Well what I like about issuing these fuggs subpoenas is that the committee must already have some pretty good indication that these people got dirt we want. And, they are going after Chump and his inner circle…not just nibbling around the edges.
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That’s an interesting and possible reality. Having said that, aren’t they all civilians now and not above the law? I’m thinking about Bonnie Prince Andrew over in the ancient kingdom. He was eventually given a subpoena regarding Epstein and his Madam. I read in the Guardian that the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, Dame Cressida Dick, said that no one is above the law.
So how can they get away with it? Lawyers? Escape to a deserted isle?
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The Federal Rules of Evidence don’t apply to Congress.
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Meadows, personally, is obnoxious, boorish and churlish. His behavior was abominable during the Cohen Hearings chaired by Elijah Cummings
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Someone needs attention or a nap
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I’m interested to know names of the other members of Congress who were at that Willard Hotel meeting.
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None of those dweebs are inner circle.
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O/T but about time
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Um, he did not testify, unless you count that disastrous TV interview.
I’m not saying kash patel was a rejected name for a bond villain henchman, but…
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It does look bad that the 1/6 Committee has gone after big targets who organized the 1/6 insurrection after being in existence for about 2 months while the DOJ is still going after Joe Douchebag who showed up at the Capitol with his pickup, loaded with guns and fertilizer, broke a few windows in the Capitol and dropped a few f-bombs along the way. Just appoint a special prosecutor to go after folks and get on with it.
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I feel 100% confident that it MTG had gotten knocked up by the gym owner or the tantric sex guru, she’d have aborted the hell out of that baby.
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And none of these guys are officeholders or direct political rivals of anyone in the administration or Democratic Party. There’s much less worry that sanctions against them would be screamed about as an attempt to use the executive’s power politically. At least, I assume so. They’d be upholding the prerogatives of Congress to investigate and have its subpoenas and other directives taken seriously. I think these guys need to consider the strong probability that if they blow off that subpoena they’re getting indicted over it.
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In good time he will be. It may begin with a Zoom type interview but if things are as they appear, he is open to being extradited. From what Dame Dick said, Great Britain would undoubtedly give him up.
From what I’ve read, he’s pretty much person non grata amongst many of the Royals; Charles despises him and would be happy to be rid of Mommies favourite son, Andy. She’s is protecting him. In fact he fled to one of her massive estates in the north to avoid getting that subpoena but alas, failed…
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Though FRE doesn’t apply, it just seems more effective to focus on facts.
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A point I was circling around yesterday is that I don’t think any of the conspirators will ever be indicted unless AG Garland is also willing to indict Trump as well. There would be no point; it would leave a gaping hole at the center of the conspiracy. And with Trump being such a high stakes target, Garland won’t act until he’s sure he has proof that Trump acted in a clear, jury-convincing way to put these plans in motion.
For us here at TPM the speech Trump gave to the crowd on 1/6 is enough, together with all the hints on Twitter beforehand. But maybe that’s not enough for a jury. As the saying goes, Garland best not miss if he comes at the King, so he may be waiting to see what the 1/6 committee digs up as further evidence of Trump’s active role in the conspiracy.
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Let me know when he crosses a US border. Hell, let me know should he exit blighty.
If these guys show, will they be questioned under oath?