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From wikipedia: The criminal offense of contempt of Congress sets the penalty at not less than one month nor more than twelve months in jail and a fine of not

From wikipedia: The criminal offense of contempt of Congress sets the penalty at not less than one month nor more than twelve months in jail and a fine of not more than $100,000 or less than $100. Somehow I'm thinking he'll avoid the jail time and maybe have to pay a fine that amounts to pocket change for him.

rolph 3y ago
being found guilty of a criminal offense, is a life altering event. it doesnt matter how much jiu jitsu he knows , a holding cell is not a good place for Z, even for 5 minutes.
- blitz_skull 3y ago
  For the average joe, sure. He ain’t that guy, pal.
- thatguy0900 3y ago
  Yeah when mark has to apply for a credit card or a new job, boy will he be sorry.
- MildRant 3y ago
  Not when you are a multibillionaire.
  - stephencanon 3y ago
    It's still life-altering, it's the kickoff party for your political career.
stronglikedan 3y ago
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Waterluvian 3y ago
You don’t get to pay the money and go away. The contempt proceeding would be used to compel him to obey. I agree that billionaires generally enjoy a different tier of the legal system, but consider that if the House moves forward with contempt, they have to see it through. He has to obey, or be thrown in jail until he does. Because the alternative is that the House demonstrates that it does not enjoy legitimacy. Everyone will begin ignoring House subpoenas because, hey, the House doesn't enforce them. I'm pretty sure there's a few Trump-world people who tried this and it didn't go well for them?
- bb88 3y ago
  > but consider that if the House moves forward with contempt, they have to see it through. He has to obey, or be thrown in jail until he does. What we learned from the previous administration is that you just need to fight it until the power switches hands meanwhile fighting it in court. Zuck makes some donations to the opposition party candidates and their PAC's, and hope they win. Or he subverts the controlling party the way Russia would do it, and hire some firm (possibly Israeli) to do a deep background check in the ruling party and use it to blackmail them. Also it's not a good look when one of the controlling party members chose to ignore a subpoena issues by the same body they control now. https://dayton247now.com/news/local/rep-jim-jordan-urbana-ohio-violated-house-ethics-defying-subpoenas-january-6-committee https://dayton247now.com/news/local/rep-jim-jordan-urbana-oh...

rolph 3y ago

being found guilty of a criminal offense, is a life altering event. it doesnt matter how much jiu jitsu he knows , a holding cell is not a good place for Z, even for 5 minutes.

blitz_skull 3y ago
For the average joe, sure. He ain’t that guy, pal.
thatguy0900 3y ago
Yeah when mark has to apply for a credit card or a new job, boy will he be sorry.
MildRant 3y ago
Not when you are a multibillionaire.
- stephencanon 3y ago
  It's still life-altering, it's the kickoff party for your political career.

stronglikedan 3y ago

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Waterluvian 3y ago

You don’t get to pay the money and go away. The contempt proceeding would be used to compel him to obey. I agree that billionaires generally enjoy a different tier of the legal system, but consider that if the House moves forward with contempt, they have to see it through. He has to obey, or be thrown in jail until he does. Because the alternative is that the House demonstrates that it does not enjoy legitimacy. Everyone will begin ignoring House subpoenas because, hey, the House doesn't enforce them. I'm pretty sure there's a few Trump-world people who tried this and it didn't go well for them?

bb88 3y ago
> but consider that if the House moves forward with contempt, they have to see it through. He has to obey, or be thrown in jail until he does. What we learned from the previous administration is that you just need to fight it until the power switches hands meanwhile fighting it in court. Zuck makes some donations to the opposition party candidates and their PAC's, and hope they win. Or he subverts the controlling party the way Russia would do it, and hire some firm (possibly Israeli) to do a deep background check in the ruling party and use it to blackmail them. Also it's not a good look when one of the controlling party members chose to ignore a subpoena issues by the same body they control now. https://dayton247now.com/news/local/rep-jim-jordan-urbana-ohio-violated-house-ethics-defying-subpoenas-january-6-committee https://dayton247now.com/news/local/rep-jim-jordan-urbana-oh...