Newly minted House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff hinted over the weekend that he could subpoena notes or testimony from the interpreter in several meetings between President Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin, a move that would dramatically escalate majority Democrats' investigations into the Trump administration.
The chamber's newly empowered Democratic committee chairmen already are probing a range of Trump controversies, including calling a hearing with ex-fixer Michael Cohen who has detailed Trump's alleged role in making hush-money payments to mistresses.
But a move to obtain interpreter details from Putin meetings would trigger a major confrontation between the executive and legislative branches concerning discussions with foreign leaders. Schiff, D-Calif., weighed in after The Washington Post reported that Trump took possession of the notes from his own interpreter and instructed the individual not to discuss what had taken place in the meeting with other administration officials.
The report said Trump took the notes after a meeting with Putin in Hamburg in 2017 where his former secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, was present. The report also said there are no detailed records of Trumpās private meetings with Putin over the past two years, and administration officials have not gotten a full readout from their summit in Helsinki, Finland last summer. The report fueled suspicions from Democrats who have long alleged Trump is too close to Russia, and are closely watching the special counsel probe into possible collusion -- which Trump regularly pans as an unfounded "witch hunt."
āLast year, we sought to obtain the interpreterās notes or testimony, from the private meeting between Trump and Putin. The Republicans on our committee voted us down. Will they join us now? Shouldnāt we find out whether our president is really putting āAmerica first?āā Schiff tweeted on Sunday.
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Did pencil neck ever hear of Executive Privelage?...The surrender monkey did it for Eric Holder with Fast & Furious!
Great idea, letās make sure that no foreign leader ever feels comfortable having a private discussion with an American president again.
Itās way past time for Trump to turn the tables on these Democrat ass-hats. It would be interesting to get some insight into how Nancy Pelosi and Maxine Waters got so wealthy for starters.
The chamber's newly empowered Democratic committee chairmen already are probing a range of Trump controversies, including calling a hearing with ex-fixer Michael Cohen who has detailed Trump's alleged role in making hush-money payments to mistresses.
But a move to obtain interpreter details from Putin meetings would trigger a major confrontation between the executive and legislative branches concerning discussions with foreign leaders. Schiff, D-Calif., weighed in after The Washington Post reported that Trump took possession of the notes from his own interpreter and instructed the individual not to discuss what had taken place in the meeting with other administration officials.
The report said Trump took the notes after a meeting with Putin in Hamburg in 2017 where his former secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, was present. The report also said there are no detailed records of Trumpās private meetings with Putin over the past two years, and administration officials have not gotten a full readout from their summit in Helsinki, Finland last summer. The report fueled suspicions from Democrats who have long alleged Trump is too close to Russia, and are closely watching the special counsel probe into possible collusion -- which Trump regularly pans as an unfounded "witch hunt."
āLast year, we sought to obtain the interpreterās notes or testimony, from the private meeting between Trump and Putin. The Republicans on our committee voted us down. Will they join us now? Shouldnāt we find out whether our president is really putting āAmerica first?āā Schiff tweeted on Sunday.
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Did pencil neck ever hear of Executive Privelage?...The surrender monkey did it for Eric Holder with Fast & Furious!
Great idea, letās make sure that no foreign leader ever feels comfortable having a private discussion with an American president again.
Itās way past time for Trump to turn the tables on these Democrat ass-hats. It would be interesting to get some insight into how Nancy Pelosi and Maxine Waters got so wealthy for starters.