Barr of committing a crime by lying to lawmakers and a key committee chairman threatened to hold Barr in contempt of Congress.
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Attorneys representing migrant children filed papers in federal court in Los Angeles on Wednesday asking that the U.S. government be held in contempt of court for "flagrant and persistent" violations of the terms of a 1997 agreement that governs the treatment of children in immigration detention.
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On Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee voted to hold the two in contempt of Congress after they refused to comply with Congressional subpoenas over the potential addition of a citizenship question on the 2020 census, that some argue is designed to help get white people elected.
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"Polanski is not entitled to avail himself of this court's power to hear his demands while he openly stands in contempt of a legal order from this very court," Judge Scott M. Gordon wrote on Monday, referring to Polanski's flight from American prosecutors nearly 40 years ago.
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"We gave Attorney General Barr and Secretary Ross every opportunity to produce the documents the Committee needs for our investigation, but rather than cooperate, they have decided that they would rather be held in contempt of Congress," Cummings, a Maryland Democrat, said in a statement Friday morning.
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His bid has come under more fire in recent weeks with disclosures of his having had a $75,000 income tax lien, being found in contempt of court for shorting his ex-wife on more than $300,000 in a divorce settlement, and writing humor columns about women.
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With their previous investigations, they moved to hold witnesses and Cabinet officials in contempt of Congress, and then took their cases to court, where they're still battling with Trump to obtain Mueller's grand jury information, Trump financial documents, Trump's tax returns and the testimony of McGahn.
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Democrats slam alleged politicization of Trump State Department after IG report MORE (D-Md.) on Tuesday blasted the White House for blocking former security clearance official Carl Kline from testifying before his panel and signaled he would seek a vote to hold Kline in contempt of Congress.
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Nadler's committee is poised to hold a vote Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress in the face of a threat from the Justice Department that Trump will declare executive privilege over an unredacted version of the Mueller report and its underlying evidence.
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The House Judiciary Committee has recommended holding him in contempt of Congress, and House Democrats are planning to vote this week on whether to authorize the panel to take Mr. Barr to court, for defying subpoenas for the full text of the Mueller report and underlying evidence.
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Despite earlier threats and a recommendation from the Judiciary Committee, Democrats stopped short of formally holding either Mr. Barr or Mr. McGahn in contempt of Congress for now, forgoing an accusation of a crime in favor of what they hope is continued leverage to force cooperation.
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Representative Devin Nunes, Republican of California and the House Intelligence Committee chairman, has threatened to hold Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who is overseeing the Russia inquiry, in contempt of Congress or to try to impeach him if he does not hand over the material.
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While both Democrats and Republicans discussed contempt proceedings after he stonewalled the committee last month, the majority appears to have less of an appetite for starting the process to hold the former Breitbart News chief in contempt of Congress than they did a few weeks earlier. Rep.
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Lloyd Doggett, a liberal Democrat from Texas, have argued that if they were in Neal's position, they would hold Mnuchin in contempt of Congress if he refuses to hand over the tax returns, a step that is unlikely to happen with Neal at the helm of the committee.
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The Democrats' resolution next week to hold Attorney General William Barr and former White House counsel Don McGahn in contempt and take those cases to court will also include language stating that committees can move to hold officials in contempt of Congress, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said this week.
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said he may move to hold Barr in contempt of Congress over his refusal to comply with the subpoena for the full report, which describes Russia's interference in Trump's favor in the 2016 U.S. election and Trump's subsequent attempts to impede Mueller's probe.
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Moreover, Warren is making clear now that whatever Fox might say about its news side versus its opinion hosts, Republicans have what at least amounts to a home-field advantage on the network... FOR THE RECORD, PART TWO -- For a second time, Chelsea Manning is in contempt of court.
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We've known since Tuesday that Elon Musk had some sort of announcement in store, but at first it seemed like his cryptic tweet — he merely wrote "Thursday 2pm" — might have something to do with his response to the SEC trying to get him held in contempt of court.
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A US District Court judge in California has ruled in favor of Facebook, denying a joint federal and state task force that tried to force the social networking company to wiretap Messenger voice calls by holding the company in contempt of court, according to a report from Reuters.
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In 2012, the House voted to hold then-Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress and the House Oversight Committee sued the Obama administration for information related to the program, but it wasn't until 2014 that the court ruled the administration had to hand over additional documents.
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A federal judge in Washington, DC, threatened to hold Attorney General Jeff Sessions in contempt of court after learning that the Trump administration was in the process of deporting a woman and her daughter in the midst of their asylum case being heard in court, the Washington Post reported.
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Stephen Moore, Trump's intended nominee to serve on the Federal Reserve board who owes the IRS nearly $75,000 in unpaid taxes, was found in contempt of court in 2012 after failing to pay his ex-wife more than $300,000 in spousal support, child support and alimony, the Guardian reports.
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Nadler told reporters he expects to ask a federal court to enforce his April 19 subpoena for the full unredacted Mueller report and underlying material soon after the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives votes next Tuesday on whether to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress.
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The Guardian newspaper first reported Saturday about details of the Moores' divorce and the fact that a judge in Fairfax County had held Stephen Moore in contempt of court for failing to pay Allison more than $20113,000 in alimony, child support and the balance of their divorce settlement.
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Not only is Mr. Trump on the ballot, but so is one of his most outspoken supporters: Joe Arpaio, the swaggering Maricopa County sheriff who is seeking re-election and was found in contempt of court this month for defying a federal judge's order to stop profiling Latinos.
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Paul Schmidt, who served as the agency's acting General Counsel during the early- and mid-1980s, told NBC's Katy Tur on Friday that Sessions should be held in contempt of court over the case of a migrant family that was deported even as their asylum proceedings were still ongoing.
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Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, the committee chairman, promised to hold Mr. McGahn in contempt of Congress and warned other potential witnesses to expect new hardball tactics — like changing House rules to allow fines for people held in contempt — but he stopped short of publicly endorsing impeachment.
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Barring a last-minute change by the Justice Department, the House Judiciary Committee plans to vote Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, for not complying with a congressional subpoena for the full report of the special counsel, Robert Mueller, and its underlying evidence.
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A Wisconsin judge on Monday found the state's elections commission, as well as three of its members, in contempt of court for their failure to remove thousands of people from Wisconsin voter rolls in compliance with an order he imposed in December, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
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"The notion that you can withhold information and documents from Congress no matter whether you are the party in power or not in power is wrong," Gowdy said as a House committee in 2012 voted along party lines to hold a different Obama administration official in contempt of Congress.
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And led by Nunes, the panel fought a lawsuit to secure Fusion GPS' bank records, quietly sent two aides to try to track down Steele in London and threatened to hold senior officials at the FBI and the Justice Department in contempt of Congress for not turning over documents.
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President Donald Trump pardoned former Arizona sheriff and anti-immigration figurehead Joe Arpaio, who stood to face jail time after being convicted in July of being in contempt of court for continuing to engage in aggressive anti-immigration enforcement after a 2011 court order demanded he stop the practice.
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The Justice Department wrote in a letter to Schiff Tuesday that it was continuing to review the initial tranche of 12 categories of documents Schiff wanted and would make them available "in relatively short order," so long as he didn't move forward with an action holding Barr in contempt of Congress.
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Washington (CNN)House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler on Friday sent his latest offer Attorney General William Barr to try to reach an agreement in his effort to obtain the unredacted special counsel report and the underlying evidence before Nadler moves forward with holding the attorney general in contempt of Congress.
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Even if Barr misses that deadline, and even if Nadler's subsequent efforts to obtain the unredacted report -- potentially holding Barr in contempt of Congress and then bringing a civil suit to compel production -- do not succeed, there is nothing to prevent the next Attorney General from releasing the full report.
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The successful use of subpoenas to compel testimony and handing over of some — though not nearly all — documents to Congress is a welcome change for Democrats who had faced months of White House stonewalling even when they held officials in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with their subpoenas.
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TO PUT IT mildly, Theresa May's government is not fully in control of Britain's separation from the EU. On December 4th MPs voted, for the first time ever, to hold the government in contempt of Parliament for refusing to publish legal advice about the withdrawal agreement from the attorney-general.
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In papers filed in federal court in Los Angeles late on Wednesday, attorneys for migrant children asked a federal judge to hold the U.S. government in contempt of court for "flagrant and persistent" violations of the terms of a 23 agreement that governs the treatment of children in immigration detention.
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He led the push for both of the House's most recent votes to hold administration officials in contempt of Congress: former Attorney General Eric HolderEric Himpton HolderJuan Williams: Democrats finally hit Trump where it hurts GOP governor vetoes New Hampshire bill to create independent redistricting commission Why target Tucker Carlson?
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PHOENIX — Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who made a name for himself as an unapologetic pursuer of unauthorized immigrants, was found in contempt of court here on Friday for willfully violating an order requiring his deputies to stop detaining Latinos based solely on the suspicion that they were in the country illegally.
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He lost many of those cases, setting precedents for Mr. Trump and other successors, and he was held in contempt of court by a federal judge for testifying falsely under oath about his relationship with Monica S. Lewinsky during a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former Arkansas state worker.
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department threatened late Tuesday to ask President Trump to invoke executive privilege over the hidden portions of Robert S. Mueller III's report and all of the evidence behind it if Democrats proceeded Wednesday with a vote to hold Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt of Congress.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives panel on Tuesday moved to hold two members of President Donald Trump's Cabinet in contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas in an inquiry into whether the administration's plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census was intended to discriminate against racial minorities.
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Court records show that Mr. Moore, a conservative economist and a longtime adviser to Mr. Trump, was held in contempt of court in March 2013 for failing to pay more than $330,000 for spousal support, child support, attorney's fees and a one-time fee to his ex-wife, Allison Moore.
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WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to recommend that the House hold Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over Robert S. Mueller III's unredacted report, hours after President Trump asserted executive privilege to shield the full report and underlying evidence from Congress.
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Mr. Nunes was unconvinced by the warnings about the intelligence and law enforcement source, first issuing a subpoena ordering that the Justice Department comply with his latest records request and then a pointed threat to hold Attorney General Jeff Sessions — who is not involved in the case — in contempt of Congress.
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After Representative Devin Nunes of California, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, threatened last month to hold Mr. Rosenstein in contempt of Congress or proceed with impeachment, Mr. Rosenstein gave him access to an almost completely unredacted F.B.I. memo on the opening of the Russia investigation and won his thanks.
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The ruling comes after a lower court judge last month ordered the purging of roughly 234,000 people from voter rolls because they may have moved, and a day after the state's elections commission and several of its members were found in contempt of court for not complying with the removal order.
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Boyd's letter came hours after the committee took its first formal step toward holding Barr in contempt of Congress for defying the panel's subpoena for Mueller's unredacted report on Russian interference in the 2016 election, when Nadler announced that it planned to consider a contempt citation against Barr on Wednesday morning.
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Hunter Biden, the son of leading Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden, has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount of monthly child support to an Arkansas woman who bore him a baby out of wedlock, avoiding a hearing Wednesday that put him at risk of being held in contempt of court.
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Philip Hackney, a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh, said Neal has done a good job of covering his legal bases so far, and said the chair "might consider holding the commissioner of the IRS and perhaps the secretary of the Treasury in contempt of Congress" if Mnuchin refuses to cooperate.
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On Saturday, Mr. Schiff and two others leading the inquiry wrote to Mr. Kupperman's lawyer that if Mr. Kupperman fails to show up on Monday as scheduled, he will expose the president to further charges of obstructing Congress — possibly an impeachable offense — and run the risk of being held in contempt of Congress.
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Those documents show that his ex-wife Allison had accused him of adultery, of subjecting her to "emotional and psychological abuse," and of shorting her on more than $300,000 he had agreed to pay her in a divorce settlement, alimony and child support until a judge held him in contempt of court.
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More turmoil on the Brexit front is likely, after British Prime Minister Theresa May's government was found in contempt of parliament and then a group of her own Conservative Party lawmakers won a challenge to hand more power to the House of Commons if her deal to leave the EU is voted down.
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Stephen Moore, whom President Donald Trump nominated for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, in 2697.95 was held in contempt of court for not paying his ex-wife more than $210,21 he owed her in alimony, child support and a divorce settlement, according to a report from The Guardian.
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Attorney General Eric Holder was found in contempt of Congress for his failure to turn over relevant documents in the Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal, but no Democrats called for an independent prosecutor or commission even though two law enforcement officers lost their lives as a result of that ill-fated initiative.
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Mr. Trump's assertion of executive privilege, defying Congress's legitimate oversight functions, came just as the House Oversight Committee was preparing a morning vote to recommend holding William Barr, the attorney general, and Mr. Ross, the secretary of commerce, in contempt of Congress for failing to provide subpoenaed documents related to the census.
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For instance, the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee said on Monday that he would schedule a vote to recommend holding Mr. Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas for documents related to the administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
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Those records, posted online Monday by The Guardian, which first reported details of the divorce, show that a judge found Mr. Moore in contempt of court in March 2000 for failing to pay more than $33,23 in spousal support, child support, attorney's fees and a one-time fee to his ex-wife.
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Photo: Drew Angerer (Facebook)A joint federal-state task force tracking the MS-13 gang tried and failed to force Facebook to help it wiretap calls made through its Messenger app, Reuters reported on Friday, even launching an unsuccessful attempt to hold the social media titan in contempt of court for refusing to do so.
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C.), two of Trump's staunchest defenders, said GOP leaders have agreed to vote in September to hold Rosenstein in contempt of Congress if the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI fail to turn over a trove of documents conservatives say would expose bias in Mueller's probe into Russian collusion with the 2016 Trump campaign.
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"The Sun Sentinel reporters stayed on the beat despite the fact that Superintendent Runcie tried to throw its reporters in jail," the fathers wrote, referring to how the Broward County Public School District asked a judge to hold reports in contempt of court after the newspaper published redacted portions of the gunman's education records.
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Holder served as attorney general from The House voted to hold him in contempt of Congress in June 2012 for not turning over documents related to a controversy in which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives allowed dealers to sell guns that they believed could eventually be tracked to Mexican drug cartels.
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The House Judiciary Committee voted this week to hold Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump searches for backstops amid recession worries Mueller report fades from political conversation Barr removes prisons chief after Epstein death MORE in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over Mueller's unredacted report and the underlying evidence.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will vote next week on whether to hold Attorney General William Barr and former White House counsel Don McGahn in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with subpoenas related to the probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, the No. 2 House official said on Monday.
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Although people could easily get hold of their own copy of Spycatcher, and the whole thing was huge news, the Sunday Times was held in contempt of court for serializing the book and the UK press was legally forbidden from touching it until the European Court dismissed the injunction because there was nothing left to protect.
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But, there is little doubt that pressure may soon build from liberal members of the caucus as well as outside groups who want Neal to escalate the fight for Trump's tax returns sooner rather than later with a subpoena and even a potential move to hold the Treasury secretary or IRS commissioner in contempt of Congress.
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The census battle represents only one of several ongoing fights between the Trump administration and House Democrats over oversight requests, as a separate House panel -- the Judiciary Committee -- has already voted to hold Barr in contempt of Congress for failing to provide the committee with the fully unredacted report and evidence from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
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Trump's move, which the Justice Department announced in a letter to the committee's chairman, Elijah Cummings, came as the panel began a meeting to vote on a resolution to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for withholding documents on the decision to add the question to the census.
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Manning — who was found in contempt of court for her refusal to provide testimony — is a former Army intelligence analyst who was sentenced in 2013 to 35 years in a military prison for her role in releasing hundreds of thousands of classified military and diplomatic secret files, but whose sentence was commuted by President Obama in 2017.
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Thereafter, infants should receive complementary foods with continued breastfeeding up to 2 years of age or beyond.) Maguire has filed several motions over the course of a year to enforce his parenting time (one of which resulted in Curtis being held in contempt of court), but Curtis said things are slowly getting to a more secure place.
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Court records from Stephen Moore's divorce paint President Donald Trump's nominee for the Federal Reserve Board as a brazen philanderer who openly talked about his mistress in front of his kids — and then continued shorting his ex-wife on tens of thousands of dollars of alimony and child support even after a judge held him in contempt of court.
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If there is a hearing as the defense requests, they may now face questioning under oath, and they could potentially be fined or held in contempt of court for their actions, though experts said it's very rare for jurors to face jail time If caught lying under oath about their behavior, they could face perjury charges.
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Mark Meadows of North Carolina and Jim Jordan of Ohio introduced articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, followed by a quick pivot to instead hold him in contempt of Congress if he does not comply with their overreaching demands on the Justice Department to provide documents related to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
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House Democrats have officially introduced a resolution to hold Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump searches for backstops amid recession worries Mueller report fades from political conversation Barr removes prisons chief after Epstein death MORE and former White House counsel Don McGahn in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with congressional subpoenas.
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"Before the break, the Oversight Committee voted on a bipartisan basis to hold the Attorney General and the Secretary of Commerce in contempt of Congress for defying the Committee's bipartisan subpoenas for documents that would shed light on the real reason the administration added a citizenship question," Pelosi wrote in a letter to other House Democrats.
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Nunes' fight with the FBI and Justice Department over documents and interviews connected with the opposition research dossier on Trump and Russia -- he's threatened to hold top officials in contempt of Congress -- have only amplified those tensions in recent weeks, particularly as Republicans and the President have ramped up their attacks on the Justice Department and Mueller.
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Holding department officials in contempt of Congress will be of no avail because DOJ will continue to refuse to enforce the criminal contempt statute as it has since 1984 when its Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued an opinion that use of the criminal contempt power against executive branch officials violates separation of powers and is therefore unconstitutional.
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The appeals court ruled that he could be investigated for intentionally failing to process online voter registration filings and preventing "qualified residents from voting," per the AP. He was found in contempt of court in April for disobeying an order to register voters that had been previously blocked from registration due to Kansas' proof of citizenship law.
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The move comes as Democrats who control the House of Representatives prepare to escalate their scrutiny of the Trump presidency, with public testimony from former U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller on July 17 and a vote next week to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with subpoenas.
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" Peter Renn, a lawyer with Lambda Legal, the group that backed the 2018 challenge to Idaho's policy, said that if Little signs the bill, "it's difficult to see any other choice but further litigation, including the possibility of holding state officials in contempt of court because they would be essentially flouting a final federal court order.
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WASHINGTON — House Democrats said on Monday they would vote next week to hold Attorney General William P. Barr and the former White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II in contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas related to Robert S. Mueller III's report, even as they announced a new series of hearings meant to refocus attention onto its findings.
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White House officials have insisted in recent weeks that Mr. Moore's nomination was on track, despite controversies over a $75,000 tax lien filed against him by the Internal Revenue Service and a judge finding him in contempt of court several years ago for failing to pay more than $300,000 in past-due child support and alimony.
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When asked about Attorney General William P. Barr, Ms. Klobuchar backed the recommendation by the House Judiciary Committee to hold him in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over Robert S. Mueller III's unredacted report about whether the Trump campaign conspired with Russia to undermine the 2016 presidential election, and if President Trump obstructed justice.
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But that has been frequently overshadowed by revelations from his past, including a $75,000 federal tax lien filed against him in Maryland and findings by a Virginia judge that he was in contempt of court for not paying more than $330,000 in alimony, child support and other payments to his former wife after their divorce was completed in 2011.
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Some lawmakers in the House are "seriously" mulling whether to hold officials at the Department of Justice (DOJ) in contempt of Congress, according to Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark MeadowsMark Randall MeadowsTrump finds consistent foil in 'Squad' Gun store billboard going after the 'Squad' being removed following backlash Hurd retirement leaves GOP gloomy on 2020 MORE (R-N.C.).
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Next month, Republican Representatives Mark Meadows from North Carolina and Jim Jordan from Ohio -- both leaders of the Freedom Caucus -- are expected to press Speaker Ryan to bring to the House floor their resolution to hold Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in contempt of Congress for his failure to turn over documents tied to the Russia investigation.
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" House GOP set for fight with FBI, DOJ over subpoenas - Politico: "The Justice Department and House Republicans appear to be careening toward their tensest confrontation yet in a long-running dispute over documents, with one GOP lawmaker warning that the House could seek to hold officials in contempt of Congress if the FBI and DOJ fail to comply with subpoenas for information.
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Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) tweeted Tuesday that Attorney General Jeff SessionsJefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsDOJ should take action against China's Twitter propaganda Lewandowski says he's 'happy' to testify before House panel The Hill's Morning Report — Trump and the new Israel-'squad' controversy MORE should be held in contempt of Congress for stonewalling the Senate Intelligence Committee during his testimony Tuesday.
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The House's vote on holding the former State Department staffer responsible for setting up Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTop Sanders adviser: Warren isn't competing for 'same pool of voters' Anti-Trump vets join Steyer group in pressing Democrats to impeach Trump Republicans plot comeback in New Jersey MORE's private email server in contempt of Congress will wait until after the elections.
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John CornynJohn CornynThe Hill's Campaign Report: Battle for Senate begins to take shape The Hill's Morning Report — Trump and the new Israel-'squad' controversy O'Rourke says he will not 'in any scenario' run for Senate MORE (R-Texas) downplayed the chance that the Senate will try to hold Flynn in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena.
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The move came as the House Judiciary Committee was preparing to vote to hold Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump searches for backstops amid recession worries Mueller report fades from political conversation Barr removes prisons chief after Epstein death MORE in contempt of Congress for failing to respond to a subpoena for Mueller's full report and investigative files.
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House Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiJohnson eyes Irish border in Brexit negotiations Mueller report fades from political conversation Five key players in Trump's trade battles MORE (D-Calif.) said this morning that she thought that Barr should be held in contempt of Congress in relation to his failure to release the unredacted report and raised the prospect of impeaching Barr if necessary.
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The House Judiciary Committee is voting to hold Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump searches for backstops amid recession worries Mueller report fades from political conversation Barr removes prisons chief after Epstein death MORE in contempt of Congress and to secure a vote of the entire House of Representatives in order to send the matter to federal court.
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Her lawyers said it was "conceivable" that Manning would again be held in contempt of court and return to the jail in Alexandria, Va. "Chelsea will continue to refuse to answer questions, and will use every available legal defense to prove to District Judge Trenga that she has just cause for her refusal to give testimony," they said in a statement.
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The House was originally slated to consider a resolution holding the former State Department staffer responsible for setting up Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTop Sanders adviser: Warren isn't competing for 'same pool of voters' Anti-Trump vets join Steyer group in pressing Democrats to impeach Trump Republicans plot comeback in New Jersey MORE's private email server in contempt of Congress on Thursday.
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Meadows and Jordan have previously threatened to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod RosensteinRod RosensteinWhy the presumption of innocence doesn't apply to Trump McCabe sues FBI, DOJ, blames Trump for his firing Rosenstein: Trump should focus on preventing people from 'becoming violent white supremacists' MORE or hold him in contempt of Congress if he doesn't work more quickly to turn over documents.
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A Polish court said all tolled, Polanski had served his time and Braun wanted the new judge to accept that ruling so the 83-year-old director could return to the U.S. The new judge did not agree, saying Polanski had no right to gripe about the sentence when he was in contempt of court for fleeing the country decades ago.
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If it does not alter course for the Justice Department, the House is poised to hold Mr. McGahn in contempt of Congress next week, as well, and take the dispute to court to try to enforce its subpoena — steps that could soon follow for Ms. Hicks and Ms. Donaldson if they do not show up to the Judiciary Committee's hearings.
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The Supreme Court, stacked with judges loyal to Mr. Maduro, nullified nearly all pieces of legislation that the Assembly passed in 2016 and stripped it of its budgetary oversight powers, saying its leaders were in contempt of court for ignoring an order that barred the swearing-in of several opposition politicians whom the ruling party said had engaged in electoral fraud.
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Consistent with paragraph 5 of President Reagan's 1982 memorandum about assertions of executive privilege, the Department requested that the Chairman of the Committee hold the subpoena in abeyance and delay any vote recommending that the House of Representatives approve a resolution finding me in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with the subpoena, pending a final presidential decision on whether to invoke executive privilege.
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The move came just before the House Judiciary Committee was scheduled to vote to hold Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump searches for backstops amid recession worries Mueller report fades from political conversation Barr removes prisons chief after Epstein death MORE in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over Mueller's unredacted report and underlying materials, which the panel had subpoenaed.
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Many Americans would probably agree with the President's vitriolic blasts when he referred to those who commit terroristic acts as "animals" in need of "far quicker and greater punishment..." A president's proper role is not to inflame the passions and fears of the angry crowd with name-calling that could get a prosecutor held in contempt of court and the conviction of a dangerous criminal reversed.
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The move came just ahead of a House Judiciary Committee vote on whether to hold Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump searches for backstops amid recession worries Mueller report fades from political conversation Barr removes prisons chief after Epstein death MORE in contempt of Congress for his refusal to turn over the unredacted report and underlying evidence despite a subpoena.
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Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiJohnson eyes Irish border in Brexit negotiations Mueller report fades from political conversation Five key players in Trump's trade battles MORE (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump searches for backstops amid recession worries Mueller report fades from political conversation Barr removes prisons chief after Epstein death MORE should be held in contempt of Congress.
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" Pressed if senators would try to hold Flynn in contempt of Congress, Senate Majority Whip John CornynJohn CornynThe Hill's Campaign Report: Battle for Senate begins to take shape The Hill's Morning Report — Trump and the new Israel-'squad' controversy O'Rourke says he will not 'in any scenario' run for Senate MORE (R-Texas) said, "No, the Fifth Amendment provides you an absolute right against self-incrimination.
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As the Senate wraps up its business before a two-week recess beginning on Thursday after a mixed period of modest lawmaking and partisan scraps, lawmakers are expected to agree on one thing: a website known for its connections to the sex-trafficking business should be held in contempt of Congress, the first time the Senate has taken such an action in over two decades.
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Speaking to reporters in the Capitol, Ms. Pelosi said she agreed with Representative Jerrold Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, who said Wednesday that the nation was in a constitutional crisis after his committee recommended the House hold Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over an unredacted version of the special counsel's report, along with the report's underlying evidence.
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Rep. Jason ChaffetzJason ChaffetzHouse Oversight panel demands DeVos turn over personal email records The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by JUUL Labs - Trump attack on progressive Dems draws sharp rebuke GOP senators decline to criticize Acosta after new Epstein charges MORE (R-Utah) wants to hold a high-ranking Obama administration official in contempt of Congress over his response to an investigation into a contentious water pollution rule.
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Mike ConawayKenneth (Mike) Michael ConawayTexas faces turbulent political moment Democratic Party official: Texas is 'biggest battleground state in the country' Another Texas congressman planning to retire MORE (Texas), the top Republican leading the panel's investigation into Russian election meddling, said at the time that they will look into next steps in order to compel him to comply, which could mean holding him in contempt of Congress.
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Local Arizona news station KTAR reported Friday that Arpaio has filed an appeal with the U.S. District Court, arguing that Judge Susan Bolton "refused to give the Sheriff a trial by jury," and that her "verdict was completely unsupported by the evidence, among numerous other reasons" when she found him in contempt of court for refusing to stop racially profiling Hispanic people at traffic stops for immigration checks.
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Sen. John CornynJohn CornynThe Hill's Campaign Report: Battle for Senate begins to take shape The Hill's Morning Report — Trump and the new Israel-'squad' controversy O'Rourke says he will not 'in any scenario' run for Senate MORE (R-Texas) is downplaying the chances that the Senate will try to hold Michael Flynn, President Trump's former national security adviser, in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena.
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RELATED: Nunes, in spat with Justice Department, threatens Sessions with contempt over Russia materials It's still not clear whether the pair of meetings — which became chaotic affairs over repeated changes to the invite list, time and place of the classified briefings — would satisfy House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, who has threatened to hold Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein in contempt of Congress for not providing the documents he's seeking related to the confidential source.
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Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiJohnson eyes Irish border in Brexit negotiations Mueller report fades from political conversation Five key players in Trump's trade battles MORE (D-Calif.) has signed off on a strategy for the House to hold Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump searches for backstops amid recession worries Mueller report fades from political conversation Barr removes prisons chief after Epstein death MORE and others in contempt of Congress.
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The UK's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport parliamentary committee, which tried and failed to get Cummings to testify before it last year as part of a wide-ranging enquiry into online disinformation (a snub for which Cummings was later found in contempt of parliament), also urged the government to update election law as a priority last summer — saying it was essential to act to defend democracy against data-fuelled misinformation and disinformation.
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In the last seven days, Stormy Daniels' lawyer declared he was interested in the US presidency, a Facebook video revealed Chicago police use a "bait truck" to try to convince potential thieves to thieve, and a judge threatened to hold Attorney General Jeff Sessions in contempt of court and demanded a plane be turned around mid-flight when it was discovered that the government had deported a mother and daughter even though their case was still pending.
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Earlier this summer, Representatives Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan threatened to force an impeachment vote on Mr. Rosenstein, claiming that he was impeding Congress's harassment — uh, "investigation" — of the Justice Department and the F.B.I. When that plan flopped, the men set their sights on holding Mr. Rosenstein in contempt of Congress — which doesn't sound as dramatic, but would, if successful, provide Mr. Trump an excuse to oust Mr. Rosenstein and replace him with a lap dog.
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In recent weeks, leading conservatives have been aggressively ramping up their threats to impeach or hold Rosenstein in contempt of Congress over a stalled request for documents — and the release of former FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien Comey22019 real problems Republicans need to address to win in 2020 Barr predicts progressive prosecutors will lead to 'more crime, more victims' James Comey shows our criminal justice system works as intended MORE's memos seems unlikely to quiet them.
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The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines this week to hold Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump searches for backstops amid recession worries Mueller report fades from political conversation Barr removes prisons chief after Epstein death MORE in contempt of Congress for not complying with requests for documents related to special counsel Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) Swan MuellerMueller report fades from political conversation Trump calls for probe of Obama book deal Democrats express private disappointment with Mueller testimony MORE's report.
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