Could Hunter get his laptop back if he asked for it?
I have photos of Joe Biden on my laptop. Oh noes!
If you are not certain of their existence let alone their validity why exactly does it matter if anyone has seen them?
Hey, just asking questions, right?
I saw the pictures of Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton in the closet making babies and I saw one of the babies and the baby looked at me!
The baby looked at you?
Simpson’s reference. Which made me snort beer up my nose. Thanks a lot iiandyiiii. I am going to open an investigation on you.
WHAT?? The baby looked like you??
Yes, this obviously needs to happen immediately.
Unless I got something wrong…nah…
Could you imagine how out of date his version of Windows must be at this point? I’m sure he’s anxious to pick up where he left off on Red Dead Redemption 2 though.
I thought it was a Macbook.
I’m just wondering how it goes from being his property to not. Supposing it even exists.
I bet his drivers and antivirus are way out of date.
I thought I read (although I now can’t find anything to back this up) that the repair shop had a policy that if you left a computer there for some specified amount of time without picking it up, the computer became the property of the shop.
Should the administration cooperate, as the law says they should, and allow all these people to be questioned?
Or should they take a page from the previous administration and basically tell the House to fuck off until they come back with subpoenas, then tell them to fuck off again?
I’m somewhat torn but if I put my emotions aside I would say if the law says they have to allow testimony then they should do that. Just because the GOP doesn’t believe in rule of law doesn’t excuse others from doing the same.
ETA Just curious what law you are referencing regarding testimony to this committee?
I agree with @Kolak_of_Twilo. Setting aside the norms is not a good idea.
However, for any subsequent hearings à la Benghazi, I’d like witnesses to show up with a bunch of aides who are prepared in real time to note when questions have already been asked, so the witness can respond, “You asked that same question during the hearing of (fill-in-the-date). My answer remains the same.” Then let the committee members argue about whether it was the same question, or if the question is different in some small way, and whether that changes the meaning of the question, etc. Make it so fucking stupid and boring, everyone will just tune out.
Oh, none. IANAL. I guess I just assumed if Congress summons you to testify, there must be some law that says you have to. But maybe that’s one of those norms and customs that Americans followed for 240 years until Republicans started saying But what if we didn’t …?
Congressional committees have the authority to issue subpoenas to compel a witness to testify or produce documents. If a witness refuses to comply, Congress can attempt to enforce the subpoena through criminal or civil proceedings. However, criminal enforcement requires the cooperation of the Department of Justice – which is unlikely to be forthcoming if the Administration itself is refusing to comply with the Congressional subpoena.
Administrations of both parties have resisted Congressional subpoenas in the past, what usually happens is a negotiation over the scope of the questioning and document production. More than you could ever want to know is available in this Congressional Research Service report.