Politico: “A growing number of Democratic committee members are pushing Nadler to take more aggressive steps to force President Trump and top administration officials to comply with a host of congressional subpoenas. Some lawmakers even want Congress to dust off its little-used authority to fine or even jail witnesses, something that the House hasn’t done in more than 80 years and is ill prepared to execute.”
“But Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team worry that such moves, while pleasing to a party base that loathes the president, would backfire and boost Trump politically. Caught in the middle is Nadler, a 71-year-old Democrat who has long been a thorn in Trump’s side.”
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff to ABC News: “Look, we are going to have to consider other remedies like inherent contempt, where if the courts take too long we use our own judicial process within the Congress. And look, I think if you fine someone $25,000 a day to their person until they comply, it gets their attention.”
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