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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1133183)	5/3/2019 11:42:50 PM
From: Sdgla	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB locogringo Respond to of 1575120

Must be fun to just make shit up... pretend facts. The house judicial committee is a national embarrassment as is mueller.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1133183)	5/3/2019 11:43:19 PM
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When it comes to counterintelligence investigation of the Trump campaign: What did President Obama, Susan Rice, et al, know and when did they know it?https://t.co/qoFqnL9akN — Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) May 3, 2019

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1133183)

5/20/2019 5:35:53 PM

From: Sdgla

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Where’s mueller ? DOJ tells Nadler the Hutt to pound sand

saraacarter.com DOJ To Nadler: 'Congress may not constitutionally compel the President's senior advisors to testify'
Sara Carter -

The Department of Justice issued a memorandum to President Donald Trump’s legal counsel Monday stating that “Congress may not constitutionally compel the President’s senior advisors to testify about their official duties.”

The memorandum was in direct response to current Trump counsel Pat Cipollone’s question as to whether Trump’s former White House Counsel Don McGahn is legally required to appear before the committee to testify. The House Judiciary Committee subpoenas McGahn to testify specifically about matters regarding Special Counsel Robert Muller’s report.

The DOJ’s eight page memorandum, written by Assistant Attorney General Steve Engel, clearly argues the separation of powers and states that “Congress could not lawfully exercise any inherent contempt authority against Mr. McGahn for asserting immunity. The constitutional separation of powers bars Congress from exercising its inherent contempt power in the face of a presidential assertion of executive privilege.”

Last week, Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-NY, threatened he was prepared to have his panel vote to hold McGahn in contempt of Congress if did not appear before the committee on Tuesday. It would be a contempt citation and could result in the House turning to a federal court to try to enforce its subpoena but the memorandum makes clear that there is a separation of powers issue that must be considered.

“We provide the same answer that the Department of Justice has repeatedly provided for nearly five decades: Congress may not constitutionally compel the President’s senior advisors to testify about their official duties.”

“This testimonial immunity is rooted int he constitutional separation of powers and derives from the President’s independence from Congress,” the memoradum states.

The memo referred to former Attorney General Janet Reno, who worked under President Bill Clinton. She stated that “subjecting a senior presidential advisor to the congressional subpoena power would be akin to requiring the President himself to appear before Congress on matters relating to the performance of his constitutionally assigned executive function.”

Questions and Answers Regarding “Testimonial Immunity before Congress of the Former Counsel to the President” As Per Department of Justice.