On Donald Trump's worst week ever (so far):
Per NYT:
re DOJ's decision to release to Congress Donoghue's contemporaneous notes about Trump's call asking DOJ to "just say the election was corrupt & leave the rest to me & the R Congressmen"
Thread:
nytimes.com/2021/07/30/us/…
Per NYT:
re DOJ's decision to release to Congress Donoghue's contemporaneous notes about Trump's call asking DOJ to "just say the election was corrupt & leave the rest to me & the R Congressmen"
Thread:
nytimes.com/2021/07/30/us/…
2/"..handing over the notes to Congress is part of a pattern of allowing scrutiny of Mr. Trump’s efforts to overturn the election. The Biden Justice Department also told Mr. Rosen, Mr. Donoghue and other former officials this week that they could provide unrestricted testimony
3/"to investigators with the House Oversight and Reform and the Senate Judiciary Committees.
The department reasoned that congressional investigators were examining potential wrongdoing by a sitting president, an extraordinary circumstance,
The department reasoned that congressional investigators were examining potential wrongdoing by a sitting president, an extraordinary circumstance,
4/"according to letters sent to the former officials. Because executive privilege is meant to benefit the country, rather than the president as an individual, invoking it over Mr. Trump’s efforts to push his personal agenda would be inappropriate, the department concluded.
5/"..Mr. Trump’s conversation with Mr. Rosen & Mr. Donoghue reflected his single-minded focus on overturning the election results .."
~excerpts NYT
~excerpts NYT
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