Shorter Whitaker: âEverything at Justice is peachy. Now can we talk about the wall?â
The Committeeâs performance today may make or break Democratic Voter expectations for the next cycle.
Energize the voters with vigorous oversight and theyâll turn out; disappoint with âbusiness as usualâ and theyâll ask themselves why bother.
Long-standing? The first time I heard this goofy concept of future-proof executive privilege was when Sessions cited it a couple of years ago. What bullshit
The stupid son-of-a-bitch. Doesnât he get that, when Nadler slaps him with a subpoena in the hearing chair, Fat Nixon will deny ever meeting him?
Either invoke executive privilege or not. Shit or get off the pot. If Nadler and company donât get him to invoke executive privilege they better follow through with the subpoena or there will be hell to pay. I am tired of this circus and so are all Democratic primary voters.
I thought only the President could exert executive privilege. He can do it for his conversations with Whitaker, but Whitaker canât invoke it on his own? Or do I have this wrong?
The committee better have been ready for this bullshit line of defense
Poor idiot, I still canât see any benefit to be accrued from him serving as acting AG, he did shit, so trump canât be very happy, democrats truly hate him and are going to do their best efforts to screw him, and the Wingnut Welfare Network is really getting stretched with so many ex-staffers in need to be quiet,
Nope youâre right. Thatâs why the committee gave Whitaker days to consult with the office of the President (if necessary) and invoke privilege on any matter. The most relevant point being executive privilege doesnât automatically apply to every utterance from the Presidentâs mouth, and needs to be explicitly declared. Iâm obviously not a lawyer so this analogy is perhaps not the best, but I think of it a bit like pleading the fifth. A defendant doesnât get to arbitrarily choose what they do and donât respond to â they have to explicitly declare theyâre not responding to question xyz because theyâre invoking their 5th amendment rights. Likewise the Presidency has to explicitly say âthe contents of such-and-such a conversation are subject to executive privilege.â When requested to do so, in advance. Just like the committee did.
Whitakerâs opening statement is touting the huge drop in murder and other crimes, undermining his bossâs assertions of a bloody wave of carnage sweeping across the nation.
Oh, and then he follows up by regurgitating Donnieâs âimmigrant women in bondageâ talking points/fantasies and attributing all remaining violent crimes in the US to shifty and murderous migrants.
just.fucking.wow.
He really sucks at deflection.
He just told Nadler his time was up!! People gasped! What an asshole.
His belligerence is astonishing.
So he and Don the Con watch porn together?
That bullshit worked when the Republicans were in charge. Not now.
Subpoena his ass and let the courts decide.
Whitaker Signals Heâs Prepared To Cite Executive PrivilegeâŚ
I bet he is!
Lex Luther says heâs covered by âexecutive privilegeâ.
The House takes him to court to testify.
The Courts rule temporary and acting executive branch employees not confirmed by the Senate are NOT covered by âexecutive privilegeâ.
McConnellâs Senate goes into overtime to confirm Cabinet posts- but trump hasnât nominated anyone.
Putin and Xi crow. trump uses âexecutive timeâ to watch TV and tweet his outrage at Democrats.
Rinse and repeat.
In his prepared remarks in front of the House Judiciary Committee Friday, acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker signaled that he planned to avoid lawmakersâ question about his conversations with President Trump on the grounds that the President may seek to invoke executive privilege on those topics at a later date.
Somebody really wants to be first Republican admin official to be subpoenaed. 
Theories:
- This was a fumbled #TimesUp. Whitaker is secretly the leader of all feminists worldwide.
- Heâs trying to goad Nadler into dropping the subpoena, either for cheap political points or because he hopes the immediate legal battle will run out some kind of clock.
- Mr Big Dick Toilet Salesman is just out of his depth and has no plan or tactics.