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Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
Wed May 13, 2020, 01:32 AM May 2020

Trump adviser Navarro declines invitation to testify before House panel on vaccine official's whistl

Source: The Washington Post

Robert Costa 2 hrs ago

Trump adviser Navarro declines invitation to testify before House panel on vaccine official’s whistleblower complaint
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro — who repeatedly warned colleagues about the coronavirus in memos earlier this year — is declining to testify before a House panel Thursday about a whistleblower’s complaint that mentions him at length.

Navarro, the latest figure to draw the interest of lawmakers probing the Trump administration’s handling of the crisis, had been invited to appear before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on health.

“The White House is declining the invitation for Peter Navarro to testify based on the longstanding precedent, followed by administrations of both political parties, rooted in clearly established constitutional doctrines, and supported by the Department of Justice, that senior advisors to the President generally do not testify before Congress,” White House spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement Tuesday.

. . .

Navarro’s refusal to testify comes as the White House, under new chief of staff Mark Meadows, is trying to curb the attempts by House Democrats to secure testimony from prominent officials as they try to conduct oversight of the administration. In a recent memo to congressional committees, the Trump White House said that demands on staff and resources are “extraordinary” and that officials cannot testify without Meadows’s approval.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-adviser-navarro-declines-invitation-to-testify-before-house-panel-on-vaccine-officials-whistleblower-complaint/ar-BB13ZBqr?li=BBnb7Kz

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Trump adviser Navarro declines invitation to testify before House panel on vaccine official's whistl (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2020 OP
'trying to curb the attempts by House Democrats to secure testimony elleng May 2020 #1
99.9999% of Republicans think only Democrats deserve to have oversight but that Republicans cstanleytech May 2020 #2
Sadly, it will hold. It has for the last two years. There's nothing the democrats can do. PSPS May 2020 #3
Its all fun and games Historic NY May 2020 #4
"... White House said that demands on staff and resources are "extraordinary" " ... aggiesal May 2020 #5

elleng

(130,156 posts)
1. 'trying to curb the attempts by House Democrats to secure testimony
Wed May 13, 2020, 01:39 AM
May 2020

from prominent officials as they try to conduct oversight.'

This can't hold, 'oversight' is critical.

cstanleytech

(26,082 posts)
2. 99.9999% of Republicans think only Democrats deserve to have oversight but that Republicans
Wed May 13, 2020, 02:04 AM
May 2020

deserve carte blanche.

aggiesal

(8,864 posts)
5. "... White House said that demands on staff and resources are "extraordinary" " ...
Wed May 13, 2020, 11:25 AM
May 2020

Yet, Hillary was on the stand for 11 hours.
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