So you contend that when someone refuses to appear before a House hearing they have to be guilty?
I contend that when someone refuses to appear before a House hearing they are more likely guilty than not
D.C. Circuit panel allows Don McGahn to ignore a Congressional subpoena. (slate.com)
So likely guilty.
John Gore, a top official in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, openly refused to comply with a congressional subpoena to testify about the Trump administration’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
Likely guilty.
On May 2, the day after his withering appearance at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Barr refused to appear at a scheduled hearing before the House Judiciary Committee.
Likely guilty.
House Ways & Means Committee chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) on April 3 ordered Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and the Internal Revenue Service to provide him with Trump’s tax returns for the years 2013-2018 under a law allowing the panel to obtain anyone’s taxes.
Likely guilty.
The House Oversight and Reform Committee
subpoenaed former White House personnel director Carl Kline on April 2 as part of an investigation into how several White House officials received security clearances over the objections of career security professionals.
Likely guilty.
Trump sued the Oversight Committee on April 22 to prevent it from receiving the documents from Mazars. The president also sued Deutsche Bank and Capital One on April 30 to keep them from handing records to Congress.
Likely guilty.
The House Oversight Committee and the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee have repeatedly requested information from the General Services Administration about Trump’s controversial Washington hotel that operates out of the GSA-owned Old Post Office building.
Likely guilty.
The House Oversight Committee on April 17 asked White House adviser Stephen Miller to testify about the administration’s reshuffling of immigration enforcement officials. The White House declined to allow Miller to testify, citing “long-standing precedent” against White House staff appearing before congressional committees.
likely guilty.
Sure you want to persist at your contention?