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asiliveandbreathe

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1. Chairman Nadler is sooo ready..from his home page...the timeline at the link - enough...

Reply to erpowers (Original post)

Wed May 8, 2019, 06:20 PM

May 2019

“Tonight, in the middle of good faith negotiations with the Attorney General, the Department abruptly announced that it would instead ask President Trump to invoke executive privilege on all of the materials subject to our subpoena. This is, of course, not how executive privilege works. The White House waived these privileges long ago, and the Department seemed open to sharing these materials with us earlier today. The Department’s legal arguments are without credibility, merit, or legal or factual basis.

https://nadler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=393910

I read this last night at DU, and have posted elsewhere..didn't want it to get lost......

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Trump asserts executive privilege over entire Mueller report [View all] erpowers May 2019 OP

Chairman Nadler is sooo ready..from his home page...the timeline at the link - enough... asiliveandbreathe May 2019 #1

Screw all this nonsense & just get Mueller to testify. He'll come regardless of what trump wants oldsoftie May 2019 #2

This... I_have_had_enough May 2019 #10

Looks like the courts are going to have to decide all these things. ALL of them. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #3

If John Yoo thinks that these claims are garbage, then trump is in trouble Gothmog May 2019 #4

The Unitary Executive Principle.... magicarpet May 2019 #5

I believe we can now all agree that there is something very damning in the Mueller report. C Moon May 2019 #6

Can anyone here explain the limits of Executive Privilege ? Haggis for Breakfast May 2019 #7

I believe we are about to see them tested Maeve May 2019 #8

I mean the actual LEGAL boundaries of E P. Haggis for Breakfast May 2019 #9

I was serious--the limits haven't been tested yet Maeve May 2019 #12

That doesn't sound like Trump at all, does it? Judi Lynn May 2019 #11

Won't stand up in court. Nitram May 2019 #13