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In 2008, a little-known Justice Department attorney stepped into a courtroom to argue that top aides to then-President George W. Bush could simply ignore congressional subpoenas.
You have to recognize the absolute immunity of the president's close advisers, the attorney, Carl Nichols, declared.
Today, Nichols is the federal judge set to preside over the criminal case of Steve Bannon, former President Donald Trump's ally who like Bushs aides claims he doesnt have to comply with a subpoena to testify about his efforts to help Trump overturn the 2020 election.
Its a remarkable symmetry for the mild-mannered, longtime corporate lawyer, who now finds himself at the helm of one of the most important clashes between Congress and Trump the man who put him on the federal bench in 2019. The Bannon case holds implications for the future of congressional investigations and for efforts to expose the secrets of those who stoked the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-in-bannon-contempt-case-once-fought-congress-subpoena-power/ar-AAQPJWT
Too many political hacks in our court system.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)You have to recognize the absolute immunity of the president's close advisers, the attorney, Carl Nichols, declared.
I will do some research tomorrow - inquiring mind needs to know...
Edit..update on research..
https://vnexplorer.net/judge-in-bannon-contempt-case-once-fought-congress-subpoena-power-eo20212488935.html
Bates ruling isnt binding on other courts, but remains one of only a couple ever to address the notion of immunity for presidential advisers.
Despite Nichols broad argument for the immunity of top presidential advisers, its not nearly as extreme as Bannons. Nichols told the court, for example, that congressional subpoenas for documents could still be litigated. Bannon, notably, refused to comply with a committee document request.
And Nichols emphasized that the notion of absolute immunity was meant to apply only to a small group of close presidential advisers, like the chief of staff or White House counsel.
Much more at link
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)Not sure how this could go..especially these politically drive days..