Former White House counsel Cipollone to testify before Jan. 6 committee

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Washington Post


Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)


Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone will testify Friday morning after receiving a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob, according to people familiar with the matter. It’s unclear what limits there may be on his closed-door testimony, which is scheduled for about half a day, according to a second person familiar with the matter.

The session will be videotaped, but there will be some limits on what he will testify to regarding direct conversations with former president Donald Trump. Cipollone had been reluctant to testify to the committee, citing presidential privilege, but he has been regularly mentioned in the hearings and is key to a number of episodes being plumbed by the committee.

The individuals spoke about the committee’s plans on condition of anonymity to freely describe private deliberations. The committee issued the subpoena last week after blockbuster testimony from a former aide, Cassidy Hutchinson, identified the lawyer as having firsthand knowledge of potential criminal activity in the Trump White House.

The decision followed extensive negotiations between Cipollone and the committee, as well as sharply escalating pressure on him in recent days to testify. Committee members have come to believe that the former counsel’s testimony could be critical to their investigation, given his proximity to Trump and presence during key moments before, during and after the attack on the Capitol. Cipollone sat for an informal interview with the committee on April 13, according to a letter from the panel’s chairman, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), but he has declined to cooperate further.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/06/jan-6-trump-white-house-counsel/

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CNN just did a breaking on this too -

Cipollone reaches deal to give transcribed interview to January 6 committee Friday

By Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen, Kaitlan Collins and Pamela Brown, CNN

Updated 11:07 AM ET, Wed July 6, 2022


(CNN)Trump White House Counsel Pat Cipollone has reached a deal with the January 6 committee to participate in a transcribed interview behind closed doors on Friday, multiple sources told CNN.

This story is breaking and will be updated.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/06/politics/pat-cipollone-deposition-january-6-committee-this-week/index.html

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. I am glad that depo will be videotaped

[Captain Zero]

20. In bold it says, TRANSCRIBED, so NO video

Is what it sounds like to me.

In other words, most of the people in this country, who really can't read and comprehend, REALLY WON'T GET THE IMPORT OF ANYTHING HE SAYS, which really won't be much if his testimony is limited to certain areas.

The committee has been suckered into a BIG FAT NOTHING interview if you ask me. Transcribed, so it will just be more print on a TV screen that is not even Fox.

And for all we know, Merrick Garland is just hanging around until a future date that makes his federal pension bigger and fatter.

Like that guy in southern district of New York. Vance. I bet anything he walked out the door the day after his federal pension increased another bracket. Successor goes in and finds he's been playing Tetris on his computer. Fuck it all.

[LastDemocratInSC]

26. Any type of recording is a transcription.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. According to the Washington Post, the depo will be videotaped

I want this depo to be videtaped

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/06/jan-6-trump-white-house-counsel/

It’s unclear what limits there may be on his closed-door testimony, which is scheduled for about half a day, according to one person familiar with the matter. The session will be videotaped, but there will be some limits on what he will testify to regarding direct conversations with former president Donald Trump.

[MOMFUDSKI]

27. Can't he

just say "fifth, fifth, fifth" all day long?

[SheltieLover]

2. To be televised?

Whats to negotiate?

No show, go to jail. Period.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. I expect they would have the video for a later session

but in order for the "now show, go to jail" they would have to do a criminal referral to DOJ and wait for them to do the grand jury for "Contempt of Congress" (which is what Bannon's trial will be about, which is still scheduled for July 18 last I saw), and on and on...

Since people like him just saw Navarro get the "treatment", that is why the J6 Committee were hoping some of these others would stop bucking the process (which is what Mastriano did earlier after refusing to acknowledge the subpoena but then relented - basically trying to do the "minimum" to buy time).

[SheltieLover]

17. Thx for explaining.

Should bd automatic process, imo.

You know, treat this pos likd a Black man on a corner selling individual cigarettes.

Fed up with this double standard.

Qpukes will not sgop overloading our justice system. Part of pootin's plan to break our country.

[BumRushDaShow]

28. They need to fill up all those private prisons with them

[SheltieLover]

33. Gitmo would work. Isn't it for terrorists?

People eho present a danger to the USA?

[BumRushDaShow]

36. LOL

We've been trying to close that place down for ages.

[SheltieLover]

37. Not joking

Although I'm sure any caucasians with penises & $$$ who might get jail sentences will be aced somewhere quite comfey.

Reserve enough cells there for every one of pootin's puppets still in our govt., the slob, & spawn.

[BumRushDaShow]

38. I'm sure Miguel Daz-Canel (Raul Castro's successor) might even welcome them

to the rest of the island given their Pootie ties!

[SheltieLover]

39. I'd be ok with that.

Just keep them locked up.

[BumRushDaShow]

40. ...

[Marcuse]

41. Gitmo costs too much to run. It must be closed. This will do nicely.

[SheltieLover]

42. Works for me!

[TwilightZone]

5. Closed-door, as noted in the article.

[aggiesal]

19. He's the White House Counsel, so there is that ...

Client/Attorney privilege thing.

I'm sure he'll be able to say some things, but I don't believe he'll testify to direct conversations with Pendejo45 himself.

Personally, I feel that if he's getting paid by tax dollars, then he should be able to speak to any subject including conversations with Pendejo45 himself. Should be completely transparent except for national security issues, which I believe Jan. 6th has no part in national security.

[Maraya1969]

3. So just to make sure, Seeing the president throw plates against the wall is not considered

"Privileged right?

And I don't know why this privileged continues after the president is out of the White House. Seems there is a lot about that type of position that lends itself to criminality if the wrong person gets in its slot.

[agingdem]

7. instructing Cassidy Hutchinson to prevent

Trump from marching to the Capital is not executive privilege..it's panic...and I expect Cipollone's "testimony" will be a masterclass in word-parsing..

[FakeNoose]

16. Cassidy testified that she didn't see Chump throw the plate

She came in afterward when there was ketchup on the wall, and maybe a broken plate on the floor (?) I don't know. Cassidy told us that the White House waiter and perhaps someone who was in the room at the time, saw Chump throw it and and told her about it later. I guess that's why executive privilege doesn't apply.

[EndlessWire]

21. Yeah, but didn't she help to clean it up? n/t

[Marcuse]

43. The butler did it, of course.

[usonian]

6. I never mock another person's name.

Unless he serves the Dark Lord.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cipollone
Cipollone is a surname of Italian origin, a nickname for someone with a big head from the augmentative of the Italian word cipolla meaning "onion"

Nothing at TheOnion.

yet.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. ...

[usonian]

9. I doubt that he's certified organic and non-GMO.

CIAO!

[BumRushDaShow]

11. ...

[onetexan]

12. LOL wonder how Cipilloni onions taste

never had 'em

[BumRushDaShow]

18. I think I had found some years ago in a small bag

and used them for a pot roast. They are bigger than pearl onions but smaller than the small yellow or white onions, which makes them perfect for that application (along with chopped or sliced carrots and the baby Yukon gold potatoes). They are sweet and are good for roasting.

[calimary]

29. "Good for roasting." Just like you are, Pat.

[BumRushDaShow]

35. DUzy!

[wnylib]

23. Onionhead? Oh, the possibilities.

[2naSalit]

30. I know, right?

[Novara]

10. Keep in mind he warned them against what they were planning.

Ms. Hutchinson testified that he was trying to prevent the orange motherfucker from leading an armed violent mob to the Capitol. He may have very valuable information regarding the orange motherfucker's intent and state of mind. This information can go a long way to getting a conviction.

From what I read, he wanted the subpoena rather than going in and voluntarily offering up his information, ostensibly to protect himself against the orange motherfucker. He may have evidence that exonerates himself but can convict the orange motherfucker.

Of course, he may be in it up to his neck in other criminality, but he may be one of the few people who can testify what the orange motherfucker said and did and what his intentions were that day.

I believe the committee is videotaping all of the depositions, so that isn't anything unusual. Think about the timing: he's going to testify Friday and the next hearing is next Tuesday. Could be explosive.

[Alien Life Form]

13. But but but Trump hardly knew him!

[ancianita]

14. SO, if Cipollone's not there in person, will the Jan 6 hearing present video of his testimony?

His testimony might be the DOJ's legal clincher for seditious conspiracy charges.

I'd like to think they will at a future hearing, but just don't know.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. He has interviewed with them before and I think they even showed a clip or two of that

So I think the fact that they are going through all thees machinations means that they will probably show it in context to whatever they are putting together for a future hearing.

[ancianita]

31. thx!

[gab13by13]

15. Define "testify."

[dchill]

24. It means "prevaricate."

[mrsadm]

25. Is DOJ even going to listen to this testimony - or anything at all on the next meeting Jan. 12 --

or are they just going to complain they didn't get any memos with important information?

[dlk]

44. I wonder if there were any quiet warnings about bar complaints

Cipollone has been walking a fine line and likely crossed it numerous times. His professional colleagues may have had a word.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

45. Heard behind Closed Door interview session... "I plead the 5th, The 5th, The 5th...."