Mr. Webber eventually pleaded guilty to a criminal contempt misdemeanor and performed community service.
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The full House voted on a bipartisan basis to hold him in both civil and criminal Contempt of Congress.
"It would look like terrible overreaching to go for criminal contempt, " Morrison said.
In 2003, Webber pleaded guilty in federal court to criminal contempt and was sentenced to perform 300 hours of community service.
But the prosecutor can ask to have the term extended, or he can charge criminal contempt, which would involve a sentencing procedure.
At the request of McDougal's attorney, U.S. District Court Judge George Howard Jr. in Little Rock has rescheduled her criminal contempt trial for February 16th.
At the request of McDougal's attorney, U.S. District Court Judge George Howard, Jr. in Little Rock has re-scheduled her criminal contempt trial for February 16.
At the request of McDougal's attorney, U.S. District Court Judge George Howard Jr. in Little Rock has rescheduled her criminal contempt trial for February 16.
The District Court noted that civil contempt is meant to coercive future activity, as opposed to criminal contempt which seeks to punish past bad behavior.
If the House finds Holder in contempt, it is unlikely he will be prosecuted for criminal contempt, according to Alan Morrison, associate dean at George Washington University Law School.
The report found that the prosecutorial misconduct was "intentional, " though it doesn't recommend criminal contempt prosecutions because at trial government lawyers were not specifically ordered to share all exculpatory evidence.
She faces two counts of criminal contempt and one count of obstruction of justice for refusing to answer questions from prosecutors for Independent Counsel Ken Starr, and from grand jurors.
McDougal faces two counts of criminal contempt and one count of obstruction of justice for refusing to answer questions from prosecutors for Independent Counsel Ken Starr and from grand jurors.
In the hours leading up to the criminal contempt vote, Republicans repeatedly insisted that they were exercising proper legislative oversight of the executive branch and seeking answers for Terry's family.
We're even better reminded that the possibility that the nation's highest law enforcement officer might be held in criminal contempt by Congress means we need not look outside the Constitution for accountability.
And of the 17 Democrats who voted in favor of criminal contempt Thursday, all received campaign contributions from the NRA during the same time and have faced similar Republican campaign committee threats.
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On May 4th, as almost its last act, the Little Rock grand jury indicted Susan McDougal, a business partner of the Clintons in the Whitewater venture, for criminal contempt and obstruction of justice.
The criminal contempt charge would refer the entire dispute to District of Columbia U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen, who would then decide whether to file criminal charges against Holder or others, based on the Justice Department's refusal to hand over information sought by House Republicans.
"Even if some of his statements are misleading by their negative implication that Mr. Bakaly was not a source of information that he in fact supplied or confirmed, such a finding does not provide a sufficient basis for a criminal contempt conviction for making false statements, " Johnson wrote in a 50-page ruling.
If you still refuse you could face sanctions for criminal or civil contempt.
The latest criminal indictment accuses Wallace of contempt of court for allegedly logging on during a 2009 flight to Las Vegas.
Filming and broadcasting in English and Welsh courts are currently banned under Section 41 of the Criminal Justice Act 1925 and Section 9 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981.
So Sean Quinn goes to jail for contempt of court and could yet face more serious criminal charges that would keep him there for some time.
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