House Dems Propose Fining Trump Officials Who Ignore Subpoena | Stephanie Ruhle | MSNBC

House Democrats propose a new rule that could allow they to issue fines of up to $100,000 to any official who ignores a subpoena. The lawmaker who proposed this change, Rep. Ted Lieu, and one of his co-sponsors, Rep. Joe Neguse, joins Stephanie Ruhle to talk about why it took so long for them to propose this, and what administration official they would most like to hear from. Aired on 07/03/2020.
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House Dems Propose Fining Trump Officials Who Ignore Subpoena | Stephanie Ruhle | MSNBC

86 comments

    1. jools2323
      well if that was the case many of the Democrats would have already been behind bars.

    1. @Pete one Joe Biden never had a brain Tumor, his SON did. WOW!! … Welcome to reality!!! Keep drinking’ that Kool -aid …..

    2. Biden should just refuse to debate Trump, period. Biden is a blabbering old fool and will get annihilated! 🤣

    3. @Rod see how stupidity has caused you blabbering into annihilation. Bunker boy thought you well

    1. @Joel J Yep and make him, sleep on a cold floor with nothing but a piece of tin foil for a blanket and no shower for a month feed him moldy food like he did to the kids in cages.

    2. @President of the Virgin Islands exactly! If they can dish out the punishment, they should be able to take it!

    3. @26 different qurans is ‘perfect quran preservation’
      And . . ., can you name one Republican who is not a fascist ?

    4. Lisandro Esterga
      Congress doe not have the power to do that . If it did 85% of the Obama administration including Obama , Biden and Hillary would be serving time now 😀

    1. Don’t get too greedy or you’ll be just like them… which is what we’re trying to avoid.

  1. Sounds great! There should be punishments for crimes, the Republicans’ have been blocking subpoenas and obstructing justice, then they should be fined. Make it an amount that will really strike their bank accounts hard! Anything north of 5 Million Dollars will be good! Anything north of a Billion will be fantastic!

    1. For them, the consequence should include removal from office for breaking their Oath of Allegiance.

  2. If they want to do something they should PAY THE SAME % IN TAXES AS SOMEBODY WHO MAKES 50,000 per year.

    1. Precisely. They could also clean their own houses. Rein in their own greed and increase pay, and benefits etc for their normal employees. For example, Wal Mart could pay a minimum living wage and offer health insurance rather than rely on Medicaid to provide their heathcare.

    2. Gee, is it too far a thought, that maybe they should pay more than those who need the money to survive?

  3. What the Republicans have been doing for the past 4 years is akin to insurrection, and they should be treated as such…the unmitigated arrogance of it all🤬

    1. I’ll see your ‘akin’ and raise you a
      LIBERATE VIRGINIA (and our 2nd amendment) IT’S UNDER SIEGE!
      That was a straight up call to arms to overthrow the duly elected government

    2. Jimi Mak
      and what the Democrats have been doing for decades is akin to constipation . 😀

  4. Just shows that politicians are above the law, any average person will get fined and or jailed if they don’t answer subpoenas…

    1. @cindy o Y TÚ eres Mamona, lo mismo que tu compadrecito chulito quien perdió su biberón 🍼: tu amiga mujerona, Timmy. 🤭

      😱…🤫…🤭

    2. @William H Todo el culo con quien te juntas…😱…¿no tendrás COVID-19? 😰😱. Uy. Híncate, compa…y pon la mano derecha en tu compromiso de Las Cruces con ese Malvado Demonio Donny. 🤢🤮

    3. Tim Daugherty a one off payment of $1200 😂😂😂. In Australia, that small continent south of the equator paid ppl who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 $1500 a fortnight for a period of 3 months. Australia is back open and we only have one state with an outbreak and the areas worst hit areas are back n lockdown with police keeping them locked down

    1. @Karin Reck I like the way you think.
      😇😁😁😁😁
      For the others reading. See… People can change their minds without significantly compromising their point of view.
      Thanks Karin.

    2. @R Patrick Holguin Yes, if a law does not comport with the 14th amendment and provide equal protection under the law, it should be repealed or revised to meet Constitutional parameters. Just because a law is passed does not give it legitimacy nor does it deem it Constitutional.

  5. I wish the Dems would do something to get answers from trump..if they do nothing…trump can do a whole lot of damage before 2021

    1. @Alex Hamilton how is someone who allows russia to take out bounties on our soldiers becoming president “things working out”? Do you really hate this country that much that you want to see our servicemen killed by the man who is getting his boots licked by trump? This isn’t a dem-rep fight anymore, this is an American patriot vs traitor fight. Either you’re for our troops or you’re for trump and putin. You can’t have it both ways.

  6. These are the same companies who lobby for laws that destroy lives and demand corporate tax breaks. Money talks!

    1. The hard part is letting them do it… and that’s what they’ve been doing (the hard part).

    2. Lauri Rohr
      you have the Legislative branch confused with the Judicial Branch. Congress can only cry. The Department of Justice are the ones who can have people
      put in jail. 😀

    1. @Jarry Sciligo It would seem so. Al Franklin found that out pretty fast. Not that I agree with his ‘joke’, it was nasty. But he apologised and retired.

    2. And the Democrats bailed the terrorists out of jail who burned and looted Minneapolis. The only cities attacked by the Leftist terrorists who are supported by the Marxist Democrats were the cities led by Democrat Mayors. Don’t talk about thenrule of law. You are so blinded by racist Marxist BLM rhetoric and propaganda you can’t see the truth right in front of you.

    3. @Jarry Sciligo ….the Media Jackals play their Political Games on the Left while Homosexuals raise their flag over the US Embassy in Moscow. While Quiet Americans hide their shame.

  7. What he means by CEO bring influential he means they have the money to cause the politicians harm in holding onto their power and we the people don’t.

    1. The people have put pressure on the business and the businesses are putting pressure on the politicians

  8. Business leaders bought and paid for the GOP senate, they are the only ones who might change moscow Mitch’s mind.

    1. Hmmmmm. Pelosi is a multi-millionaire. Schumer is a multi-millionaire. Should I continue? You should rethink your comment.

    2. I’m afraid it’s beyond that. Trump or Putin has something on all of the leadership. RNC servers? Sexual blackmail a la Roy Cohn? NRA bribes? who knows, but it’s most likely career-ending

    3. We have found out how to get the Republicans to work in the best interest of America. Just pressure their corporate donors

    1. 500 bills and pieces of legislation many of which is bipartisan sit collecting dust but Moscow Mitch doesn’t care as long as his highness the liar in chief is happy !!🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕💩💩💩💩💩💩💩🤢🤢🤢🤢

    2. @peter conway A power like that is absolutely anti democractic. How can one single person let hundreds of bills die under his fat a… back? I don’t think any developed country gives one single person this kind of power. There is a reason why America is rated an incomplete democracy. Actually there are many reasons for it.

    3. I take it your not told how many of your Dem congress has gotten rich and done nothing but cheated. Dumb Liberals.

    4. absolutely, i live in kentucky,#45#putins puppet,both are performing magic tricks watch our mouths spew hate and division along race and political lines whie we stick blades in the countries back,lol,

  9. “No hesitation on the part of our CEOs?” That is one more huge corporate lie. Where were they six months ago? Don’t trust an organization that makes money by advertising, or put another way, lying to us. This is just more advertising. They, like all power driven institutions will have to be watched….always

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