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The_Counsel

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60. Basically Restating Turley's Lunacy...

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 05:32 PM

Dec 2019

...that the House should have gone to the courts first in order to get documents or witnesses.

It was stupid when Turley said it last week.

It was stupid an hour or so ago when Gaetz said it.

It is STILL stupid now that Reschenthaler is saying it.

There are reasons why Congress has subpoena power. It's in Article I. It is NOT subject to dispute....

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