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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSchiff Nails Republicans For Allowing Trump Jr. To Invoke Bogus Attorney/Client Privilege
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/12/07/rep-adam-schiff-nails-republicans-allowing-trump-jr-invoke-bogus-attorney-client-privilege.html
By Jason Easley on Thu, Dec 7th, 2017 at 8:48 am
On CNNs New Day, House Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said that Republicans are allowing figures in the Russia investigation like Donald Trump Jr. to avoid answering questions by invoking flimsy privilege claims.
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Schiff said, Unfortunately, I think the committee has set a precedent that if witnesses make any flimsy claim of privlige then the House or the Senate will back away. For example, we have seen the Attorney General, not just in the House, but in the Senate too, make an assertion that they were not going to answer questions about conversations, not because they were invoking privlidge, in those case, but because they thought the President ultimately might invoke privilege, sort of a privilege to potentially invoke privilege. Theres no such thing, but as long as the House and Senate fail to act and insist then we create this new opportunity to evade oversight.
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The message behind Rep. Schiffs comments was that there are ways for the Republican-controlled committees to hold hearings, but not do a comprehensive investigation. By accepting, Trump Jr.s laughable attorney/client privilege claim, Republicans are putting limits on the investigation in order to protect Trump and his family.
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By Jason Easley on Thu, Dec 7th, 2017 at 8:48 am
On CNNs New Day, House Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said that Republicans are allowing figures in the Russia investigation like Donald Trump Jr. to avoid answering questions by invoking flimsy privilege claims.
Video:
Schiff said, Unfortunately, I think the committee has set a precedent that if witnesses make any flimsy claim of privlige then the House or the Senate will back away. For example, we have seen the Attorney General, not just in the House, but in the Senate too, make an assertion that they were not going to answer questions about conversations, not because they were invoking privlidge, in those case, but because they thought the President ultimately might invoke privilege, sort of a privilege to potentially invoke privilege. Theres no such thing, but as long as the House and Senate fail to act and insist then we create this new opportunity to evade oversight.
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The message behind Rep. Schiffs comments was that there are ways for the Republican-controlled committees to hold hearings, but not do a comprehensive investigation. By accepting, Trump Jr.s laughable attorney/client privilege claim, Republicans are putting limits on the investigation in order to protect Trump and his family.
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Schiff Nails Republicans For Allowing Trump Jr. To Invoke Bogus Attorney/Client Privilege (Original Post)
L. Coyote
Dec 2017
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Adam Schiff and the other Democrats on committees have been knee-capped by the fucking ReThugs!
PearliePoo2
Dec 2017
#3
AmericanActivist
(1,019 posts)1. Rep Adam Schiff is right
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)2. The congressional hearings are a joke. Expect a bifurcated result.
It's a charade designed to allow Republicans to tell their constituents that, after their investigations, there is no fire where the smoke is pouring out. It diminishes the Democrats' ultimate conclusions of unmistakable culpability.
The ONLY neutral arbiter of this mess is Robert Mueller. And thankfully, he has full subpoena power, the authority to hold these prevaricators' feet to the fire, to hold them in contempt, and to throw their asses in jail for failure to testify.
I just hope that Bob Mueller doesn't go down in a giant nuclear firestorm with the rest of us, courtesy of Donald Trump.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)3. Adam Schiff and the other Democrats on committees have been knee-capped by the fucking ReThugs!
McConnell, Ryan, Nunes, Gowdy, Chaffetz etc., they all make me sick.
(btw: Schiff/???? in 2020!)