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JUST IN: Judiciary Committee Democrats hearing Thursday will focus on *five* of Mueller's obstruction incidents, all of which they say Hope HICKS has knowledge of and may testify to on Wednesday.
Witnesses Thursday include: @rickhasen
Witnesses Thursday include: @rickhasen
@rickhasen The incidents include:
-The Comey firing
-Efforts to remove Mueller
-Efforts to get Sessions to curtail the Mueller probe.
-The public unearthing of the Trump Tower meeting
-Allegations of Trump campaign finance violations
-The Comey firing
-Efforts to remove Mueller
-Efforts to get Sessions to curtail the Mueller probe.
-The public unearthing of the Trump Tower meeting
-Allegations of Trump campaign finance violations
Judiciary Committee aides say they will require the White House to formally assert executive privilege in order to consider it valid during Hicks' testimony.
That means a White House lawyer will be in the room during the interview.
That means a White House lawyer will be in the room during the interview.
Transcript of HICKS' testimony could be public within 48 hours of her Wednesday testimony, Judiciary Committee aides say.
NOTABLE: The WH makes the argument (scoffed at by most lawmakers) that Trump's transition team is also covered by executive privilege -- even though Obama was the executive at the time.
They argue transition team talks implicate the confidentiality of the future Trump presidency
They argue transition team talks implicate the confidentiality of the future Trump presidency
Republicans subpoenaed Steve Bannon over this issue last year: politico.com/story/2018/01/…
