***
“It’s astounding that someone who so recently held a position of public trust to uphold the Constitution would now hide behind vague claims of privilege by a former president, refuse to answer questions about an attack on our democracy, and continue an assault on the rule of law,’ Thompson wrote in his statement, rejecting Clark’s claim of privilege.”
“Thompson did not specify what those measures would be, but the committee last month moved to hold Stephen K. Bannon in criminal contempt for failing to cooperate with its subpoena — and has indicated that they are willing to hold others who stonewall the committee in criminal contempt. The House later voted to find Bannon in contempt, referring the decision to the Justice Department, which has yet to announce whether it will prosecute the former White House chief strategist.”
MORE AT:
Washington Post
Jacqueline Alemany October 5, 2021 7:21 p.m. EDT
"In my view, you don't ignore the crimes that have been committed by a president of the United States. They need to be investigated. You may reach the judgment once you've investigated something that the public interest in not prosecuting a former president outweighs the interests of justice. But I don't think you could ignore the crimes," Schiff added. He called the 2018 report "a factual basis to charge the president with multiple crimes of obstruction."'
Schiff also turned to Garland's response to the failed, Trump-led nationwide efforts to overturn election results and touched on the challenges facing the January 6 committee.
"For example, a taped conversation of Donald J. Trump on the phone with Brad Raffensperger, the secretary of state from Georgia, trying to coerce him into fraudulently finding 11,780 votes. Because I think if you or I did that, we'd be under indictment by now," Schiff said.
Business Insider
Adam Schiff says he 'vehemently disagrees' with AG Merrick Garland's reluctance to investigate Trump
"Let’s get the justice ball rolling.
Have the courts learned their lesson or will they continue to let nefarious litigants to weaponize the inherent delay in the courts…Don’t let Donald Trump play games. The courts shouldn’t let themselves be used to the nefarious litigants end…to run out the clock.
Donald Trump filed a lawsuit trying to prevent information about his possible role in the insurrection from being provided to the House select committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol.?
In today's court hearing, Judge Tanya Chutkan dismantled each and every argument Trump's lawyer, Justin Clark, made in his desperate attempt to stop the House select committee from getting what is very likely damaging information about Trump's role in the insurrection."
Glenn Kirschner
The Washington Post printed a 3-part series taking an extraordinary deep dive into the before, during and after of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. This again raises the question many have been asking throughout the 10 months since the attack on our democracy: is Attorney General Merrick Garland's Department of Justice criminally investigating Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election. This video discusses the goals and principles of prosecution, focusing on general deterrence - deterring others from committing the same or similar crimes
This video reviews today's court hearing and discusses what is likely to come next after Judge Chutkan issues her ruling in the coming days.
Nov. 4, 2021
No comments:
Post a Comment
You can add your voice to this blog by posting a comment.