This contempt process is absolutely in order, and you just can’t flaunt your nose at Congress and say, I’m not going to do it. You and I know, as well as the majority of right-thinking people you honor subpoenas. You show up and if you decide to plead the fifth, if you decide to answer certain questions, you do it. But under no circumstances do you not show up.
Bennie Thompson defends the contempt process against those who defy congressional subpoenas.
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