âwonât discloseâ⌠âdeclines to elaborateâ. All nice ways to say, âdodged answersâ, âevaded questionsâ and âobstructed justice by refusing to answer questionsââŚ
WTF?? Fuck these people. Answer the goddamned questions or be in contempt of Congress. Thatâs my simple opinion. Itâs gloves off time for these rotten bastards.
HE isnât called there to dance around questions, heâs there to give answers to an oversight inquiry. This isnât âpick and chooseâ, this is YOU ARE A PUBLIC FUCKING SERVANT and you will answer our ELECTED REPRESENTATIVEâS GODDAMNED QUESTIONSâŚ!!!
Who the fuck does he think he is?
A person working for an insane monster.
ETTD.
The only way forward is complete dis-entanglement. Ross is not anywhere near that.
Isnât his presence there for the sole purpose of answering the questions of the committee? Is anyone suggesting he be held in contempt?
IANAL, but Iâve repeatedly heard it stated that either the WH asserts privilege, or you are required to answer.
Legal minds here want to comment?
FTFYâŚ
I, too, am not a lawyer but this has come up multiple times before. The executive branch is trying to have it both ways: not explicitly asserting executive privilege but also not answering questions because Trump might want to claim executive privilege at some future time.
The only way around it that Iâm aware of is to subpoena them, which equires that they either answer the questions or explicitly claim executive privilege, a claim which can then be adjudicated.
Edited to add that there is a decent discussion of this at the link: https://www.lawfareblog.com/congressional-subpoena-power-and-executive-privilege-coming-showdown-between-branches
good link, THANKS!
This isnât a court of law. While he has the right to not incriminate himself, he would have to invoke that privilege. Instead, he is just refusing to answer without giving a legal justification. I think that means we can assume the worst possible answers, and move forward based on that. We shouldnât just be throwing up our hands going âawwwâ and giving up. Force the invocation of executive privilege or put him in the slammer. Itâs not the secretaryâs right to claim executive privilege either - it would be the Presidents. Of course, heâs abdicated all responsibility to govern effectively and that probably includes giving 2 shits about executive privilege.
Did Ross claim Executive privilege? If not, then he should have been compelled to answer the question. The Dems should subpoena Ross, force him to answer the questions or claim some sort of executive privilege. He canât claim privilege regarding his conversations with former AG Jeff Sessions.
My sentiments exactly below! This is fâng ridiculous. He didnât claim executive privilege nor can he claim that privilege regarding conversations he had with Sessions.
Hard to have transparency when every conversation with Trump is secret.
Especially when Trump himself is such a blabbermouth.
âMy conversations with the Attorney General are confidential,â
Canât they call him into closed session?