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    Quote Originally Posted by Poor Richard Saunders View Post
    Being WH counsel doesn't protect from testifying to Congress.
    The DOJ says otherwise.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Centerleftfl View Post
    This quite literally must be the dumbest TOOL on any board I've ever been engaged on. I don't even get the rationale. Self-congratulatory, insular, exclusionary, don't talk to me? IT IS CHICKENSHIT. Hello! Took me a little while to figure out how it was done but I've never employed it. NO WONDER THEY LOVE TRUMP. Shut down contrary opinions.

    As for the post....


    Part 1, COVERT ACTIVITIES? You mean like PAYING for Steele Dossiers, 3rd incarnation? The post has no context. (And no link). And who's the Russian?

    I don't know which quarter Trump surpassed Democrats in fundraising. But more importantly, we have 21 candidates. Is the sum the total for all? That would be a comparable #. (And NO link)

    As for ANTI-FA. Again, no link. Says it's judicial watch. That alone should tell you everything you need to know.

    So no links, no fact checking? Is that how we roll here?
    take a line out of the text and cut and paste it into the search line


    that will often lead you right to where the text came from



    there is a reason they done want to link to their source usually

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    which DOJ?
    The immunity of the President’s immediate advisers from compelled congressional testimony on matters related to their official responsibilities has long been recognized and arises from the fundamental workings of the separation of powers.

    This immunity applies to former senior advisers such as the former White House Counsel.

    Accordingly, the former Counsel is not legally required to appear and testify about matters related to his official duties as Counsel to the President.

    The President does not waive an adviser’s immunity from compelled congressional testimony by authorizing disclosure of any particular information.

    The disclosure’s impact on executive privilege does not ultimately bear on any underlying immunity from compelled testimony.

    Because Congress may not constitutionally compel the former Counsel to testify about his official duties, he may not be civilly or criminally penalized for following a presidential directive not to appear.

    The same rationale applies equally to an exercise of inherent contempt powers against a senior aide who has complied with a presidential direction that he not provide testimony to a congressional committee.

    On April 22, 2019, the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives subpoenaed Donald F. McGahn II, the former Counsel to the President, to testify about matters described in the report of Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III.

    You have asked whether Mr. McGahn is legally required to appear.

    We provide the same answer that the Department of Justice has repeatedly provided for nearly five decades: Congress may not constitutionally compel the President’s senior advisers to testify about their official duties.

    This testimonial immunity is rooted in the constitutional separation of powers and derives from the President’s independence from Congress.

    As Attorney General Janet Reno explained, “subjecting a senior presidential advisor to the congressional subpoena power would be akin to requiring the President himself to appear before Congress on matters relating to the performance of his constitutionally assigned executive functions.” Assertion of Executive Privilege with Respect to Clemency Decision, 23 Op. O.L.C. 1, 5 (1999) (“Reno Opinion”).

    Congress may no more summon the President to a congressional committee room than the President may command Members of Congress to appear at the White House.


    https://www.justice.gov/olc/file/1164186/download

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    Quote Originally Posted by Centerleftfl View Post
    How do we know, WE haven't seen it yet. Only that which TRUMP has deemed seeable.
    Quote Originally Posted by Poor Richard Saunders View Post
    Are you talking about the Mueller report where Trump is now trying to hide all the evidence by refusing to release any of it?
    Yep. That's the one. The same one who's conclusion suggested no indictment or charges be filed.
    Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.

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    [QUOTE=dukkha;3057381]evidence for Mueller - who produced the report. /[quote] Evidence is not restricted to one person.
    there were no claims for Mueller
    If there are not claims of executive privilege on documents produced by the WH then there is no legal reason to withold them from Congress
    incorrect Mueller reports to the AG and the AG can release or not release
    You seem to be a little misinformed. The AG can decide on public release. Release to Congress is a different matter. That is controlled by relevant laws and court rulings. The AG doesn't get to decide.
    Congress cannot investigate unles it's an impeachment - so either impeach or get off the pot.
    Really? So the GOP was violating the law all during Obama's Presidency? You do realize this makes you look stupid, don't you? Congress can investigate anything that may have a legislative purpose. The Courts have upheld that several times. Congress is also to be given the benefit of the doubt according to the USSC. It's why Mnuchin has little legal standing for his refusal to turn over Trump's tax returns. It's why the judge ruled so quickly on Trump's accounting firm having to abide by the subpoena.
    Mueller is not the final word, but i tend to agree - but there were no charges of Obstruction
    You should read the report.
    these are not impeachment hearings
    neither can witness be bagdered after a case is closed. The Mueller report is over, CONGRESS IS NOT AN "INVESTIGATOR" -as THESE ARE NOT IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS
    Were you asleep through the 5 years of over a dozen Benghazi hearings? Once again, are you saying the GOP should have not spent all that time badgering witnesses and reopening hearings after the case was closed? Congress has the power of oversight. There do not need to be impeachment hearings. I assume you weren't alive in the 70's. Congress investigated then before they started impeachment hearings. They did the same thing in the 90's.
    whre do you get you elastic definitions from?
    What definition is elastic? I tend to rely on actual court rulings.
    Rhodes refused to testify to Congress regarding Iran as well
    Rhodes refused to testify because of executive privilege about discussions with the President about a policy that the President implemented. That would be a very real case of Executive privilege.

    The problem for Dems is that Mueller already covered this ground as an investigator.
    Now Congress wants to investigater again and is not an investigative body, unless it'sduring Impeachment hearings.
    It's not a problem at all. It gives them a very clear roadmap of what witnesses to call and what documents to request.

    Congress needs to impeach if it wants to investigate
    You should really take off that MAGA hat. It seems to be preventing you from seeing reality. Congress has the power to investigate. It did it in the 70's with Nixon. It did it in the 90's with Clinton. It did it ad nauseum when Obama was President. They don't suddenly lose that power because Trump is President. The Constitution still exists. Court rulings still exist. Laws still exist. Congress' power to investigate still exists.
    "We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."

    "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    The DOJ says otherwise.
    The DOJ ongoing policy says a current aide to a President has immunity from testifying.
    https://www.justice.gov/file/30896/download

    McGhan is no longer an employee at the WH which makes his refusal different from a current aide.

    The DOJ also acknowledges that the privilege is not universal but is qualified and that absolute immunity has never been tested in courts.
    The DOJ acknowledges that that absolute immunity doesn't extend to documents.
    "We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."

    "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do."

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    Quote Originally Posted by RB 60 View Post
    Yep. That's the one. The same one who's conclusion suggested no indictment or charges be filed.
    You mean the one that didn't exonerate Trump?
    "We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."

    "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Poor Richard Saunders View Post
    The DOJ ongoing policy says a current aide to a President has immunity from testifying.
    https://www.justice.gov/file/30896/download
    You're behind the times.

    "The immunity of the President’s immediate advisers from compelled congressional testimony on matters related to their official responsibilities has long been recognized and arises from the fundamental workings of the separation of powers.

    This immunity applies to former senior advisers such as the former White House Counsel
    ."

    https://www.justice.gov/olc/file/1164186/download

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    Not really since the rationale hasn't changed. I suggest you read the longer version I posted. Much of the same reasoning but it goes far beyond the recent one.
    "We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."

    "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Poor Richard Saunders View Post
    Not really since the rationale hasn't changed. I suggest you read the longer version I posted. Much of the same reasoning but it goes far beyond the recent one.
    So you say.

    I suggest that we wait and see what happens.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Centerleftfl View Post
    This quite literally must be the dumbest TOOL on any board I've ever been engaged on. I don't even get the rationale. Self-congratulatory, insular, exclusionary, don't talk to me? IT IS CHICKENSHIT. Hello! Took me a little while to figure out how it was done but I've never employed it. NO WONDER THEY LOVE TRUMP. Shut down contrary opinions.

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    Part 1, COVERT ACTIVITIES? You mean like PAYING for Steele Dossiers, 3rd incarnation? The post has no context. (And no link). And who's the Russian?

    I don't know which quarter Trump surpassed Democrats in fundraising. But more importantly, we have 21 candidates. Is the sum the total for all? That would be a comparable #. (And NO link)

    As for ANTI-FA. Again, no link. Says it's judicial watch. That alone should tell you everything you need to know.

    So no links, no fact checking? Is that how we roll here?
    Do you know why that tool is popular?? It isn't members that added it to vBulletin..

    IMHO it is a good tool, most posters don't abuse it & it is effective...

    Lets be honest, he prob does that to hide the fact that the vast majority of his trolling threads go unviewed/no replies... Vast majority of folks on the list have no intention of ever viewing, muchless replying to the troll......... Hell prob over half the board has him on ignore anyway......

    my 2cents
    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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    Quote Originally Posted by StoneByStone View Post
    The honest truth is that Legion is a pussy who is afraid of people criticizing his ideas. I'm not saying that to be mean, it's just how he is.
    Yea, I feel sorry for him......

    He had such promise.......
    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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    Quote Originally Posted by Gonzomin View Post
    Same people do it over and over. Then the rightys can talk back and forth congratulating themselves for swallowing the same lies.
    Then you won't have to listen to it-a win, win it seems??
    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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    Quote Originally Posted by Howard the Duck View Post
    Legion Fag has been a resident troll of this site since before even Obama was colluding with Russia. Back when leftists didn't try to hide their decades long love affair with the Ruskies. He even used to troll as a leftist.
    Yes, I recall him being left. But then some of the posters here now on the left may actually be him.
    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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