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  • I think you’re getting the inherent contempt power of Congress mixed up with criminal contempt.

    Civil or criminal contempt?

    There is also the possibility of Trump administration officials being found in criminal contempt - for which the punishment could include jail time.

    “That’s considered one of the most serious things, and usually the last resort,” Prof Tsai said.

    In the case of criminal contempt, Prof Tsai said the normal course of events would be to refer the issue for prosecution by the justice >department, which is run by Attorney General Pam Bondi.

    Judge Boasberg also has the power to appoint a special prosecutor to pursue criminal contempt charges and to sidestep Bondi, a Trump loyalist who was appointed by the president.

    “With this administration, it is very possible that the justice department refuses to prosecute,” George Mason University law professor Ilya Somin explained to the BBC.

    Even if the justice department does take the case, Trump has the power to pardon a criminal offence. But the president does not have the power to issue pardons for civil liability (civil contempt).

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg72d3zpj9xo











  • Jaysyn@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world"Erased"
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    If you read texts from 1920s Europe, they frequently talk about the “French race”, the “German race” or the “English race”. When the Nazis talked about the “uber race”, they didn’t mean white people, but instead meant German people. They saw the French, the English and so on as inferior races. (Which makes the concept of neonazis from other countries than Germany quite absurd.)

    Downton Abbey has at least one instance of this, referring to the “German race” just slightly post WW1. It caught me off guard but now makes sense in light of your comment.