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Takket

(21,560 posts)

10. Someone with more legal knowledge then me answer this...

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Sun Jun 13, 2021, 11:17 PM

Jun 2021

Is there a chance in hell that a “federal prosecutor “ gets a judge to sign off on a subpoena for sitting members of Congress and the White House council WITHOUT approval from the attorney general or their second in command?

I mean I just have a hard time believing any prosecutor has pull like that to get a subpoena without someone at the top of the food chain backing her up

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CNN is reporting Jocelyn Ballantine is who sought subpoenas on @RepSwalwell @RepAdamSchiff, and Don [View all] soothsayer Jun 2021 OP

Who hired her? triron Jun 2021 #1

Good question. How long has she been with the DOJ? jalan48 Jun 2021 #5

Who the hell is Johnathan Ford? W_HAMILTON Jun 2021 #2

Who are any of these retwitter people? Here's CNN's Breaking News Page: MerryBlooms Jun 2021 #3

Also who is Don "McCahn" station agent Jun 2021 #4

I'm watching CNN now, and I don't see anything about this story. MerryBlooms Jun 2021 #13

Found on Twitter billh58 Jun 2021 #6

The @cnn link takes me to a story about a Pekinese winning a dog show. MerryBlooms Jun 2021 #14

I only posted billh58 Jun 2021 #16

My god..we are in corruption deep Deuxcents Jun 2021 #7

Filing error adds to twists of Flynn case reversal Klaralven Jun 2021 #8

DOJ Screwed Up by Giving 'Altered' Versions of Peter Strzok's Notes to Flynn's Team; Says It Was an Klaralven Jun 2021 #9

Someone with more legal knowledge then me answer this... Takket Jun 2021 #10

Totally agree leftieNanner Jun 2021 #11

At whose behest? choie Jun 2021 #12

Watch this space..the law and crime story posted above reads like an ass is gonna get cooked asiliveandbreathe Jun 2021 #15