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  • CM189191
    CM189191 Posts: 6,927
    Bentleyspop said:
    mickeyrat said:
    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/steve-bannon-surrenders-fbi-contempt-congress-charges/story?id=81176653Steve Bannon surrenders to FBI on contempt of Congress charges  Former President Donald Trump's political ally was charged on Friday.   ByLuke Barr  November 15, 2021, 9:43 AM  • 6 min read  1:08  Steve Bannon set to turn himself in after being indicted for contempt of Congress  The former Trump adviser is...  Kevin Lamarque/Reuters  Former President Donald Trump's political ally Steve Bannon on Monday surrendered to the FBI on charges of criminal contempt of Congress stemming from his refusal to cooperate with the House select committee on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.  Bannon on Friday was charged with two counts of contempt for failure to comply with a committee subpoena to produce any records and testify about what he knew about the assault.

    continues...
    As a white-nationalist he'll be very happy and safe in jail.
    he'll be out on bond before the days out

    and still not compelled to testify
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,640
    CM189191 said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    mickeyrat said:
    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/steve-bannon-surrenders-fbi-contempt-congress-charges/story?id=81176653Steve Bannon surrenders to FBI on contempt of Congress charges  Former President Donald Trump's political ally was charged on Friday.   ByLuke Barr  November 15, 2021, 9:43 AM  • 6 min read  1:08  Steve Bannon set to turn himself in after being indicted for contempt of Congress  The former Trump adviser is...  Kevin Lamarque/Reuters  Former President Donald Trump's political ally Steve Bannon on Monday surrendered to the FBI on charges of criminal contempt of Congress stemming from his refusal to cooperate with the House select committee on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.  Bannon on Friday was charged with two counts of contempt for failure to comply with a committee subpoena to produce any records and testify about what he knew about the assault.

    continues...
    As a white-nationalist he'll be very happy and safe in jail.
    he'll be out on bond before the days out

    and still not compelled to testify
    Unfortunately you are probably correct on both points.

    But a boy can dream
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,981
    Bentleyspop said:
    CM189191 said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    mickeyrat said:
    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/steve-bannon-surrenders-fbi-contempt-congress-charges/story?id=81176653Steve Bannon surrenders to FBI on contempt of Congress charges  Former President Donald Trump's political ally was charged on Friday.   ByLuke Barr  November 15, 2021, 9:43 AM  • 6 min read  1:08  Steve Bannon set to turn himself in after being indicted for contempt of Congress  The former Trump adviser is...  Kevin Lamarque/Reuters  Former President Donald Trump's political ally Steve Bannon on Monday surrendered to the FBI on charges of criminal contempt of Congress stemming from his refusal to cooperate with the House select committee on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.  Bannon on Friday was charged with two counts of contempt for failure to comply with a committee subpoena to produce any records and testify about what he knew about the assault.

    continues...
    As a white-nationalist he'll be very happy and safe in jail.
    he'll be out on bond before the days out

    and still not compelled to testify
    Unfortunately you are probably correct on both points.

    But a boy can dream
    It's mandatory prison of he refuses,  is tried and found guilty.  These are two federal felonies. 
  • CM189191
    CM189191 Posts: 6,927
    mrussel1 said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    CM189191 said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    mickeyrat said:
    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/steve-bannon-surrenders-fbi-contempt-congress-charges/story?id=81176653Steve Bannon surrenders to FBI on contempt of Congress charges  Former President Donald Trump's political ally was charged on Friday.   ByLuke Barr  November 15, 2021, 9:43 AM  • 6 min read  1:08  Steve Bannon set to turn himself in after being indicted for contempt of Congress  The former Trump adviser is...  Kevin Lamarque/Reuters  Former President Donald Trump's political ally Steve Bannon on Monday surrendered to the FBI on charges of criminal contempt of Congress stemming from his refusal to cooperate with the House select committee on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.  Bannon on Friday was charged with two counts of contempt for failure to comply with a committee subpoena to produce any records and testify about what he knew about the assault.

    continues...
    As a white-nationalist he'll be very happy and safe in jail.
    he'll be out on bond before the days out

    and still not compelled to testify
    Unfortunately you are probably correct on both points.

    But a boy can dream
    It's mandatory prison of he refuses,  is tried and found guilty.  These are two federal felonies. 

    ....and he's out. 

    Bannon has to remain at listed address, with weekly phone calls. Must notify if planning to travel domestically, and get permission to travel outside the US.


  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,981
    CM189191 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    CM189191 said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    mickeyrat said:
    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/steve-bannon-surrenders-fbi-contempt-congress-charges/story?id=81176653Steve Bannon surrenders to FBI on contempt of Congress charges  Former President Donald Trump's political ally was charged on Friday.   ByLuke Barr  November 15, 2021, 9:43 AM  • 6 min read  1:08  Steve Bannon set to turn himself in after being indicted for contempt of Congress  The former Trump adviser is...  Kevin Lamarque/Reuters  Former President Donald Trump's political ally Steve Bannon on Monday surrendered to the FBI on charges of criminal contempt of Congress stemming from his refusal to cooperate with the House select committee on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.  Bannon on Friday was charged with two counts of contempt for failure to comply with a committee subpoena to produce any records and testify about what he knew about the assault.

    continues...
    As a white-nationalist he'll be very happy and safe in jail.
    he'll be out on bond before the days out

    and still not compelled to testify
    Unfortunately you are probably correct on both points.

    But a boy can dream
    It's mandatory prison of he refuses,  is tried and found guilty.  These are two federal felonies. 

    ....and he's out. 

    Bannon has to remain at listed address, with weekly phone calls. Must notify if planning to travel domestically, and get permission to travel outside the US.


    Will be interesting if he decides to go to trial or submit to the Congress. 
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 45,221
    mrussel1 said:
    CM189191 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    CM189191 said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    mickeyrat said:
    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/steve-bannon-surrenders-fbi-contempt-congress-charges/story?id=81176653Steve Bannon surrenders to FBI on contempt of Congress charges  Former President Donald Trump's political ally was charged on Friday.   ByLuke Barr  November 15, 2021, 9:43 AM  • 6 min read  1:08  Steve Bannon set to turn himself in after being indicted for contempt of Congress  The former Trump adviser is...  Kevin Lamarque/Reuters  Former President Donald Trump's political ally Steve Bannon on Monday surrendered to the FBI on charges of criminal contempt of Congress stemming from his refusal to cooperate with the House select committee on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.  Bannon on Friday was charged with two counts of contempt for failure to comply with a committee subpoena to produce any records and testify about what he knew about the assault.

    continues...
    As a white-nationalist he'll be very happy and safe in jail.
    he'll be out on bond before the days out

    and still not compelled to testify
    Unfortunately you are probably correct on both points.

    But a boy can dream
    It's mandatory prison of he refuses,  is tried and found guilty.  These are two federal felonies. 

    ....and he's out. 

    Bannon has to remain at listed address, with weekly phone calls. Must notify if planning to travel domestically, and get permission to travel outside the US.


    Will be interesting if he decides to go to trial or submit to the Congress. 

    trial. defense will be exec priv although its said it doesnt apply to him nor has fuckstick asserted such for this douche.

    still though, trial wouldnt start until fucksticks appeals get shot down.

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  • JeBurkhardt
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    mrussel1 said:
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    mickeyrat said:
    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/steve-bannon-surrenders-fbi-contempt-congress-charges/story?id=81176653Steve Bannon surrenders to FBI on contempt of Congress charges  Former President Donald Trump's political ally was charged on Friday.   ByLuke Barr  November 15, 2021, 9:43 AM  • 6 min read  1:08  Steve Bannon set to turn himself in after being indicted for contempt of Congress  The former Trump adviser is...  Kevin Lamarque/Reuters  Former President Donald Trump's political ally Steve Bannon on Monday surrendered to the FBI on charges of criminal contempt of Congress stemming from his refusal to cooperate with the House select committee on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.  Bannon on Friday was charged with two counts of contempt for failure to comply with a committee subpoena to produce any records and testify about what he knew about the assault.

    continues...
    As a white-nationalist he'll be very happy and safe in jail.
    he'll be out on bond before the days out

    and still not compelled to testify
    Unfortunately you are probably correct on both points.

    But a boy can dream
    It's mandatory prison of he refuses,  is tried and found guilty.  These are two federal felonies. 

    ....and he's out. 

    Bannon has to remain at listed address, with weekly phone calls. Must notify if planning to travel domestically, and get permission to travel outside the US.


    Will be interesting if he decides to go to trial or submit to the Congress. 
    Trial, so he can be a perceived martyr for the cause. 
  • CM189191
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    JeBurkhardt said:
    mrussel1 said:
    CM189191 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    CM189191 said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    mickeyrat said:
    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/steve-bannon-surrenders-fbi-contempt-congress-charges/story?id=81176653Steve Bannon surrenders to FBI on contempt of Congress charges  Former President Donald Trump's political ally was charged on Friday.   ByLuke Barr  November 15, 2021, 9:43 AM  • 6 min read  1:08  Steve Bannon set to turn himself in after being indicted for contempt of Congress  The former Trump adviser is...  Kevin Lamarque/Reuters  Former President Donald Trump's political ally Steve Bannon on Monday surrendered to the FBI on charges of criminal contempt of Congress stemming from his refusal to cooperate with the House select committee on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.  Bannon on Friday was charged with two counts of contempt for failure to comply with a committee subpoena to produce any records and testify about what he knew about the assault.

    continues...
    As a white-nationalist he'll be very happy and safe in jail.
    he'll be out on bond before the days out

    and still not compelled to testify
    Unfortunately you are probably correct on both points.

    But a boy can dream
    It's mandatory prison of he refuses,  is tried and found guilty.  These are two federal felonies. 

    ....and he's out. 

    Bannon has to remain at listed address, with weekly phone calls. Must notify if planning to travel domestically, and get permission to travel outside the US.


    Will be interesting if he decides to go to trial or submit to the Congress. 
    Trial, so he can be a perceived martyr for the cause. 
    martyrs die
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,981
    CM189191 said:
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    mrussel1 said:
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    mrussel1 said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    CM189191 said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    mickeyrat said:
    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/steve-bannon-surrenders-fbi-contempt-congress-charges/story?id=81176653Steve Bannon surrenders to FBI on contempt of Congress charges  Former President Donald Trump's political ally was charged on Friday.   ByLuke Barr  November 15, 2021, 9:43 AM  • 6 min read  1:08  Steve Bannon set to turn himself in after being indicted for contempt of Congress  The former Trump adviser is...  Kevin Lamarque/Reuters  Former President Donald Trump's political ally Steve Bannon on Monday surrendered to the FBI on charges of criminal contempt of Congress stemming from his refusal to cooperate with the House select committee on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.  Bannon on Friday was charged with two counts of contempt for failure to comply with a committee subpoena to produce any records and testify about what he knew about the assault.

    continues...
    As a white-nationalist he'll be very happy and safe in jail.
    he'll be out on bond before the days out

    and still not compelled to testify
    Unfortunately you are probably correct on both points.

    But a boy can dream
    It's mandatory prison of he refuses,  is tried and found guilty.  These are two federal felonies. 

    ....and he's out. 

    Bannon has to remain at listed address, with weekly phone calls. Must notify if planning to travel domestically, and get permission to travel outside the US.


    Will be interesting if he decides to go to trial or submit to the Congress. 
    Trial, so he can be a perceived martyr for the cause. 
    martyrs die
    Ha!  No shit, good call. 
  • Halifax2TheMax
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    What does Steve O have to lose other than a few pounds? 
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  • mickeyrat
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    edited November 2021


     Alex Jones and Roger stone called to testify before the committee

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  • Bentleyspop
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    mickeyrat said:


     Alex Jones and Roger stone called to testify before the committee

    Now it's officially a  circus
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 45,221


    Oath Keepers, Proud Boys subpoenaed by Jan. 6 House panel
    By FARNOUSH AMIRI
    42 mins ago

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection issued more subpoenas Tuesday, this time to extremist organizations, including the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers as well as their leaders, in an attempt to uncover the plotting and execution of the deadly attack.

    “The Select Committee is seeking information from individuals and organizations reportedly involved with planning the attack, with the violent mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6th, or with efforts to overturn the results of the election," Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the Democratic chairman of the panel, said in a statement.

    The subpoenas are the latest in a wide net the House panel has cast in an effort to investigate the riot, when supporters of former President Donald Trump, fueled by his false claims of a stolen election, brutally assaulted police and smashed their way into the Capitol to interrupt the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory.

    The committee has already interviewed more than 150 people across government, social media and law enforcement, including some former Trump aides who have been cooperative. The panel has subpoenaed more than 20 witnesses, and most of them, including several who helped plan the “Stop the Steal” rally the morning of Jan. 6, have signaled they will cooperate.

    The subpoenas were issued to members of the Oath Keepers, the Proud Boys and 1st Amendment Praetorian, including Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, for documents and testimony.

    Tarrio, chairman of the Proud Boys, hasn’t been charged in the riot as he wasn’t there on Jan. 6. He’d been arrested in an unrelated vandalism case as he arrived in Washington two days earlier and was ordered out of the area by a judge. Law enforcement later said Tarrio was picked up in part to help quell potential violence.

    But despite him not being physically present, the committee believes he may have been involved in the Proud Boys’ preparation for the events at the Capitol.

    More than 30 Proud Boys leaders, members or associates are among those who have been charged in connection with the attack. The group of self-described “Western chauvinists” emerged from far-right fringes during the Trump administration to join mainstream GOP circles, with allies like longtime Trump backer Roger Stone. The group claims it has more than 30,000 members nationwide.

    The committee on Tuesday also subpoenaed the Oath Keepers — a militia group founded in 2009 that recruits current and former military, police and first responders — and its founder and leader Elmer Stewart Rhodes. The panel says Rhodes may have suggested members should engage in violence to ensure their preferred election outcome and that he was in contact with several of the more than a dozen indicted Oath Keepers members before, during and after the Capitol attack, including meeting some of them outside the Capitol.

    Rhodes has said there were as many as 40,000 Oath Keepers at its peak, but one extremism expert estimates the group’s membership stands around 3,000 nationally.

    The last organization on the committee’s list Tuesday was the 1st Amendment Praetorian, founded by a QAnon believer, that claims to provide free security for “patriotic and religious events across the country.”

    Its chairman, Robert Patrick Lewis, is wanted by the committee after being listed as a speaker on the permit for a Jan. 5 rally on Freedom Plaza in downtown Washington. On the day of the attack, Lewis tweeted: “Today is the day that true battles begin.”


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  • mickeyrat
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    Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows cooperating with Jan. 6 committee

    Meadows has provided records to the committee investigating the attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob and will give a deposition

    White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows greets Trump supporters on Oct. 31, 2020, during a campaign rally in Reading, Pa. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
    Today at 12:28 p.m. EST|Updated today at 1:11 p.m. EST

    Mark Meadows, President Donald Trump’s chief of staff at the time of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, is cooperating with the House committee investigating the pro-Trump insurrection, the committee’s chairman, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), said Tuesday.

    “Mr. Meadows has been engaging with the Select Committee through his attorney,” Thompson said in a statement. “He has produced records to the committee and will soon appear for an initial deposition.”

    Meadows is the highest-profile member of Trump’s inner circle who is known to be cooperating or who the committee has publicly acknowledged is cooperating. Committee members have previously said many people with connections to the events of that day have voluntarily engaged with investigators, but they have not specified who those individuals are or how high up they were in the Trump administration.

    The House select committee investigating the attempted insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6 faces an uphill battle with former Trump administration officials. (Blair Guild/The Washington Post)

    Thompson, in his statement, said that the committee “expects all witnesses, including Mr. Meadows, to provide all information requested and that the Select Committee is lawfully entitled to receive.”

    “The committee will continue to assess his degree of compliance with our subpoena after the deposition,” Thompson concluded.

    CNN first reported Meadows’s cooperation.

    Details of the deal Meadows struck with the committee were not made public. While Meadows has now produced records for the committee and will sit before it, he could still try to claim executive privilege to protect certain pieces of information, making the cooperation fragile.

    In a statement, Meadows’s lawyer, George Terwilliger III, told The Washington Post that Meadows and his team “continue to work with the Select Committee and its staff to see if we can reach an accommodation that does not require Mr. Meadows to waive Executive Privilege or to forfeit the long-standing position that senior White House aides cannot be compelled to testify before Congress.”

    “We appreciate the Select Committee’s openness to receiving voluntary responses on non-privileged topics,” Terwilliger said.

    The bipartisan committee is investigating the attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob determined to stop the affirmation of Joe Biden’s presidential win. The riot left five people dead and injured some 140 members of law enforcement who faced a barrage of sticks, bear spray, flagpoles and other items used as weapons.

    Earlier this month, White House Deputy Counsel Jonathan Su sent a letter to Terwilliger notifying him that President Biden will not assert executive privilege or immunity over the documents and deposition requested by the committee related to his client.

    As Thompson issued his statement on Meadows, federal judges were questioning whether Trump has the power to go to court to keep White House documents secret from the congressional committee. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit expressed skepticism about the role of the courts in settling disputes between a former president and the sitting president over the release of White House records.

    Meadows was subpoenaed by the committee at the end of September and has been “engaged” with investigators to negotiate the terms of his deposition and the turning over of documents. The pace of these discussions, however, caused the committee to weigh more aggressive measures against him.

    On Twitter, Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.), a member of the committee, said Meadows “has a legal and moral obligation to cooperate with our committee.”

    “I’m glad he has now agreed to appear and has already provided documents,” Schiff said. “We will evaluate the extent of his compliance after his testimony. We must reveal the full truth of what led to January 6.”

    The news on Meadows’s cooperation deal comes a day after the select committee announced that it will move to hold Jeffrey Clark, a top official in the Trump Justice Department, in criminal contempt for not complying with its subpoena. A committee vote is expected Wednesday. Meadows’s decision to cooperate could spare him the same treatment.

    Stephen K. Bannon, a former Trump adviser, was indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a congressional subpoena.

    Jacqueline Alemany contributed to this report.


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  • mickeyrat
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    house to vote on contempt for jeffery clark.....


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  • tempo_n_groove
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    Meadows is a Trump loyalist though, no?  They "negotiated" what documents he will give to them.  I'm sure he will give them nothing and will claim executive privilege on the good stuff.

    Hopefully they crack open one egg sooner or later and get some good information.
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    It doesn't matter how many eggs are cracked open, nothing will come of this whole fucking thing.

    It's a waste of taxpayer money to learn something that most of us already know.

    No one of any consequence will face any kind of punishment that fits their particular crime, and more taxpayer money will be wasted in this arena as well.

    The US is FUBAR!
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,981
    edited December 2021
    dankind said:
    It doesn't matter how many eggs are cracked open, nothing will come of this whole fucking thing.

    It's a waste of taxpayer money to learn something that most of us already know.

    No one of any consequence will face any kind of punishment that fits their particular crime, and more taxpayer money will be wasted in this arena as well.

    The US is FUBAR!
    The point of of the committee is to create new laws to attempt to prevent such an issue from arising again.  If there was no desired legislative outcome, then congress loses its interest and therefore cannot enforce a subpoena.  
  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,208
    mrussel1 said:
    dankind said:
    It doesn't matter how many eggs are cracked open, nothing will come of this whole fucking thing.

    It's a waste of taxpayer money to learn something that most of us already know.

    No one of any consequence will face any kind of punishment that fits their particular crime, and more taxpayer money will be wasted in this arena as well.

    The US is FUBAR!
    The point of of the committee is to create new laws to attempt to prevent such an issue from arising again.  If there was no desired legislative outcome, then congress loses its interest and therefore cannot enforce a subpoena.  
    What laws could stop another 1/6 if the existing laws didnt?  It's like our gun problem...more laws aren't going to solve anything.  We need a societal shift of some kind.
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  • mrussel1
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    static111 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    dankind said:
    It doesn't matter how many eggs are cracked open, nothing will come of this whole fucking thing.

    It's a waste of taxpayer money to learn something that most of us already know.

    No one of any consequence will face any kind of punishment that fits their particular crime, and more taxpayer money will be wasted in this arena as well.

    The US is FUBAR!
    The point of of the committee is to create new laws to attempt to prevent such an issue from arising again.  If there was no desired legislative outcome, then congress loses its interest and therefore cannot enforce a subpoena.  
    What laws could stop another 1/6 if the existing laws didnt?  It's like our gun problem...more laws aren't going to solve anything.  We need a societal shift of some kind.
    I can't say I'm enough of an expert to know at this point, since we don't know what the core issue.  However, the Election law of 1877 could make 'more' clear that the VP has no power to reject any certified electors.  We could also clarify which electors would be accepted by the Congress, in the event that more than one set is submitted.  This was the crux of the plan by the most diabolical of his minions; to have the VP reject the certified electors and accept other ones.  And/or for the VP to reject them and immediately throw the election to the House.  Congress can absolutely close holes left in the amendments or existing laws so long as they don't specifically run against an amendment or the original document. 

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