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Polly Sigh
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The White House orders former White House counsel Don McGahn not to comply with a congressional subpoena. McGahn's lawyers say the White House “directed McGahn not produce the requested documents related to special counsel Mueller's investigation.”
#Maddow abcn.ws/2JnSzB0
Even if the lower courts remain independent, Trump will appeal it all the way to SCOTUS, where he's counting on "his" Justices to protect him.
Don McGahn is no patriot.
NEW via @rebeccaballhaus: A lawyer for ex-White House counsel Don McGahn tells @HouseJudiciary Committee that McGahn will not comply with the congressional subpoena, but will wait for the committee and the White House to “reach an accommodation.”
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Polly Sigh
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SCOOP by @jonathanvswan: Republican-led Senate Intel Committee subpoenas Donald Trump Jr. over Russia matters and "to answer questions about his previous Senate testimony" [during which he lied]. First known congressional subpoena for the Trumps.
#Maddow bit.ly/2WAChsk
BREAKING: The Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr. to testify again and is now at a standoff with Jr., who is considering invoking the Fifth or just not showing up at all.
by @jeremyherb @mkraju HT @Kris_Sacrebleu #Maddow cnn.it/2PW3Da0
Recall, Donald Trump, Jr. indicated to the Mueller team that he would invoke the fifth if called for an interview so, per DOJ rules, they did not subpoena him.
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Polly Sigh
@dcpoll
"Prosecutors may interrogate women who miscarry to determine whether they can be held responsible; if they find evidence of culpability, they may charge, detain, and try these women for the death of their fetuses." WTAF????????

This is completely insane.
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Polly Sigh
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>> @HouseJudiciary Committee's contempt vote on Bill Barr is about to begin
>> With voting underway on @HouseJudiciary Committee's contempt vote on Barr, the White House claims it has made a "protective assertion" of executive privilege over the material sought by the House Judiciary Committee, including the full report.
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BREAKING: @HouseJudiciary Committee's contempt vote on Barr is underway, and as Trump's DOJ threatened, Trump has invoked executive privilege over all of the Mueller materials that the House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed.
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Paula Chertok🗽
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🚨Trump sues Congress to keep his finances hidden from House Oversight. Complaint sounds like it was written by Sarah Sanders: “The Democrat Party…has declared all-out political war against President Donald J. Trump. Subpoenas are their weapon of choice.” assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5973…
Trump's hiding his national security abuses, ordering Carl Kline to defy a Congressional subpoena. This will lead to a contempt order. Where their stonewall strategy must lead. As w/ financial info, it's a delay tactic. But in the end it will result in more impeachable offenses.
🚨There you have it ➡️ White House plans to fight House subpoena of former counsel Donald #McGahn for testimony on #MuellerReport. Trump & his Roy Cohn gang stonewalled Mueller, now they’ll stonewall Congress. How much contempt can democracy bear from this contemptible POTUS?
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(Very Stable) Bad Hombre
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Writing this thread as a way to help sort out congressional power with regards to subpoena power, enforcement and contempt of congress. Just in an easy to process tidbit for you to help make sure expectations are real. Let's dive in. 1
While there is no provision in the Constitution that addresses the investigative power of Congress, the Supreme Court has firmly established this power is essential to the legislative function. /2
Congress has three formal methods by which it can combat non-compliance with a duly issued subpoena. Each of these methods invokes the authority of a separate branch of government. /3
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Stu Cvrk
@STUinSD
Thread: Judgment Day is Coming

1. The Mueller report has exonerated @POTUS, and the Left are nonplussed. Some are silent, some are in denial, and others are filled with wishful thinking and still in pursuit of the magic bullet that will “slay the evil Drumpf.”
2. We’ve seen how the Democrat House operates this year; they’ve requested documents from 81 people in their perpetual hunt for “obstruction of justice” and other supposed crimes by @POTUS and his allies. Never mind doing the country’s business!
vox.com/2019/3/4/18250…
3. But to me, it looks like the worm has turned in that @POTUS has now stopped playing “rope-a-dope” & is going on the attack against the seditious cabal and others with each passing day. He’s naming names & flipping them the rhetorical “bird” in his tweets and public statements.
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Dr. Dena Grayson
@DrDenaGrayson
💣BOOM💣

THREAD: Remember the claims by @realDonaldTrump & cronies that he'd sit for an interview w/Mueller⁉️

Trump LIED.🙄

Trump’s lawyers have **for months** tried to prevent Mueller from trying to force Trump to answer questions = #subpoena‼️ 1/

nytimes.com/2018/06/02/us/…
In a letter to Mueller, Trump's lawyers claim that Trump "cannot be compelled" to testify.🙄

WRONG! Mueller can #subpoena Trump to FORCE him to testify **in front of the grand jury**.😎

Trump's lawyers CAN be w/him for an interview, but NOT for grand jury testimony.😉 2/
Trump's lawyers also claim Trump "could not possibly have committed obstruction b/c he has unfettered authority over all federal investigations."🤨

Yeah, just ask Nixon about that‼️3/

#ObstructionOfJustice
#AbuseOfPower
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Dr. Dena Grayson
@DrDenaGrayson
Apparently, Sam Nunberg's 15 minutes of fame aren't over. He's now on @AriMelber's show on @MSNBC. Even though Nunberg appeared *in person* rather than via phone, it's the same INSANITY‼️

🔥Nunberg just revealed that Mueller asked him about Trump's BUSINESS‼️ 1/
Nunberg just said that he's not a target or a subject of Mueller's probe, but instead, is just a witness. He said that he apparently said something during his interview that Mueller wants the grand jury to hear.🤔 2/
When Ari asked Nunberg against whom he thought he would testify before the grand jury, Nunberg said that he didn't know, but added that he REFUSED to testify against his "mentor," Roger Stone.🙄

Apparently, Nunberg is willing to GO TO PRISON to protect Roger Stone⁉️3/
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Dr. Dena Grayson
@DrDenaGrayson
🎥WATCH🎥

THREAD: here are clips from Sam Nunberg’s STUNNING interview, live on @MSNBC, when he said that he will REFUSE to comply w/Mueller’s #subpoena‼️ 1/

#ContemptOfCourt
#ObstructionOfJustice

🔥Nunberg REFUSES to comply w/Mueller’s #subpoena:

"I'm not going to cooperate when they want me to come into a grand jury for them to insinuate that Roger STONE was colluding with Julian ASSANGE. Roger is my mentor. Roger is like family."🤨 2/

Looks like Nunberg just confirmed that Mueller believes that Stone conspired with Julian ASSANGE‼️🤔 3/

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