CNN reports First on CNN: Federal judge orders former top lawyers in Trump’s White House to testify in criminal grand jury probe: A federal judge has ordered former top Trump White House lawyers to provide additional grand jury testimony, rejecting former President Donald Trump’s privilege claims in the Justice Department’s criminal investigation of his effort … Read more
The Department of Justice wants to pierce former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and deputy White House Counsel Patrick Philbin’s claims to attorney-client privilege (and-or executive privilege) regarding their discussions with Trump for which they “had no valid claims of privilege that would permit [them] to refuse to answer questions relating to matters the committee … Read more
Last week, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol issued a subpoena to former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone. Cipollone is required to appear for deposition on Wednesday, July 6. The only question is whether he will be a patriot and appear for deposition and answer questions fuly and … Read more
The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack has issued a subpoena to compel testimony from Pat Cipollone, former President Donald Trump’s White House counsel. January 6 committee subpoenas Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone for testimony: Cipollone, who many former administration officials credit with helping to prevent Trump from taking … Read more
Josh Marshall succinctly frames the Trump lawyers’ argument: I want to point out the common argument the President’s personal lawyers (yesterday) and the White House Counsel’s office (in today’s letter) are now making. They argue that the Congress has no legitimate oversight role with respect to the executive branch at all, a stunning argument that … Read more