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House Investigations of the Trump administration
Get ready for a Democratic subpoen-o-rama
[b]Democrats Prepare Their Subpoena Cannon[/b]
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House Democrats plan to probe every aspect of President Trumps life and work, from family business dealings to the Space Force to his tax returns to possible leverage by Russia, top Democrats tell [link=https://www.axios.com/house-democrats-subpoenas-trump-administration-cf3ed351-ff11-4498-89f4-cee588145198.html]Mike Allen[/link].One senior Democratic source said the new majority, which takes power in January, is preparing a subpoena cannon, like an arena T-shirt cannon.
[link=https://www.axios.com/2018-midterm-elections-house-democrats-investigations-6bcfabb1-f1b2-49ce-8014-3e9b0c30db6c.html]Axios[/link] has assembled a list of at least 85 potential Trump-related investigation and subpoena targets for the new majority.
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[h1]Schiff Wants to Interview Jeff Sessions[/h1] Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), who is likely to lead the House Intelligence Committee during the next Congress, told [link=https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/415822-schiff-house-dems-interested-sessions-testimony-about-firing-in-next]The Hill[/link] hes interested in interviewing former Attorney General Jeff Sessions about the circumstances of his firing.Said Schiff: On this particular question of what led up to his firing or what information he may have in terms of obstruction to justice, I think that will be of interest to not only our committee but the Judiciary Committee and others as well.
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[link=https://www.thedailybeast.com/house-intelligence-panel-hiring-money-laundering-sleuths]Daily Beast[/link]:[b]Democrats Hiring Money Laundering Experts [/b]
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The House intelligence committees incoming Democratic majority is taking its first steps to follow Donald Trumps money.
The committee is looking to hire money-laundering and forensic accounting experts One Democratic committee office said the purpose of the potential new hires is to examine unanswered financial questions about Trump and Russia, but their work could apply broadly across the panels intelligence oversight.
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Even Trey Gowdy looks like he’s teeing up Elijah Cummings to investigate the Ivanka emails.
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[link=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/418016-schiff-plans-to-probe-intel-assessment-of-khashoggi-killing]The Hill: [/link]
[h1]Schiff plans to probe intel assessment of Khashoggi killi[/h1]-
[link=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/12/24/adam-schiffs-plans-to-obliterate-trumps-red-line]Jeffrey Toobin[/link]: [b]Schiff Intends to Obliterate Trumps Red Line[/b]
President Trump said some time ago that he believes his personal finances should be off limits to investigators. In an interview with the Times in July, 2017, he asserted that if Robert Mueller, the special counsel, sought to investigate the Trump familys business dealings he would be crossing a red line. When, later that year, several news reports suggested that Mueller had subpoenaed Deutsche Bank for records relating to Trumps businesses, the President reportedly told members of his staff that he wanted to fire Mueller in response.
It was never confirmed whether Mueller had actually subpoenaed Deutsche Bank, but the Presidents aversion to the scrutiny of his business interests caught the attention of Representative Adam Schiff, who will become the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence next year. On a recent weekend, at a busy restaurant in downtown Burbank, in the heart of his congressional district, Schiff talked about his plans for conducting an investigation that will be parallel to Muellers, probing Trumps connections to Russia, Saudi Arabia, and other places around the world.
As Schiff described his approach, it became clear that he wasnt just planning to cross Trumps red linehe intended to obliterate it.
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That will help middle class Americans and solve problems of
income inequality, health care coverage, and immigration.
Yea Schiff!!! Now that’s good use of taxpayers money.-
ABSOLUTELY!
In this, Republicans have shown the way! Investigate & let the sun shine in.
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ABSOLUTELY!
In this, Republicans have shown the way! Except Democrats will investigate & let the sun shine in, the absolute opposite of the Republicans motives.
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We would probably be better off investing Benghazi and the Clinton foundation
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There is very little room for any legislation passing in the congress. Maybe a little something on prescription drugs, maybe something on infrastructure (but doubtful b/c of arguments over how to pay for it).
The House could pass medicare for all. The House could pass a $15 minimum wage. The House could fix DACA easily. The House could pass climate legislation. … none of that is going anywhere. Mitch will block it. Trump won’t sign it.
The one thing the House can do independently of Trump and the GOP Senate is undertake its necessary role in oversight. This is the most corrupt administration since Grant… from the top down.
Showing the American people that instead of draining it Trump has made the “swamp” an ATM for him and his cronies is an important job to do.-
Ya those darn checks and balances. So evil!
I don’t disagree about the corruption although I’m sure the media isn’t helping. If Obama did these same things it would not be covered the same way. Again not condoning just stating.
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I am all in favor of those checks and balances. You’re the one who suggested that House Dems should pass legislation instead of investigating Trump.
I am just laying out the reality of the situation.-
Obama did not and would not have done the immoral things that trump does daily
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Double that, Obama was in 8 years and did nothing like Trump’s corruption. The argument “had Obama done” is an empty argument without meaning. But had Obama done what Trump has been and is doing, the Republicans would have been howling bloody blue murder. They were frustrated in not finding anything on Obama, something impeachable would have been eagerly taken.
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The fair argument is
What if the Clintons did it
What would the right wing media be saying
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I’ll take relentless investigations any day over attempts to pass
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If I was Pelosi I would lead on two fronts.
Full speed ahead on investigating the Trump administration on every front, with an emphasis on corruption.
Pass the following legislation (and give Mitch the choice of doing nothing)
1) Protect the Mueller probe
2) Fix the ACA by restoring the individual mandate and re-empahsising protection for pre-existing conditions and shoring up the exchanges (couple this to prescription drug fix just to turn up the heat a bit more)
3) Pass an infrastructure bill that funds itself by negating the entirety of the GOP tax bill
4) Pass a stand-alone DACA fix.
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and the ratio of right wing to left wing media is?
oh I forgot cnn and msnbc are actually moderate and the only truth tellers in media, there’s no such thing as left wing media right?
you guys crack me up [link=https://www.auntminnie.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=561948#][image]https://www.auntminnie.com/forum/app_themes/Classic/image/Update.gif[/image]Post Message[/link] -
What do you consider media?
Its probably pretty even
There are probably more right wing media sites than left on the internet
Many people get their news from the internet
Its probably pretty even
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Its funny how the republicans believe the only media on the planet is CNN and MSNBC
There is no other media according to them and all of the media is against them
What a crock of sheet
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So IR27, give examples of your left wing bias vs the neutral reading of the facts.
Lets say about Trumps threatened shutdown. Or the truth re Russian interference & who in the Administration never met with any Russians for anti-Clinton help. Or these past mid-terms. Or DACA. Or infrastructure spending. Or deficits and taxes. Or healthcare insurance & the ACA.
How would your preferred sites, say Breitbart or Fox spin the same stories vs a neutral truer viewpoint?
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I would say most of the fake news sites are republican leaning
Note: I no longer use the term conservative in American politics because there are none left
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My bet is that none of the right-leaning posters will be able to make a cogent argument showing evidence of their POV and therefore will make no attempt other than repeating, “But CNN and MSNBC…” and “echo chamber.” It is typical of Right wing complaints, to raise the complaint without data or facts as if there was some sort of equivalency.
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To them the only media is CNN and MSNBC
There is no other and they are victims of a liberal conspiracy
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IR27, whats your opinion about the Weekly Standard? RINO media?
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[link=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/422083-incoming-top-oversight-dem-notifies-top-trump-officials-of-investigation-plans]https://thehill.com/homen…of-investigation-plans[/link]
Cummings sends 51 letters to White House requesting compliance with document requests[/h1]
ep. [link=https://thehill.com/people/elijah-cummings-0]Elijah Cummings[/link] (D-Md.) on Tuesday issued 51 letters to the heads of various government agencies and White House and Trump Organization officials seeking documents on a series of congressional investigations.
The likely chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee made clear he intends to continue investigations into the Trump administration’s response to Hurricane Maria and handling of its family separation policy at the southern border, misconduct by top government officials and payments to the Trump Organization from foreign governments.
“These are documents that even the Republicans on the Oversight Committee at least at some point in time believed we needed to conduct effective oversight, but when the Trump Administration refused to comply fully, the Republicans would not issue a single subpoena,” Cummings [link=https://democrats-oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/cummings-sends-51-letters-to-white-house-and-others-insisting-on-full-compliance]said in a statement[/link].
“As Democrats prepare to take the reins in Congress, we are insisting as a basic first step that the Trump Administration and others comply with these Republican requests,” he added.
The letters are not subpoenas, but provide an indication of the aggressive oversight Cummings plans to pursue when Democrats officially take the House majority in January.
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[b]Schiff Says Democrats Could Subpoena Mueller[/b]
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the incoming chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, told [link=https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/422659-schiff-democrats-will-subpoena-mueller-report-if-trump-tries-to-hide]NBC News[/link] that Democrats will subpoena special counsel Robert Muellers report if President Trump tries to invoke executive privilege to keep it secret.
Said Schiff: Im prepared to make sure we do everything possible so that the public has the advantage of as much of the information as it can.
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I like it but really like to see Mueller put up at this point. There’s overwhelming evidence of tampering just in Trump’s Twitter.
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[link=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/25/trump-organization-congress-investigations-1184733]https://www.politico.com/…investigations-1184733[/link]
[b]Trump Organization sends “Cease and Desist” letter …. to House Judiciary Committee[/b] 😀
In a letter to Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Trump Organization attorney Alan Futerfas said the committees decision to hire Barry Berke as a legal consultant violates ethics rules because Berkes firm has long represented the Trump Organization. In the strongly worded letter, Futerfas demanded that Nadler fire Berke and that the chairman turn over Berkes communications with the Judiciary panel.
Your Special Oversight Counsel and long-time Kramer Levin partner and litigation co-Chair, Barry H. Berke, is ethically conflicted from representing or advising the Committee, the letter states, and demands “that the committee cease and desist from all probes.
Nadler did not respond for a request for comment.
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[h1]Trump Organization CFO Will Be Called to Testify[/h1]
The House intelligence community intends to call the Trump Organizations chief financial officer to testify, the [link=https://www.thedailybeast.com/house-intel-will-call-trump-org-moneyman-allen-weisselberg-to-testify]Daily Beast[/link] reports.
Allen Weisselberg received renewed congressional attention after disgraced Trump fixer Michael Cohen on Wednesday repeatedly mentioned the Trump Org CFO as crucial to various aspects of dubiously legal practices by the president, from the Stormy Daniels hush-money payments to potential insurance fraud.
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[b]House Panel Will Seek Interviews with Trump Children [/b]
House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) said that the panel will seek to interview several of the people that Michael Cohen mentioned during his six-hour testimony, including President Trumps children Don Jr. and Ivanka, as well as Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg, [link=https://www.axios.com/house-oversight-cummings-trump-jr-ivanka-cohen-testimony-e28f1d11-c529-42ff-8d70-e1f6fb50922b.html]Axios[/link] reports.
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[link=https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/432123-house-intel-to-publicly-question-trump-associate-felix-sater-in]https://thehill.com/polic…sociate-felix-sater-in[/link]
[b]House Intel to publicly question Trump associate Felix Sater in March[/b]
The House Intelligence Committee plans to question Felix Sater, the longtime business associate of [link=https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump]President Trump[/link] involved in efforts to build a Trump property in Moscow, in a public hearing in March, committee Chairman [link=https://thehill.com/people/adam-schiff]Adam Schiff[/link] (D-Calif.) told reporters Thursday.
Schiff said the open hearing with Sater is scheduled for March 14 and would focus on the Trump Moscow discussions.
Sater, a Russian-born businessman who served as managing director for the New York-based real estate firm the Bayrock Group, worked with former Trump attorney Michael Cohen to move the real estate project forward, though it never came to fruition.
Schiff announced the hearing after a daylong closed-door testimony from Cohen, which was widely expected to focus on the Trump Moscow discussions. In November, Cohen pleaded guilty to lying to the House and Senate Intelligence committees about the extent to which the Moscow project was discussed within the Trump Organization. His testimony was part of a deal to cooperate in special counsel [link=https://thehill.com/people/robert-mueller]Robert Mueller[/link]s investigation.
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Now Schiff is worried he might not even “see all of the Mueller report”
are you guys this idiotic? What a joke, the whole point of this for 2 years was to find something, there’s nothing, now what Schiff-for-brains “gets” might even be redacted?
There is NOTHING HERE. From my point of view I’ll take another bite into it for ya:
[image]https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/668632266063548416/OU0YI8mX.jpg[/image]
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL-
I Remember when the nothing burger comment was first used in 2016. Before 6 of the closest people to trump pleaded guilty and one was convicted.
Nothing to see here folks…
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Nothing to see here, cigar.
LOLOLOLOL
KEKEKE
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[b]Democrats Start Broad Corruption Inquiry [/b]
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The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee delivered a flurry of document demands to the executive branch and the broader Trump world on Monday that detailed the breadth of the Democrats investigation into possible obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power by President Trump and his administration the [link=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/us/politics/obstruction-of-justice-jerrold-nadler-trump.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage]New York Times[/link] reports
In the two months since they took control of the House, Democrats have begun probing members of the presidents cabinet, his businesses, his campaign, his inaugural committee and his ties to key foreign powers, including Russia and its attempts to disrupt the 2016 presidential election. But Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, the Judiciary Committee chairman, made clear on Monday that the new majority intends to train its attention on actions at the heart of Mr. Trumps norm-bending presidency actions that could conceivably form the basis of a future impeachment proceeding.
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[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D00_DOQWkAAf8sL.jpg[/img]
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Trump campaign is interesting because I as I recall they couldn’t account for the money and also way overpaid a Trump staffer for even planning. It looked like a handout.
More interesting is what they’re looking for. It appears they’re publishing some or all of the request for info. It seems to be looking for documents relating to emoluments/presents/loans to the Trumpian sphere and mentions Russia, UAE, ,Qatar, Saudi Arabia.
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House oversight subpoena to the Trump White House after whistleblower comes forward about security clearance issues:
To facilitate this process, the Committee is prioritizing the production of the following subset of documents from our previous requests:
A document created by Ms. Newbold listing approximately 25 individuals who were granted security clearances or eligibility to access national security information despite recommendations to deny their applications;
All White House security clearance policy documents pre-dating June 21, 2018;
Data from the Executive Office of the President People Information Center (EPIC) database for John Bolton, Michael Flynn, Sebastian Gorka, Jared Kushner, John McEntee, K.T. McFarland, Robert Porter, Robin Townley, and Ivanka Trump, including audit log data;
Adjudication summaries for John Bolton, Michael Flynn, Sebastian Gorka, Jared Kushner, John McEntee, K.T. McFarland, Robert Porter, Robin Townley, and Ivanka Trump; and
Post-decisional documents memorializing the circumstances under which security clearances were granted or denied to, or suspended or revoked from, John Bolton, Michael Flynn, Sebastian Gorka, Jared Kushner, John McEntee, K.T. McFarland, Robert Porter, Robin Townley and Ivanka Trump, including any documents, correspondence, or memoranda drafted by or for former White House Personnel Security Director Carl Kline, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagin, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, or White House Counsel Don McGahn
25 Security Clearance Denials Were Reversed[/h1]
A White House whistleblower told lawmakers that more than two-dozen denials for security clearances have been overturned during the Trump administration, calling Congress her last hope for addressing what she considers improper conduct that has left the nations secrets exposed, the [link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/white-house-whistleblower-says-security-clearance-denials-were-reversed-during-trump-administration/2019/04/01/9f28334e-542c-11e9-814f-e2f46684196e_story.html?utm_term=.06c2cf34b243&wpisrc=al_politics__alert-politics&wpmk=1]Washington Post[/link] reports.
Tricia Newbold, a longtime White House security adviser, told the House Oversight and Reform Committee that she and her colleagues issued dozens of denials for security clearance applications that were later approved despite their concerns about blackmail, foreign influence, or other red flags.
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Trump Attorneys Warn Accounting Firm
President Trumps attorneys are warning of potential legal action if an accounting firm turns over a decade of the presidents financial records to the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Politico reports.
Last month, the committee formally requested that Mazars turn over 10 years of Trumps financial records, related specifically to the Trump Organization, the presidents revocable trust and other subsidiaries.
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[link=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/440786-house-oversight-dem-threatens-jail-for-trump-officials-who-dont-comply-with]https://thehill.com/homen…s-who-dont-comply-with[/link]
House Oversight Dem threatens jail for Trump officials who don’t comply with subpoenas[/h1]
Rep. [link=https://thehill.com/people/gerry-connolly]Gerry Connolly[/link] (D-Va.), a member of the House Oversight Committee, on Thursday warned that the investigative body will use any and all power in our command including incarceration should White House officials refuse to comply with congressional subpoenas to testify as the panel ramps up its wide-ranging investigation into the Trump administration.
“We’re going to resist, and if a subpoena is issued and you’re told you must testify, we will back that up, Connolly said during [link=https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/25/politics/gerry-connolly-subpoenas-white-house-cnntv/index.html?utm_term=image&utm_content=2019-04-26T09%3A45%3A06&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNNp]an interview[/link] with CNN host Wolf Blitzer on the on “The Situation Room.
“And we will use any and all power in our command to make sure it’s backed up whether that’s a contempt citation, whether that’s going to court and getting that citation enforced, whether it’s fines, whether it’s possible incarceration,” he continued. “We will go to the max to enforce the constitutional role of the legislative branch of government.”
According to CNN, three officials thus far White House adviser [link=https://thehill.com/people/stephen-miller]Stephen Miller[/link], former security clearance official Carl Kline, John Gore, a deputy assistant attorney general in DOJs civil rights division have turned away requests from the committee to testify as part of its investigation into the Trump administration.
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Trump is scared that past and present people in the administration will not lie for him. We’ve already seen that in Mueller’s report, actual candor from Trump people. Including Sanders for a trite example of making up sh!te pulled out of her “whatever” that she admitted to Mueller people was sh!te.
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Impeachment hearing … but with a different name
[link=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/439917-house-judiciary-chair-to-call-on-mcgahn-to-testify-before-congress]https://thehill.com/homenews/house/439917-house-judiciary-chair-to-call-on-mcgahn-to-testify-before-congress[/link]
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[h1]Trump Sues House Oversight Chairman to Block Access to Financial Records[/h1]
President Trump and the Trump Organization are seeking a court order to prevent his accounting firm from complying with what his lawyers say is an illegitimate use of congressional subpoena power by congressional Democrats, the [link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2019/04/22/trump-and-his-business-sue-house-oversight-chairman-to-block-congressional-subpoena-of-financial-records/?utm_term=.84109cced5dc&wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics–alert-national&wpmk=1]Washington Post[/link] reports.President Trump and his business sued House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) in a bid to block a congressional subpoena of his financial records on Monday.
The lawsuit seeks a court order to prevent Trumps accounting firm from complying with what [link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lawyers-for-trump-urge-presidents-accounting-firm-not-to-comply-with-house-request/2019/04/15/d58b792c-5f95-11e9-9412-daf3d2e67c6d_story.html?utm_term=.81d4ce929306]his lawyers say[/link] is an improper use of subpoena power by congressional Democrats.
Democrats are using their new control of congressional committees to investigate every aspect of President Trumps personal finances, businesses, and even his family, the filing by Trump claims. Instead of working with the President to pass bipartisan legislation that would actually benefit Americans, House Democrats are singularly obsessed with finding something they can use to damage the President politically.
The filing, in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, further escalates a clash between the White House and the Democratic-controlled House over congressional oversight.
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Trumps approval rating drops 5 points post Mueller report.
Sanity returning to America?
Too soon to tell yet but promising.
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Start the hearings
Keep all this behavior in the public eye for as long as possible
Let all the sheet come out slowly
Thats probably the best course of action
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[h1]White House Will Fight Subpoenas of Mueller Witnesses[/h1]
The White House plans to fight a [link=https://politicalwire.com/2019/04/22/house-judiciary-subpoenas-don-mcgahn/]subpoena issued[/link] by the House Judiciary Committee for former White House counsel Donald McGahn to testify, setting up another showdown in the aftermath of the special counsel report, the [link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-plans-to-fight-house-subpoena-of-former-counsel-donald-mcgahn-for-testimony-on-mueller-report/2019/04/23/2d48732a-65f1-11e9-83df-04f4d124151f_story.html?utm_term=.87bc69428d90&wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics–alert-national&wpmk=1]Washington Post[/link] reports.
The Trump administration also plans to oppose other requests from House committees for the testimony of current and former aides about actions in the White House described in special counsel Robert Muellers report.
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Can they? If they subpoena McGahn, whats to stop him from cooperating?
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Now why would the White House want to stop McGahn from truthfully testifying??? Trump did say he got full exoneration!, no?
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Quote from DICOM_Dan
Can they? If they subpoena McGahn, whats to stop him from cooperating?
Lots of people going to need lots of lawyers. And lots of people going to be held in contempt.
Trump Wont Let Any Aides Testify on Mueller Report[/h1]
President Trump told the [link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-he-is-opposed-to-white-house-aides-testifying-to-congress-deepening-power-struggle-with-hill/2019/04/23/0c7bd8dc-65e0-11e9-8985-4cf30147bdca_story.html?utm_term=.774eafcc4455]Washington Post[/link] that he is opposed to current and former White House aides providing testimony to congressional panels in the wake of the special counsel report, intensifying a power struggle between his administration and House Democrats.
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Sure but outside of this you have the security clearance guy no showing. That story seems like a huge problem too. How did Kush get his clearance? Can they jail people on contempt of Congress? If so they should accelerate that move.
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[h1]Barr Threatens to Not Show Up for Hearing[/h1]
Attorney General William Barr has warned Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee he wont show up to this weeks highly anticipated hearing if they stick to the format the chairman has proposed for the questioning, [link=https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/28/politics/barr-house-hearing-attendance/index.html]CNN[/link] reports.
Skipping this weeks hearing would amount to a dramatic escalation in the growing fight between the Trump administration and House Democrats over a range of oversight requests, including over access to the unredacted report from special counsel Robert Mueller, the subject of Thursdays hearing.
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Thanks for posting. Great news!!!
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From Tom Malinowski of NJ:
The Mueller Report is not just a story about what happened in 2016. Its a warning about what could happen again, and thus a call to action to protect our democracy. The report tells us Trump wasnt working for Russia (thankfully), but also that he wasnt, and isnt, working for America. Hes interested only in protecting himself, as DHS Secretary Nielsen found out when she urged action to secure the 2020 election.
its illegal for political candidates to share things like polling data and campaign strategy with independent political action groups (IEs) in the US. Yet apparently its perfectly legal to share that info with Russian spies to help them target our voters. The rules that prohibit coordination between political candidates and IEs should also apply to coordination with a foreign government or agent of a foreign government.
political candidates should have an affirmative legal duty to report to law enforcement any offer of help coming from a foreign government or that might be illegal, like offers of hacked emails. Just as banks are required to report suspicious transactions.
We should consider how to define more clearly that actions by presidents to influence or shut down investigations in which they have a personal interest as Trump repeatedly and blatantly tried to do are illegal and prosecutable.
But will not happen, Trump is all they have.
Where are the honorable Republicans?
Extinct species.
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Judge Napolitano on Fox accusing Trump of obstruction and lying!
Wheels on Trump bus are getting loose?
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[link=https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/441490-house-dems-eye-contempt-charges-for-trump-officials]https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/441490-house-dems-eye-contempt-charges-for-trump-officials
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House Dems eye contempt charges for Trump officials to compel testimony[/h1]I promise we will do everything in our power to enforce our subpoena. I refuse to be in a situation where were unable to use every tool that we have in our toolbox to do that, Rep. [link=https://thehill.com/people/elijah-cummings-0]Elijah Cummings[/link] (D-Md.), chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, told reporters in the Capitol. Invoking a little-used process known as inherent contempt, Cummings said, is one of those options.
We will look at all those tools from a very practical standpoint, he said. It may be that we want to just deal with fines, I dont know. But its either fines and/or prison.
Separately, Reps. [link=https://thehill.com/people/jerrold-nadler]Jerrold Nadler[/link] (D-N.Y.), head of the Judiciary Committee, and [link=https://thehill.com/people/adam-schiff]Adam Schiff[/link] (D-Calif.), head of the Intelligence Committee, met with members of the New Democrat Coalition Tuesday morning, where they also endorsed the possibility of tapping contempt as a strategy for compelling testimony from uncooperative administration officials.
I think we need to explore any mechanism that we have to insist on the administration complying with the law, Schiff told The Hill. And that obviously includes litigating it, it includes fencing funding, it may involve resurrection of the power of inherent contempt.
Under inherent contempt, both the House and the Senate have the authority to detain and imprison an individual who refuses to comply with congressional demands, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. But such an approach has not been used for nearly a century, and employing the House sergeant at arms to go after Trump officials would be a highly unusual move.
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[h1]House Democrats Mull Holding Barr In Contempt[/h1]
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are discussing holding Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, the [link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-democrats-consider-holding-barr-in-contempt-of-congress/2019/05/01/a291313a-6c22-11e9-a66d-a82d3f3d96d5_story.html?utm_term=.07fc130f5e70]Washington Post[/link] reports.
During a pair of closed-door meetings Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, the committee decided that it would probably make a push for a Barr contempt citation if he skips a scheduled Thursday hearing or ignores their subpoena for the full report by special counsel Robert Mueller.
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[h1]House Democrats Mull Holding Barr In Contempt[/h1]
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are discussing holding Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, the [link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-democrats-consider-holding-barr-in-contempt-of-congress/2019/05/01/a291313a-6c22-11e9-a66d-a82d3f3d96d5_story.html?utm_term=.07fc130f5e70]Washington Post[/link] reports.
During a pair of closed-door meetings Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, the committee decided that it would probably make a push for a Barr contempt citation if he skips a scheduled Thursday hearing or ignores their subpoena for the full report by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Given that Democrats are more or less a party of traitors, this news is underwhelming.
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Wonder how republicans are going to view themselves in 5-10 years
Covering for the most corrupt administration in history……. how will they try to get out of this when the reality eventually gets accepted
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Wonder how republicans are going to view themselves in 5-10 years
Covering for the most corrupt administration in history……. how will they try to get out of this when the reality eventually gets accepted
I guess I have to ask the same thing about the Democrats after OIG and Barr find out about the scam to get the FISA Warrants and Obama spying. Of course, we’ll do the same thing if… if…. there is no evidence found. “We’ll just keep saying there is, keep pushing the narrative, push to get warrants, arrest people and send them to prison”. You know… the Lefts game.
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Just keep telling yourself that
Is that really where you want to be when Jesus comes back
The other side is bad too….. well I guess I believe that
Good for you
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Just keep telling yourself that
Is that really where you want to be when Jesus comes back
The other side is bad too….. well I guess I believe that
Good for you
Sure I will keep pushing the narrative, but Jesus won’t care about this when he returns. Why would he?
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Jesus cares about what is right and wrong
Lying and distracting isnt high on his list
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Jesus doesn’t care about personal morality? That’s in the New Testament?
That’s a new one on me for Christians telling me they are most moral. Based on what if Jesus doesn’t care about morality.
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Obama spying????
Put down the Kool-aid, you are hallucinating.
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Obama spying????
Put down the Kool-aid, you are hallucinating.
Sorry, maybe I should have used Comey’s description “Investigating” as he so stated the FBI does not Spy. So they Investigated with Electronic Surveillance I guess? We’ll see. Watching Nadler and Kentucky Fried Cohen on TV right now. “Dems… Spending money like it not theirs” Classic. Lets see… what have that got done since 2016? Absolutely… nothing.
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Cut the distracting
Obama spying is a bull sheet lie
Is this really where you want to be when Jesus comes back?
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Given that Democrats are more or less a party of traitors, this news is underwhelming.Says the supporter of a collaborator President and Party.
Turnabout is fair play.
“China, if you’re listening, why don’t you get Trump’s tax returns, I’m sure our media would richly reward you.”
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You would think these hacks would learn their lessons
Same darn group of people were feeding us the Iraq had stockpiles of WMDs and mobile weapon labs
Same bull sheet lies spread by the Rumsfeld/Cheney branch of the Republican Party
Different lie but same sheet
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House Judiciary Sets Date for Mueller Testimony[/h1]
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) said that the committee is eyeing May 15 as the date for special counsel Robert Mueller himself to testify, [link=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/01/barr-testimony-house-democrats-1296377]Politico[/link]reports.
Attorney General William Barr has said he does not oppose allowing Mueller to testify, but Nadler told reporters that the committee is still negotiating with the Justice Department.[/h1]
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[h1]Mueller Agrees to Testify[/h1]
The House Judiciary Committee and a representative for special counsel Robert Mueller have agreed to a tentative date of May 15 for Mueller to testify about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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I’ve been out of the loop for a few days on a trip. Should be interesting. I kind of saw some things Barr represented to the Senate about Mueller writing him a letter. I’d like to hear Mueller’s take on that. I find it hard to buy Barr’s statement about a Mueller staffer writing him. I’d assume a letter would be addressed to Barr and signed by someone.
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[link=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/442675-house-panel-votes-to-hold-barr-in-contempt-escalating-feud]https://thehill.com/homenews/house/442675-house-panel-votes-to-hold-barr-in-contempt-escalating-feud[/link]
House panel votes to hold Barr in contempt[/h1]
