Trump declares executive privilege over Mueller report
Trump declares executive privilege over Mueller report
05/08/19 ~ By Morgan Chalfant and Jordan Fabian
The White House on Wednesday asserted executive privilege over special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, ramping up its clash with Congress over its investigations into President Trump.... The move came just before the House Judiciary Committee was scheduled to vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over Mueller’s unredacted report and underlying materials, which the panel had subpoenaed.
Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd wrote in a letter to the committee's chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), that the administration was following through on its threat to assert privilege if the panel refused to delay the contempt vote, saying lawmakers effectively “terminated” negotiations over access to Mueller’s report and underlying evidence.... “As we have repeatedly explained, the attorney general could not comply with your subpoena in its current form without violating the law, court rules and court orders, and without threatening the independence of the Department of Justice’s prosecutorial functions,” Boyd wrote. “Accordingly, this is to advise you that the president has asserted executive privilege over the entirety of the subpoenaed materials.”
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Brought on by Progressive Marxist Socialist/DSA Democrats who want Barr to violate the very law they passed about Grand Jury info. If Barr complies with the subpoena then he can be impeached for violating the law. Perfect timing, Mr. President. Now's the time to declassify and release all the Spygate documents and end this Democrat Dog and Pony show.
I heard multiple congress politicians demand all information be made public and that you are afraid to make it public in the hearing today. Time for president Trump to declassify the evidence making Democrats eat crow.
Hmm...., we just went through a two year investigation using over 40 FBI agents and 13 angry Democrat prosecutors, 1.4 million documents, 500 witnesses and 100% transparency and I don't see any charges. In fact, Mueller/Weissman knew by December 2017 that there was no conspiracy or coordination with Russia, so why did the investigation not end right then? Was it because Mueller sought to influence the midterm elections?
A.G. Barr offered Nadler, and a few selected Judiciary Committees to see the un-redacted report behind closed doors but they refused. WHY? I think you know the answer.
Due process requires the presumption of innocence and that the burden of proof be squarely on the prosecutor - or in this case - Congress. They must show cause for anything that the law prohibits them from seeing without cause i.e. grand jury testimony, national security information, and tax returns. Federal case law specifically declares that accusations of corrupt intent leading to obstruction of justice must be resolved in favor of the accused if it can be shown that an action was taken with dual purpose where one purpose is legal and permissible (i.e. fired him because he was a liar.) So the remedy is three cheers and a toast for maintaining a founding principle of our justice system.