Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker Threatens to Stiff-Arm Congress
Source: Daily Beast
Whitaker will not testify before Congress unless the House Judiciary Committee chairman promises, in writing and by 6 p.m. Thursday, that he will not subpoena him.
Betsy Woodruff
02.07.19 12:49 PM ET
Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker is set to stiff-arm Congress.
Unless House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler promisesin writing not to subpoena him today or tomorrow during his testimony, Whitaker will not testify, according to a letter the Justice Department sent to Nadler Thursday afternoon.
The Justice Departments head of legislative affairs, Stephen Boyd, wrote in the letter that unless Nadlers committee promises by 6 p.m. Thursday not to subpoena Whitaker, he will not show up.
The committee voted on Thursday morning to let Nadler subpoena Whitaker if he so chooses. Boyd fired back in his letter, calling the move an effort to transform the hearing into a public spectacle.
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Sneederbunk
(14,208 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,552 posts)2naSalit
(86,061 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)TygrBright
(20,733 posts)SWBTATTReg
(21,859 posts)the Russians have a list or roster of all of those they have corrupted, which in turn, they provide the list of candidates for rump to nominate/choose for a particular office? Really does make one wonder.
lame54
(35,141 posts)He went on news shows and spoke glowingly of Trump as an audition
He spoke of ways he would cripple Mueller's investigation
It worked perfectly
Almost
He's too corrupt to be confirmed AG
So they settled for acting AG
amb123
(1,576 posts)Like Christians being eaten by lions in the Roman Coliseum. Sickening!
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)rurallib
(62,346 posts)Elections have consequences - Nadler, do your duty!
bluestarone
(16,722 posts)BARR to answer? (does he agree with Whitaker?)
UpInArms
(51,253 posts)Zorro
(15,691 posts)edhopper
(33,208 posts)he doesn't have to testify under oath if not subpoenaed?
yaesu
(8,020 posts)if he is found in contempt, per past cases, but not sure if he could use that. If not he could be held in contempt and locked up but if it goes to the supreme court they would probably rule in his favor, 5th amendment right violation which has happened in the past.
More_Cowbell
(2,190 posts)Which is why the committee supplied Whitaker with the questions, so that Trump could decide if he was going to claim the privilege.
What has been happening is that Republicans have been refusing to testify, but without officially claiming privilege.
Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti has a great twitter thread on this
Link to tweet
ffr
(22,649 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)he is refusing to answer questions, he is being belligerent and this is the play book that trump will follow when it comes to investigations. Its just reported that congress will force him back to answer the question one way or another.
Ligyron
(7,592 posts)And not run into one another either.
Firestorm49
(4,004 posts)The complete intentional, asinine, and repulsive behavior of the prior Rethuglican led House during its sham of an investigation was more than a spectacle. What do these idiots think? Its been a public spectacle since day one.
DirtEdonE
(1,220 posts)What we need here is a constitutional crisis. Really. Subpoena Whitaker. Force him to comply by whatever means necessary.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,260 posts)dawnie51
(959 posts)because he's afraid of the 25th. Half the cabinet is now actings. How long can this shit be allowed to go on?
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Do NOT send the letter (It's already more than an hour past 6 PM EST)
Subpoena the bastard!
(K&R, thanks for posting, Judi Lynn)
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Trump won't assert privilege then hold the apparatchik in contempt of Congress if he refuses to answer questions.