Bolton and Kupperman oppose acting White House chief of staff Mulvaney's bid to join
Source: Washington Post
An attorney for former national security adviser John Bolton and his deputy, Charles Kupperman, formally opposed acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaneys last-minute effort to join a lawsuit asking the courts to decide if senior Trump administration officials must testify in Congresss impeachment inquiry.
The Monday court filing underscored internal divisions among President Trumps advisers in the probe, with Bolton and Kupperman said by people close to them to consider Mulvaney a key participant in President Trumps alleged effort to pressure the Ukrainian government to pursue investigations into his political opponents. In an 11-page filing, Kupperman attorney Charles J. Cooper asked a judge to reject Mulvaneys motion to join the lawsuit, instead suggesting the court hear it in tandem as a separate but related case.
Mulvaney went to court Friday seeking to join the separation-of-powers lawsuit filed against both Trump and the House leadership by Kupperman. The latter has asked U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon of Washington D.C. to rule on whether Congresss constitutional impeachment power takes precedence over the White Houses claim that current and former top executive branch aides are absolutely immune from being compelled to testify, as part of the presidents powers.
Bolton and Kupperman have said they are willing to testify if the judge rules in favor of the House, The Washington Post previously reported. Mulvaneys attempt to join the lawsuit flabbergasted Bolton and Kupperman, people close to them said, with Bolton aides having testified that he derisively referred to the Ukrainian proposal as a drug deal, and White House officials saying Bolton and Mulvaney were barely on speaking terms when Bolton left his post in September.
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Full headline: Bolton and Kupperman oppose acting White House chief of staff Mulvaneys bid to join impeachment lawsuit
backtoblue
(11,344 posts)As screwed up as this whole "administration" is, is Mickey diving for Bolton's lifeboat?
Or is he trying to spy on him?
What a bunch of idiots.
BumRushDaShow
(129,280 posts)Faux pas
(14,686 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,248 posts)Moreover as COS Slick Mick had daily - hourly - knowledge of Trump's schedule and information flow. He's in a class all by himself. But you gotta given him Chutzpah for his swervy driving - trying to sneak through the legal system on the backs of less compromised is a whole new genre.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)on his Career. And,if the Rethugs go the way of the Wigg's,well,Mickey will be spending years fighting legal battles with many of his Rethug friends.
Zambero
(8,965 posts)Ahhh, how does it feel?
To be on your own
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone!