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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 04:51 PM Apr 2019

Roy Cohn will NOT be questioned! Barr may withdraw from House Judiciary Committee testimony...



Democrats and the Justice Department are in a standoff over the terms of Attorney General William P. Barr’s planned testimony before the House Judiciary Committee this week, raising the prospect that the hearing might not go forward at all.

A senior Democratic committee aide said that if Barr insists on not testifying over objections to the format, he may risk a subpoena.

Barr is expected to testify before the Senate and House Judiciary committees on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively, about special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. But according to senior aides for the panel’s chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Justice Department officials have objected to Democrats’ plans to permit extended questioning, including by the committee’s lawyers, and they threatened that Barr may withdraw.

A Justice Department official said discussions are ongoing. “Our position is the attorney general agreed to appear before Congress,” the official said. “Therefore, members are the ones who do the questioning.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/attorney-general-may-withdraw-from-mueller-report-hearing-over-terms-of-his-testimony-house-democrats-say/2019/04/28/202286d0-69b2-11e9-a66d-a82d3f3d96d5_story.html
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Roy Cohn will NOT be questioned! Barr may withdraw from House Judiciary Committee testimony... (Original Post) Miles Archer Apr 2019 OP
Barr's going to tell em to screw off anyway, he needs to be impeached. What is the breaking point? uponit7771 Apr 2019 #1
I don't get it either loves_da_dems Apr 2019 #2
You know that, even if they're impeached, all of these people will stay right where they are, right? StarfishSaver Apr 2019 #4
The senate is definitely a problem loves_da_dems Apr 2019 #9
Making a statement is nice StarfishSaver Apr 2019 #10
Can you detail for us the path to get us a President Pelosi before 2020? Stinky The Clown Apr 2019 #5
The system was already broken when it comes to dealing with this criminal enterprise that calls triron Apr 2019 #6
Impeach him wryter2000 Apr 2019 #3
I second your motion! abqtommy Apr 2019 #8
And then what? nt StarfishSaver Apr 2019 #11
Subpoena the SOB. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2019 #7
"he may risk a subpoena" ... GOD FUCKING DAMN IT!!! DontBooVote Apr 2019 #12
 

loves_da_dems

(67 posts)
2. I don't get it either
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 05:06 PM
Apr 2019

Line em up and start impeaching the whole criminal gang. And that includes Kavanaugh, and Thomas. If we get rid of Pence, Pelosi would be President. How much more do we have to take?

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
4. You know that, even if they're impeached, all of these people will stay right where they are, right?
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 05:09 PM
Apr 2019

Impeachment doesn't equal removal. And these people are so craven, they won't see impeachment as an embarrassment or humiliation or shame.

So what's your end game?

 

loves_da_dems

(67 posts)
9. The senate is definitely a problem
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 05:29 PM
Apr 2019

But what they do is wrong, I think the only moral choice is to say enough is enough. At the beginning of the Watergate hearing the public was opposed to impeachment. But the hearings turned that around. Nothing is a given but it's the best chance we have. We have to make a statement.

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
10. Making a statement is nice
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 05:34 PM
Apr 2019

But it won't mean anything at this point.

The American public already knows or has access to the information and evidence an impeachment at this stage would be based on and they don't care. We need to build a stronger case and the only way to do that is through the committees' investigative process.

I'm not interested in "statements" at this point. We need to to focus on doing things that will actually make a difference, not just that will make a portion of the Democratic base feel good.

triron

(22,006 posts)
6. The system was already broken when it comes to dealing with this criminal enterprise that calls
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 05:13 PM
Apr 2019

itself an 'administration'. Trump and company have demolished any semblence of our republic.

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