Breaking: Adam Schiff announces that he's issuing a subpoena to DOJ.

[pnwmom]

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He recently said that the DOJ had sent no intelligence info on Russia to his committee since Comey was fired.

ON EDIT: I just added the CNN article below the tweet. According to the article, Devin Nunes joined Schiff in demanding the intelligence, with a deadline of May 15.

Link to tweet

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Adam Schiff
✔
@RepAdamSchiff
BREAKING: House Intel just subpoenaed DOJ for all counterintelligence and foreign intelligence materials in the probe, the full report, and underlying evidence.

DOJ has responded to our requests with silence and defiance.

Congress needs the material. We will not be obstructed.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/08/politics/adam-schiff-house-intelligence-mueller/index.html

Washington (CNN)House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff issued a subpoena Wednesday to the Justice Department for "counterintelligence and foreign intelligence" from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

Schiff, a California Democrat, made the demand in a letter to Attorney General William Barr that said his committee had "no choice" but to serve the subpoena after previous efforts, joined by the committee's top Republican, had not led to the Justice Department providing the requested documents. Schiff gave Barr a deadline of May 15 to hand over the evidence.

"The Department's stonewalling is simply unacceptable," Schiff said in a statement Wednesday.

Schiff and Rep. Devin Nunes, a California Republican who's the ranking member of the panel, have previously requested briefings from the FBI and Justice Department on counterintelligence information gathered by Mueller, who investigated possible ties between President Donald Trump's associates and Russia.

[BigmanPigman]

1. Another news drop today.

Things are definitely picking up speed in DC this week. Big distractions coming our way....

[pnwmom]

2. It does seem that things are picking up. n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. Perhaps approaching a tipping point. When it tips, it will be quick. There'll be a stampede of eleph

... a stampede of elephants trying to distance themselves from tRump and ready to impeach him to try to save their seats.

[pangaia]

5. Iran, venezuela... ?

[certainot]

12. whichever distraction they use it usually gets pre-sold on talk radio

iheart provides limbaugh transcripts that can be searched with this ---- news.iheart.com/featured/rush-limbaugh/content/ +iran

all the rw blowhards have been attacking iran for years but when it picks up it means something. they've been pushing the 'africans are coming across the southern border meme and they'll probably combine that with ebola to do that again like in 2014 (i think)..... coincidentally, someone's attacking ebola clinics in africa - paid by putin? why not? that's getting set up for 2010 and because democrats ignore talk radio those radio stations will continue to work hard for trump and whatever 'emergencies' they want to spin or create.

[gristy]

24. Yes, I sense that too. That the dam is breaking.

[DownriverDem]

25. Rep Ted Lieu

Said that they have learned from the past and they believe they will get the information sooner rather than later. I hope so. Otherwise Impeachment should be started. Records are released fast for impeachment hearings. I hate what is and has been going on with this dangerous criminal.moron.

[BigmanPigman]

27. Nadler just said the same thing on Rachel.

He said it will take only months to get this BS resolved in the courts.

[pnwmom]

35. Nunes wouldn't have to do that. Trump could just ask the intelligence agencies for a report. nt

[asiliveandbreathe]

3. You know, we are such an instant gratification society we expect results immediately..

that's not how it works...the Dems are being pragmatic, thoughtful, and following the process to obtain information to make an informed decision with regards to impeachment..I applaud there fortitude, against all odds...they made the pos and his henchmen play their cards..with regards to executive privilege...

congrats to Adam Schiff..and his constituents who voted for him to the house.....

[Cracklin Charlie]

14. I get the sense...

That some of our congressional representatives fully understand their place in the history of this moment, and are conducting themselves with an eye to how they wish to be remembered.

I think that behavior will hold us in good stead.

[mgardener]

17. I send the following message to my Republican Congresswoman....

You will be remembered more for what you have failed to do and and who you did not protect then anything you think you have accomplished.

[asiliveandbreathe]

20. I love it when people take action..your message to your Rep..clear, concise and

to the point..good on ya'...

[Fiendish Thingy]

18. I'm ok with Congress being pragmatic and thoughtful, as long they include equal measures of

Relentless, unyielding use of the full powers of Congress.

We just saw a glimmer of possibility today; let's hope it was the first muzzle flash in a full "shock and awe" onslaught against Trump and his enablers.

[DownriverDem]

26. With a view towards history

I agree that folks want results now. The Dems are making me proud.

[luvtheGWN]

37. In other words, get all your ducks in a row

so that refutations are useless. IMHO, Speaker Pelosi knows what she's doing, and I applaud her.

[asiliveandbreathe]

38. Yes, as Jerry Nadler has done in a statement....with the timeline leading up to contempt of

congress..on his home page....


https://nadler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=393910

“Tonight, in the middle of good faith negotiations with the Attorney General, the Department abruptly announced that it would instead ask President Trump to invoke executive privilege on all of the materials subject to our subpoena. This is, of course, not how executive privilege works. The White House waived these privileges long ago, and the Department seemed open to sharing these materials with us earlier today. The Department’s legal arguments are without credibility, merit, or legal or factual basis.

“Worse, this kind of obstruction is dangerous. The Department’s decision reflects President Trump’s blanket defiance of Congress’s constitutionally mandated duties

timeline at link..this is how you make your case, and the "get all your ducks in row"....

[happy feet]

39. Yes. This!

[Kurt V.]

4. i hear nunes is on board. hell froze over.

[Iliyah]

6. Still do not trust Nunes.

[erronis]

8. Never trust nunes. Besides being a nominal repuglicon he's a snake.

That could be said of almost any critter that sports an (R) nowadays.

[Wounded Bear]

13. Nunes is a Trump mole, and thus a Russian asset...

[Amaryllis]

19. I thought he was a weasel. Maybe he can change forms.

[cannabis_flower]

33. Yep

Also a rat.

[leanforward]

7. K & R

There is a stiffening of backbone. Nunes seems to be onboard, for what ulterior motive?

[DeminPennswoods]

10. Both Schiff and Nunes want the info, but

each for entirely different reasons.

[MFGsunny]

21. BINGO ..... we have a winner.

No doubt Schiff knows that too ..... TATTLE-ninny-Nunes will then dash to DumpsterFire .....

[NewJeffCT]

30. I think Trump and his team

saw the entire unredacted report before Barr put his cover up memo on the report

[erronis]

11. I'm thinking they have some new ploy. They must be be getting the playbook from

some chaps in a country that are pretty good at playing chess. I know that none of the current batch of repuglicons could think their way towards a draw in ticktacktoe.

[emmaverybo]

23. To get out front and spin it nt

[Evolve Dammit]

9. Time for action. Enough dictatorial BS from the rascist, fascist alt-right.

[dlk]

15. Go Adam!

[defacto7]

22. Schiff and Nunes can't possibly be on the same channel.

This is strange.

[coeur_de_lion]

28. They haven't sent Russia intel

Because Nunes is on the committee and he runs to trump with everything. I’m sure Adam Schiff knows that.

So I am confused about the subpoena.

[pnwmom]

29. Trump, as President, automatically has clearance to see any intelligence.

So I'm not sure that's an issue.

[coeur_de_lion]

31. My understanding is

That they have been leaving him out of the loop.

[coeur_de_lion]

34. Confirmed my understanding

Senate Intel has not been updated on a lot of important counter intelligence investigations since 2017 because of Nunes carrying info straight to the White House.

[AlexSFCA]

32. what's he gonna do about it?

they could care less about subpeonas.

[pnwmom]

36. It will probably end up in the Supreme Court, which ruled 9-0 against Nixon

on a similar case.

[WheelWalker]

40. If you're referring to US v. Nixon (tape case) the vote was 8-0...

Rehnquist recused.