In Watergate, Congress got everything from Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski, including a “road map” of grand jury evidence and the underlying grand jury evidence. In Whitewater, Congress got everything from Special Prosecutor Ken Starr, who went to court to have the judge approve the release of grand jury testimony under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e), … Read more
House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued a subpoena to former White House Counsel Don McGahn for documents he provided to the Special Counsel — his response is due today — and for his testimony related to the committee’s obstruction of justice investigation, setting a May 21 hearing date. CNN reports that the White House … Read more
Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary, Bond villain Steve Mnuchin, on Monday told House Democrats he would not furnish President Trump’s tax returns despite their legal request, pursuant to the Trump administration’s policy of “total obstruction” of Congress. I would point out that Mnuchin is not even the proper respondent, that is IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig. Mnuchin rejects Democrats’ … Read more
To paraphrase the great Betty Davis in All About Eve, “Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy week.” There are several congressional committee deadlines coming due this week in the Trump administration’s policy of “total obstruction” of Congress: Stunned by the administration’s refusal to allow officials to testify or respond to document requests, … 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