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struggle4progress

(118,285 posts)
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 12:34 AM Feb 2019

Schiff warns of subpoenas, lawsuit

MARY CLARE JALONICK AND HOPE YEN
WASHINGTON
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 24, 2019
UPDATED 9 HOURS AGO

A top House Democrat threatened on Sunday to call special counsel Robert Mueller to Capitol Hill, subpoena documents and sue the Trump administration if the full report on Mueller’s Russia investigation is not made public.

Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said his committee will keep close watch on new Attorney-General William Barr to see if he were “to try to bury any part of this report.” Schiff, D-Calif., also pledged to “take it to court if necessary.”

He said anything less than complete disclosure would leave Barr, who now oversees the investigation, with “a tarnished legacy.”

Schiff’s comments come as Democrats have made it clear that they are ready for an aggressive, public fight with the Justice Department if they are not satisfied with the level of access they have to Mueller’s findings ...

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-politics/article-schiff-threatens-to-take-trump-administration-to-court-if-full-mueller/

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Schiff warns of subpoenas, lawsuit (Original Post) struggle4progress Feb 2019 OP
Robert Reich wrote this earlier this weekend... BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #1

BigmanPigman

(51,593 posts)
1. Robert Reich wrote this earlier this weekend...
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 01:12 AM
Feb 2019

"Robert Mueller’s soon-to-be-delivered report will begin months of congressional investigations, subpoenas, court challenges, partisan slugfests, media revelations, and more desperate conspiracy claims by Donald Trump, all against the backdrop of the burning questions: Will he be impeached by the House? Will he be convicted by the Senate? ".

We will get him eventually. By "we" I mean the Southern District of New York for state crimes which CAN NOT be pardoned! HA! SDNY can go after the tRumps for years and years too. They will be old and grey and still getting indicted. Barron better keep his nose clean too.

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