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rownesheck

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6. I keep wondering

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 09:43 AM

Sep 2019

about all these department heads who are "acting" since they haven't been confirmed. Since they haven't been confirmed, they're not "official" heads of their respective departments. Couldn't that mean they aren't "official" members of the administration and so they could be compelled to testify and would not be able to use the bullshit excuse of "executive privilege"? Isn't the DNI "acting"?

I could be wrong.

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