Democrat Hank Johnson Suggests that He Wants U.S. Marshals To Arrest Donald Trump

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Johnson: “If a president willfully failed or refused to comply with a court ruling, they could be held in contempt of court theoretically, but it would be up to the U.S. Marshals Service, which is a part of the Justice Department, to be the enforcement arm for the federal courts. Is that correct?”
TYMKOVICH: “Your hypothetical would have to play itself out.”
Johnson: “It would be the U.S. Marshals, who fall under the Department of Justice, who would have to carry out the contempt order. And so what would happen if the U.S. Marshals Service, under the command of the Justice Department, at the direction of the president, refused to carry out a court order of contempt? What — what would then be the state of our democracy?”
TYMKOVICH: “Again, I’m here on behalf of the judicial conference to talk about the shortage of judges that we have, and I would comment on those needs in particular.”

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