Discussion: Trump Wants McGahn To Defy House Subpoena For Testimony

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You’re welcome

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in a country where precedent is supposed to strongly influence legal outcomes, and with a judiciary stacked to rule these outcomes in favor of republicans currently holding power, if the formerly unprecedented (i.e. ignoring congressional subpoenas, ignoring established law) becomes the standard, then when/if the Dems are in the position of power and it is repubes who want to inquire/subpoena, either the courts will have to ignore their own rulings and go against their own precedents, or they will have to allow the debasing of congress’ subpoena power to stand

there seem to be a lot of opportunities for dog to catch the bus these days, the dogs should be very careful that they don’t catch a bus that will burn them later on

or alternatively, the utter rank hypocrisy extends to the repubes on the bench and the Constitution will be worthless

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Mesmerizing.

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Here is the crux of the decision here. It has nothing to do with Trump.

It’s whether or not McGahn is more or less like John Dean.

If he is stupid, he’ll follow Trump…

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To Obstruction Infinity! And Beyond!

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Is McGahn allowed to defy Trump and testify anyway? What legal repercussions would that lead to?

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“And that the Constitution is null and void.”

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Trump will “take all you leaking motherfuckers down with me!!!”

That is the “certain duties and obligations” he referes to.

If you ever, in any capacity, worked for Cheeto Mussolini, you broke the law, and you know it. It was unavoidable, even if you were not aware of it at the time. You now belong to HIM because he now has something to hold over you, FOREVER.

Everything, and Everyone he touches turns to Shit.

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On the horns of a dilemma?

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Well, according to Eric Columbus -mobster angle and such.

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Shit, were you not alive while Obama was President?

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Goopers only listen to Fox News and “The Sandbagger Channel.”

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We can only hope that McGahn has his “John Dean” moment and defies Trump and spills his guts to the committee.

Not that I am holding out much hope for that.

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Until the senate Republicans are 110% in support of impeachment we are not allowed to mention it.

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“Mr. McGahn, care for a polonium tea after your testimony, or, my preference, before?” asked Mr. Putin

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According to Columbus, he can defy POTUS, so ‘the $64,000 question’ is : why isn’t he?

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Why would he do that for a house that isn’t going to move forward with impeachment?

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One reason why McGahn probably won’t defy Trump – the fear that Trump may order a boycott of McGahn’s law firm. Trump may claim such behavior is “modern-day presidential” – but it’s definitely old-school mobster.

Isn’t that why he ditched the document subpoena

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Keep on fucking that chicken comrade.

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