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Contempt of Congress is a real thing in the USA, so refusing a Congressional subpoena can result in enforcement and criminal charges.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
Contempt of Congress is a real thing in the USA, so refusing a Congressional subpoena can result in enforcement and criminal charges.
- dragonwriter 8y agoAnd, while the usual modern method is resort to executive enforcement and criminal charges, Congress has and has used (though not used since 1935) inherent arrest and detention powers which have been confirmed as intrinsic to their Constitutional authority by the Supreme Court. So while it would be newsworthy for Congress to do this, what the Parliament did here is not something Congress could not legally do to a visiting exec in possession of information sealed by a foreign court.