On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” House Judiciary Committee member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) stated that “there are several instances” where former Trump Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski “can be held in contempt.” Jackson Lee said, “[W]e believe that there
Alan Dershowitz said Democrats want to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt “for refusing to violate the law.”
“America’s Sheriff” Joe Arpaio was found guilty Monday of misdemeanor criminal contempt without the benefit of a jury of his peers.
U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick has found the two criminal defense attorneys for Center for Medical Progress’s David Daleiden to be in civil contempt for having published video recordings of the National Abortion Federation (NAF) annual trade meetings.
On Friday, federal judge Murray Snow asked the U.S. Attorney’s office in Arizona to bring criminal contempt of court charges against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
On Friday U.S. District Judge Murray Snow found Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in contempt of court regarding racial profiling practices. Snow ruled that Arpaio “and three of his top aides violated an order meant to curtail racial profiling in his agency.”
Maricopa County Sheriff Arpaio, the tough on-border issues sheriff in Arizona who sued President Obama for his executive order on amnesty, has been the target of a war by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He is presently facing contempt of court for allegedly profiling illegal immigrants.
A Texas DA has been sentenced to 10 days in jail for contempt of court for violating a gag order in connection to a capitol murder case. Williamson County DA Jana Duty was also fined $500 for her comments.
The Republican presidential contenders in the U.S. Senate were mostly united against the confirmation of Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama’s nominee to succeed Eric Holder as U.S. Attorney General.
