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Members of a U.S. Senate committee looking into the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care adopted two resolutions Thursday designed to hold CEO Ralph de la Torre in contempt — one for civil enforcement and another for criminal contempt — for not testifying before the panel.

The votes come after de la Torre refused to attend a committee hearing last week despite being issued a subpoena. Both resolutions will be sent to the full Senate for consideration.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent and chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said de la Torre’s decision to defy the subpoena gave the committee little choice but to seek contempt charges.

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[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 26 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 40 minutes ago) (1 children)

Your Bernie is an international treasure

Appreciate him thusly

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 hours ago

Canada loves him too, maybe because he reminds us of the father of Canada's universal healthcare, Tommy Douglas.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

de la Torre’s decision to defy the subpoena gave the committee little choice but to seek contempt charges.

Sounds like we’ve still got a ways to go before we get to the FO portion of FAFO.

Someone wake me up if it ever gets there…

[–] logos@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

The resolution for civil enforcement of the subpoena instructs the Senate legal counsel to bring a lawsuit in the District Court for the District of Columbia to require de la Torre’s testimony before the committee.

The criminal contempt resolution would refer the matter to the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia to criminally prosecute de la Torre for failing to comply with the subpoena.

They can just ignore the law and nothing happens.