The Tiny Scandals and Trials

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B. Maher spoke about it. What happens when the REPS get back into power? They will start issuing subpoenas day and night, just so that somebody will miss one and then get thrown into jail, and from then on, it will be a never ending story.
Damn if you do, damn if you don't.

There you go. I was really enjoying the possibility of that man who looks as if he's never seen a bathtub get perp walked.

Sadly you're right.

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Here's some good news for this thread!

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What a jerk. 25 years and he gives up pension and benefits for someone he barely knows? Of course his union could work out a deal where he retires with benefits intact but still.

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Trump files suit to try to stop the release of documents related to the Capitol riot
October 18, 20215:40 PM ET
CAITLYN KIM

Former President Donald Trump is suing the Democratic-led House select committee that's investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and the National Archives, to try and stop documents related to the riot from being turned over to the panel.

"The Committee's request amounts to nothing less than a vexatious, illegal fishing expedition openly endorsed by [President] Biden and designed to unconstitutionally investigate President Trump and his administration. Our laws do not permit such an impulsive, egregious action against a former President and his close advisors," the lawsuit, which was filed Monday in district court in Washington, D.C., says.

Trump had urged former officials in his administration not to comply with subpoenas from the House panel, citing executive privilege. However, that power applies to the current sitting president only, not former ones.

Earlier this month, Biden authorized the National Archives to share a first group of documents requested by the committee, adding that other requests would be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Lawyers for Trump described the Biden administration's waiver of executive privilege as a "myopic, political maneuver."

The Jan. 6 committee and its chair, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., had no immediate comment on the lawsuit.

Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich criticized the House investigation as "hyper-partisan" and said Trump "filed a lawsuit in defense of the Constitution, the Office of the President, and the future of our nation, all of which the sham Unselect Committee is trying to destroy."

Two Republicans who have been critical of Trump's actions related to the Jan. 6 attack sit on the committee. That followed the House Republican leader pulling all of his selections to the panel after Democrats objected to two of them.

Turning to the courts has been a maneuver used by Trump throughout his presidency to keep potentially embarrassing documents, such as his tax returns, out of the public eye.

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/18/10471229 ... witter.com

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Trump files suit to try to stop the release of documents related to the Capitol riot

"The Committee's request amounts to nothing less than a vexatious, illegal fishing expedition openly endorsed by [President] Biden and designed to unconstitutionally investigate President Trump and his administration. Our laws do not permit such an impulsive, egregious action against a former President and his close advisors," the lawsuit, which was filed Monday in district court in Washington, D.C., says.

The inclusion of that particular clause is a bit curious, for multiple reasons, no? One, I have never seen it in a statement like this before (not that I read ALL such statements). Two, what portion of the U.S. Constitution protects a President's close advisors? Three, it's as if they are already setting the stage to throw the "close advisors" under the bus. Which would be thoroughly consistent with how that basket full of deplorables operated.

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Trump files suit to try to stop the release of documents related to the Capitol riot

"The Committee's request amounts to nothing less than a vexatious, illegal fishing expedition openly endorsed by [President] Biden and designed to unconstitutionally investigate President Trump and his administration. Our laws do not permit such an impulsive, egregious action against a former President and his close advisors," the lawsuit, which was filed Monday in district court in Washington, D.C., says.

The inclusion of that particular clause is a bit curious, for multiple reasons, no? One, I have never seen it in a statement like this before (not that I read ALL such statements). Two, what portion of the U.S. Constitution protects a President's close advisors? Three, it's as if they are already setting the stage to throw the "close advisors" under the bus. Which would be thoroughly consistent with how that basket full of deplorables operated.

This is today's ( so far) reporting.

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This news is, let's say interesting.

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Don't forget that Lev Parnas is on trial in NYC.

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Someone posted a picture of the mansion that's being raided today but of course I can't find it now.

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Why has the Mueller report not been issued in full, during this administration?
The DEMS are sometimes such little kids too. Release the damn thing, to no fanfare. Let the press pick it up.

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Why has the Mueller report not been issued in full, during this administration?
The DEMS are sometimes such little kids too. Release the damn thing, to no fanfare. Let the press pick it up.

My best guess is that there must be some stuff in the report that is not to their advantage if the full report was released.

I can't imagine working in a government press office these days. Back when I was a media officer for the federal government (early to mid 1990s), it was a completely different media environment them. You could release a report and have a reasonable shot at controlling the messaging and the press coverage. But in today's media world, where "news" outlets simply make things up and give air time to people who make things up and lie without batting an eye... You couldn't pay me enough to work in a media relations office these days.

And then there's this... Watch from 11:00 to the end.

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ANYWAY