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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

From Wikipedia:

contempt of Congress has generally applied to the refusal to comply with a subpoena issued by a congressional committee or subcommittee

So the question becomes is this Hawley or something the committee/subcommittee voted to send? It reads like Hawley to me, but IANAL.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, thats what I'm curious about. I don't know how much of this is formality and how much codified procedure, but it seems fairly plausible that this letter could be reasonably considered a subpoena - or at least, non-compliance could be considered contempt of congress.