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Former acting US Solicitor General Neal Katyal breaks down the former Presidents most recent lawsuit against the January 6th select committee to block documents sought by the National Archives because of executive privilege. Aired on 10/19/2021.
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Neal Katyal On Trump Jan 6th Lawsuit: He Is 'Going To Lose' - Deadline - MSNBC (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Oct 2021
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Jim__
(14,083 posts)1. The question is, when will he lose.
The wheels of justice turn slowly. Trump uses that slowness to run out the clock.
Rhiannon12866
(205,995 posts)2. That's what TFG is doing with all these lawsuits, playing for time
Looks like they're going for his co-conspirators first. Watching that Committee today and interviews with Adam Schiff, they're deadly serious, and I don't think there's a time limit for attempting to overthrow the government.
ancianita
(36,133 posts)3. Because he makes challenges that no president, or former, has ever made. It's the old stall
with a new twist.
As Katyal says, from the context of the judiciary, " ... that's because it's kind of a joke question in the first place, and shouldn't be asked and certainly not by a former president of the United States." But TFG takes advantage of his standing for his supposed political base, to demand concessions for their interests (really his own) over the rest of American voters he's threatening to nullify.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,554 posts)4. Prof Tribe is not impressed with this piece of crap lawsuit
Rhiannon12866
(205,995 posts)5. Thanks! Great summary, no surprise from Professor Tribe!