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On the recordOctober 11, 2021
I`m advising the deployment of the full panoply of enforcement powers at the disposal of the United States Congress. That includes criminal contempt powers, civil contempt power that people govern here, and no one is above the law, not a president, not a former president, not the political cronies of the former president.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Raskin emphasizes the need for Congress to use its enforcement powers against those defying subpoenas related to the January 6 investigation.

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