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Manu Raju
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Pompeo signals that Trump administration is not going to comply with House Dem subpoena, starting with a deposition scheduled for tomorrow and for records this week. And Pompeo says there is no legal basis to Dem threat that failure to comply would be evidence of obstruction
Secretary Pompeo
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Im concerned with aspects of the Committees request that can be understood only as an attempt to intimidate, bully, & treat improperly the distinguished professionals of the Department of State, including several career FSOs.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)...thinking that sitting in the House Jail will be their chance to write their own "Mein Kampf"?
3catwoman3
(24,006 posts)..to me how these guys can just get away with not honoring subpoenas? Don't you have to?
Wouldn't my ass be in the slammer if I tried this?
Mrs. Overall
(6,839 posts)Perhaps congressional committee subpoenas do not carry as much legal weight as a court subpoena?
I don't understand how this works.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)We'll have to feed them on the taxpayers' nickel, but enough of this mob behavior. This is the United States...a once proud nation and we are done messing around.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)on the border - the GOP says they're just like summer camps, so they should be happy to be there.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)What is it, $775/day?
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)So, now we get to see just how far bold defiance, stonewalling and obstruction will go in this legal process? That would be the trumpian move we would expect.
It seems that this can only delay the process, not prevent it. I see a basis. I am concerned with Pompeo's interpretation of the process itself. That remark is unbecoming of a person holding that office and extremely disrespectful to the Committee. The wording is telling, as well. "...only understood as..."? That is a matter of interpretation and it is a personal one. Has he no decorum whatsoever?
That hole they are digging seems to be getting deep enough to bury themselves in.
If it sounds like spin...
RAB910
(3,501 posts)ffr
(22,670 posts)bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)Republicans have been defying House subpoenas for months and there are no repercussions.
a kennedy
(29,672 posts)kentuck
(111,101 posts)They should think twice before they obstruct again.