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THERE IS NO EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE FOR ILLEGAL ACTS!!! (Original Post)
librechik
Sep 2019
OP
They are in the grip of a delusion. It's the hardest thing for a human to break.
librechik
Sep 2019
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Wounded Bear
(58,649 posts)1. You are not wrong...nt
Roland99
(53,342 posts)2. NO
Link to tweet
Seth Abramson
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@SethAbramson
No.
Not when the DNI had prima facie criminal evidence; not when privilege resided in the complaint's subject; not when the statute is mandatory; not when the ICIG had ruled the whistleblower compliant; not when privilege wasn't raised; not when even DOJ gave the DNI discretion.
librechik
(30,674 posts)3. Thank you!
JCMach1
(27,556 posts)4. Exactly right...
Also, you don't self-deal with WH Counsel and OLC when they are party to the complaint...
librechik
(30,674 posts)5. Of course, how gross! Trump is a scoundrel!
cilla4progress
(24,729 posts)6. They don't seem to have a basic sense of
right and wrong.
Unbelievable
librechik
(30,674 posts)9. They are in the grip of a delusion. It's the hardest thing for a human to break.
And the hardest for others to break through. Invisible wounds are never addressed, and they don't heal.don't heal.
I wonder if our country will ever recover from this horrible crime. Putin needs to be ummm...crushed, I believe.
RockRaven
(14,966 posts)7. I would like to see someone tell Maguire to his face that his actions are not privileged because
they. are. part. of. a. CRIMINAL. CONSPIRACY.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,606 posts)8. And privilege doesn't apply in impeachment proceedings nt
UTUSN
(70,686 posts)10. Exactly. This dweeb testifying keeps saying the Prez & NSA can run things the way they want.