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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts) Mon Oct 7, 2019, 07:05 PM Oct 2019

guess who blew off the House depositions??

Trump/Guilliani Ukraine "clients"......aka Russian mobsters

Two South Florida businessman who peddled supposedly explosive information from Ukraine about corruption involving Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton will not comply with a request for documents and depositions from three House committees overseeing an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman will not respond to a Monday deadline for documents and do not plan to appear for depositions scheduled for Thursday and Friday, their attorney John Dowd told the Miami Herald.

“No response planned,” Dowd, who helped defend Trump during part of the recently concluded Russia investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller, said in email.

Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article235876792.html#storylink=cpy

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guess who blew off the House depositions?? (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Oct 2019 OP

Well well.... John Dowd.... OnDoutside Oct 2019 #1

Yes, THAT John Dowd. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2019 #2

These people NEED to be FORCED to do what they are ordered to do dustyscamp Oct 2019 #3

At least levy the fines. I DON'T understand that. nt UniteFightBack Oct 2019 #8

Now Russian Mobsters have executive privilege??? N/T flotsam Oct 2019 #4

they have a high power lawyer, it seems. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2019 #6

And they won't face any consequences. Just another day that ends in 'y'. Garrett78 Oct 2019 #5

Every day the holes in our Constitution get bigger superpatriotman Oct 2019 #7

I'm shocked, shocked!!! Well not that shocked! Initech Oct 2019 #9

K&R UTUSN Oct 2019 #10

OnDoutside

(19,962 posts)

1. Well well.... John Dowd....

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 07:07 PM

Oct 2019

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

2. Yes, THAT John Dowd.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 07:11 PM

Oct 2019

From June 2017 to March 2018, Dowd was a legal advisor to President Donald Trump. On March 22, 2018, Dowd resigned as Trump's lead counsel in the special counsel investigation into Russian election interference and possible ties to Trump associates.

dustyscamp

(2,224 posts)

3. These people NEED to be FORCED to do what they are ordered to do

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Mon Oct 7, 2019, 07:24 PM

Oct 2019

I'm tired of these people refusing to cooperate. We need to stop with the "Oh, well that's that then" if some idiot refuses to do what they are ordered to do. We need to forcefully threaten them with prison time and make examples of them