Mnuchin refuses to testify Before Congress

[Me.]

Can he/will he be subpoenaed?

“The Treasury Department is refusing to have department secretary Steven Mnuchin testify before the House Ways and Means Committee next week, after the Democratic chairman of the tax-writing panel requested that he speak at a hearing about the government shutdown's impact on the department.

In a letter Thursday to Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.), Treasury deputy assistant secretary Jennifer Bang said that instead of Mnuchin, the department is offering testimony from senior Treasury and IRS officials "who are most knowledgeable concerning the lapse plans now in place for the Department and its bureaus."

Neal on Wednesday sent a letter inviting Mnuchin to testify about the partial government shutdown's impact on Treasury and taxpayers. Treasury, which houses the IRS, is one of the departments whose funding has lapsed.?"

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/425958-mnuchin-refuses-to-testify-at-hearing-on-shutdown-impacts

[Eyeball_Kid]

1. Trumpy's Russian Asset at the Treasury can, indeed, be subpoenaed. And he will. n/t

[bdamomma]

2. I hope they

subpoena him.

[greymattermom]

3. What happens if he doesn't show up after a subpoena?

What power does Congress actually have? Can they have him arrested?

[MoonRiver]

6. He would be In Contempt of Congress.

I believe then that charge could be handed over to the Justice Department for charges. Yeah, I know.

[LongtimeAZDem]

7. They can put him in jail for up to 12 months under USC Title 2, Chapter 6, Section 192:

Every person who having been summoned as a witness by the authority of either House of Congress to give testimony or to produce papers upon any matter under inquiry before either House, or any joint committee established by a joint or concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress, or any committee of either House of Congress, willfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the question under inquiry, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 nor less than $100 and imprisonment in a common jail for not less than one month nor more than twelve months.

[Me.]

8. Would Love To See Him In Jail

why would he think he could ignore this, sounds like another too big for his britches Trumper

[ffr]

4. That's rather odd. A republican afraid to tell the truth.

Hmmm.

[Andy823]

5. His whole cabinet are crooks

He only hires the "best" crooks around. They are the "best" at ripping off the tax payers, and of course they are the "best" at lying.

They all need to be investigated, right along with trump!