On July 26, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler filed a petition in federal court to obtain secret grand jury material underlying former special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, arguing the panel needs the information as it weighs whether to pursue impeachment of President Donald Trump. You can read the petition here. The Judiciary committee’s filing says the panel … Read more
The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday broadened its investigation into President Donald Trump and his possible obstruction of justice, authorizing subpoenas for a “Dirty Dozen” of witnesses. House panel authorizes subpoenas for Jared Kushner, Trump officials: The committee also authorized subpoenas to current and former Trump administration officials related to the “zero-tolerance” immigration policy that … Read more
Prior to her testimony on Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee, the White House asserted that former aide Hope Hicks has “absolute immunity” from being compelled by Congress to testify about her time working in the Trump administration. White House says Hope Hicks ‘immune’ from compelled congressional testimony: White House counsel Pat Cipollone sent a … Read more
The mainstream news media is addicted to Twitter because it is an easy source for lazy stenographic reporting. Published “news” articles and television broadcasts almost daily begin with stories such as this: Trump retweets some 60 anti-Biden tweets, elevating some questionable accounts. Many of these “news” stories have captions like “Trump says…” and then stenographically … Read more
House Democrats last Thursday made plans to dig deeper into President Donald Trump’s business and defunct charity, Planning to use Michael Cohen’s testimony as a road map for new investigations into Trump: The House Intelligence Committee said it anticipates bringing in for questioning the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg. It also plans to … Read more