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07/11/19 1:07 PM

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House panel authorizes subpoenas for Trump aides including Kushner

July 11, 2019 / 11:51 AM / Updated 10 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to authorize subpoenas for a dozen witnesses including President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

The vote gives panel Chairman Jerrold Nadler discretion on whether to subpoena current and former Trump advisers such as former Attorney General Jeff Sessions and former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, as part of a broad corruption and obstruction of justice probe of the Trump presidency.


The committee also authorized subpoenas for documents and testimony connected with Trump’s immigration policies, including family separation and detention and “zero tolerance” for migrants.

Reporting by David Morgan

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-congress-subpoenas/house-panel-authorizes-subpoenas-for-trump-aides-including-kushner-idUSKCN1U629U
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07/23/19 8:32 PM

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Inside Robert Mueller’s Secret Prep For Bombshell Testimony | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC

"Trump Braces For Mueller As Dems Prep Obstruction Subpoenas | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC"


MSNBC
Published on Jul 23, 2019
Robert Mueller’s highly anticipated testimony is only two days away, but the Tump DOJ is doing all they can to limit Mueller’s testimony to his report. MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber and his panel preview what is likely to come from his testimony.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAqRMjsZlUc

Barr's DOJ says anything not in Mueller's report should be seen as "preemptively privileged from disclosure." Some in Trump administration are worried about Mueller's testimony.

Ackerman, "...they had evidence from Rick Gates, the deputy campaign manager, to the campaign manager, Paul Manafort" that Manafort was instructing Gates, basically through the campaign, to provide Democrat polling data to Konstantin Kilimnik "to target Hillary Clinton voters and repress that vote."

Another interviewee says, 'The Democrats HAVE to get together and ask the questions sequentially, rather than just doing their own thing for their own voters back home.'

From video:

DOJ tells Mueller to limit testimony to his report
The Justice Department argues that anything outside the report is covered by 'presidential privilege' that hasn’t been waived.
By ELIANA JOHNSON, ANDREW DESIDERIO and KYLE CHENEY
07/22/2019 04:29 PM EDT
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/22/justice-mueller-congress-testimony-limit-1426035

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democrat on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee said Sunday he believes there is "substantial evidence" that President Donald Trump committed high crimes and misdemeanors, and he plans to ask former Special Counsel Robert Mueller to present those facts at a congressional hearing on Wednesday.
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.. and a 2nd article here ..
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Obstruction of Justice in the Mueller Report: A Heat Map
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The key question is how Robert Mueller and his team assessed the three elements “common to most of the relevant statutes” relating to obstruction of justice: an obstructive act, a nexus between the act and an official proceeding, and corrupt intent. As Mueller describes, the special counsel’s office “gathered evidence … relevant to the elements of those crimes and analyzed them within an elements framework—while refraining from reaching ultimate conclusions about whether crimes were committed,” because of the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)’s guidelines against the indictment of a sitting president.
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Justice Department Warns Mueller To Limit Congressional Testimony | The Last Word | MSNBC


MSNBC
Published on Jul 23, 2019

The Justice Department has set stringent parameters for Mueller's testimony before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees. Lawrence O’Donnell discusses with judiciary committee member Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL), Yamiche Alcindor, and Leonard Pitts, Jr.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5cr6M_ohBg

DOJ tells Mueller he cannot answer any questions about his deliberative process.

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SYND 1-2-74 RODINO ON IMPEACHMENT OF NIXON


AP Archive
Published on Jul 23, 2015

(31 Jan 1974) The Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Peter Rodino, talking about impeachment for President Richar Nixon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jh3cO_BHAA

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Donald Trump Cranks Up Racist Demagoguery In Latest Distraction Gambit | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC


MSNBC
Published on Jul 19, 2019

Rachel Maddow looks at reports that Donald Trump is pleased with the divisive fire he has set in American politics and notes that Trump commonly uses racist demagoguery and other outrageous stunts to distract Americans and the media from things that are causing him greater anxiety than mere controversy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2WeRj3oveg

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Crowd chants 'send her back' as Trump escalates attacks on Ilhan Omar and 'The Squad'
By Betsy Klein, CNN
Updated 9:46 AM ET, Thu July 18, 2019
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/17/politics/donald-trump-greenville-rally/index.html

TRUMP CALLS RALLY CROWD "INCREDIBLE PATRIOTS", A DAY AFTER TRYING TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM "SEND HER BACK!"
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The G.O.P. Is Now a Personality Cult
The party no longer stands for much of anything.
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