House Dems Subpoena Rudy Giuliani | Talking Points Memo

House Democrats subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s personal attorney, on Monday, seeking documents related to his recent endeavors in Ukraine seeking dirt on a Trump political rival.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1252575

Can The Ghoul and Mango Mussolini credibly claim Executive Privilege and/or lawyer confidentiality?

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He’s already said he will not cooperate. What are the sanctions for not complying with a congressional subpoena?

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Showtime Rudy. Showtime! It’s how heroes are made.

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$50 says his initial response is “Eff you!”

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@castor_troy

Igor Kolomoisky is mentioned in the subpoena.

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A sneak preview of Rudy’s upcoming appearance on Judge “Jugs” Pirro’s FoxNews show:

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DentureGate! DentureGate! DentureGate!

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Hey, Rudy! I think they just might fix your bottom teeth in prison for free!

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Doesn’t Rudy have a lifetime 9/11 escape clause?

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The Eleven O’Clock Evening Noose.

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This is awesome! Still, if House Democrats had any balls at all they’d subpoena his children and his dentist and ask, “Why do you hate him so much?”

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Can he just send his phone in his place? ‘It’s all on there’, afterall.

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It says in the letter his lack of cooperation would be seen as obstruction of the House impeachment inquiry and result in an “adverse inference” against Rudes and POTUS.

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I’m not a lawyer, but I don’t see how he can claim Executive privilege when Guliani’s not even a part of government, let alone the Executive Branch.

As far as attorney-client privilege, one wonders what private interest did Trump have requiring his private attorney to become involved. It’s obviously his 2020 campaign, but I don’t think he wants to cop to that.

By commingling government policy with his personal needs (presidential campaign 2020), I think he’s hard pressed on both claims.

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Rudy may not care about an adverse inference if what he withholds is a helluva lot more damaging than hanging that threat over his head.

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Oh boy! And the hits keep coming. Mike Pompeo apparently took part in that Trump-Zelensky conversation.

Hmm…that’s something the summary didn’t tell us or allude to. I wonder what else we don’t know.

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The subpoena only asks for the production of documents. No testimony yet.

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Y’all thought I was joking about the “promise” end of all of this.

It’s going to be that they were going to get the IMF out of the way of him regaining Privatbank.

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How do you know these things???

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