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Fiendish Thingy

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3. It wouldn't be a contempt citation unless a court issued a specific order to release documents

Reply to kacekwl (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 12:18 AM

Jan 7

Right now DOJ is not complying with the law congress passed, raising the following questions:

Who would seek an indictment of the DOJ?

By design, The law contains no enforcement mechanism, and no penalty for violations.

It’s possible someone with standing might sue, and if they won, an order could be issued which would then leave those named in the order subject to contempt for noncompliance.

I’m not expecting anything to happen to compel the release of the rest of the files.

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When is someone from the DOJ or [View all] kacekwl Jan 6 OP

when are ANY of those corrupt fuckers going to be held accountable FOR ANYTHING Skittles Jan 6 #1

Never chicoescuela Jan 6 #2

It wouldn't be a contempt citation unless a court issued a specific order to release documents Fiendish Thingy Jan 7 #3