>It's my understanding that Congress has the power to summon anybody, arrest and jail them for failure to appear. AIUI, that's true. However, action (and inac

>It's my understanding that Congress has the power to summon anybody, arrest and jail them for failure to appear. AIUI, that's true. However, action (and inaction) by the Executive and inaction by Congress, not just recently either, complicates matters. A pretty good article at Lawfare[0] discusses this at some length. Also a bill[1] was introduced in the House last June to clarify some of these issues. Hopefully more attention will be paid to ensuring that Congressional oversight is able to function effectively. However, one must also guard against politicization of those processes -- but, IMHO, that's less important than making sure the Congress can effectively exercise its oversight role. [0] https://www.lawfareblog.com/can-congress-fine-federal-officials-under-its-contempt-power https://www.lawfareblog.com/can-congress-fine-federal-offici... [1] https://lieu.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-lieu-introduces-bill-levy-penalties-officials-who-defy-congressional https://lieu.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-lieu-...