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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts) Tue Oct 8, 2019, 06:58 PM Oct 2019

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Senior administration official says WH will cooperate w/ impeachment inquiry IF...

Josh Dawsey
@jdawsey1

Senior administration official, in call orchestrated by White House, declined to specify what would need to change for White House to cooperate with impeachment inquiry. A "full halt," official says on the call, of interviews or document requests.

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Senior administration official says WH will cooperate w/ impeachment inquiry IF... (Original Post) Miles Archer Oct 2019 OP

thats not how it works oldtime dfl_er Oct 2019 #1

trump will NEVER cooperate, elleng Oct 2019 #2

so we'll cooperate... qazplm135 Oct 2019 #3

He'll only answer questions when they stop asking? Did I read that correctly? NightWatcher Oct 2019 #4

"We'll only cooperate if you agree to not ask us to..." regnaD kciN Oct 2019 #5

They will cooperate if it stops. TidalWave46 Oct 2019 #6

"We promise to comply fully if you don't ask us for anything!" struggle4progress Oct 2019 #7

How dumb are these yahoos to even consider saying something like that aloud???? dixiegrrrrl Oct 2019 #10

... sprinkleeninow Oct 2019 #8

This is not a negotiation Generic Brad Oct 2019 #9

oldtime dfl_er

(6,931 posts)

1. thats not how it works

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 06:59 PM

Oct 2019

You don't get to negotiate the terms of an impeachment inquiry. THAT'S NOT HOW ANY OF THIS WORKS.

elleng

(130,913 posts)

2. trump will NEVER cooperate,

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 07:00 PM

Oct 2019

it's totally up to US (and our electeds.)

qazplm135

(7,447 posts)

3. so we'll cooperate...

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 07:02 PM

Oct 2019

if you stop asking us for stuff?

lol

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

4. He'll only answer questions when they stop asking? Did I read that correctly?

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 07:03 PM

Oct 2019

I've had more than my share of concussions and I'm not the sharpest spoon in the attic, but does that make sense to anyone else?

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)

5. "We'll only cooperate if you agree to not ask us to..."

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 07:14 PM

Oct 2019

TidalWave46

(2,061 posts)

6. They will cooperate if it stops.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 07:24 PM

Oct 2019

That is the most impressive ways of saying “we won’t” that I’ve ever seen.

struggle4progress

(118,285 posts)

7. "We promise to comply fully if you don't ask us for anything!"

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 07:25 PM

Oct 2019

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

10. How dumb are these yahoos to even consider saying something like that aloud????

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #7)

Wed Oct 9, 2019, 04:19 PM

Oct 2019

I remember a time when people would be embarrassed to even think up something that stupid.

Ok...there IS trump, but other people....no.

sprinkleeninow

(20,249 posts)

8. ...

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 07:26 PM

Oct 2019

Generic Brad

(14,275 posts)

9. This is not a negotiation

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 07:45 PM

Oct 2019

There is no way this ends well for Trump and Co.

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