Office of Legal Counsel

Biden’s Office of Legal Counsel Reverses Trump’s Office of Legal Counsel: Treasury Officials ‘Shall’ Turn Over Trump Taxes To Congress

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I explained back in 2019 that the lawless Trump administration was obstructing Congress in clear violation of federal law. Secretary Mnuchin Defies Law to Deny House Request for Trump’s Tax Return 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 … Read more

Judge rules former White House counsel Don McGahn must appear to testify

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U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson ruled on Monday that former White House counsel Don McGahn must comply with a subpoena and testify to Congress, delivering a significant win to House Democrats amid their impeachment inquiry into President Trump. The Hill reports, Judge rules former WH counsel McGahn must testify under subpoena: The ruling (.pdf) … Read more

The whistleblower scandal: the anatomy of a coverup of an impeachable crime

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After witnessing Rep. Devin Midnight Run Nunes, ranking Republican member of the House Intelligence Committee and unindicted co-cponspirator in Trump’s obstruction of Congress and obstruction of justice, make an unhinged opening statement this morning loaded with right-wing conspiracy theories (the “Russian hoax,” the debunked Biden conspiracy theory, the “fake news” media allies of Democrats), I … Read more

Burgeoning whistleblower scandal over ‘urgent’ national security threat in White House

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Last Friday, Politico reported House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff alleged that the nation’s top intelligence official is illegally withholding a whistleblower complaint, possibly to protect President Donald Trump or senior White House officials. Schiff accuses top intel official of illegally withholding ‘urgent’ whistleblower complaint: Schiff issued a subpoena for the complaint, accusing acting Director of … Read more