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Why would they? It’s a show trial. Political persecution. It’s not the president who is being impeached, but the American voter. It is America that is being impeached.
The devious Democrats claim Republicans have the right to question witnesses, but the GOP members of the committee could only issue subpoenas if Schiff agrees. Like that is going to happen. But wait, it gets worse. The Judiciary Committee — run by the execrable New York Rep. Jerry Nadler — would then determine if the entire House should vote on impeachment.
White House Officials Not Expected to Show for Testimony in Impeachment Inquiry
Among the witnesses whose testimony was sought Monday are a top White House lawyer and an adviser to chief
Story continues below advertisementBy Andrew Duehren, The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 4, 2019:
WASHINGTON—The four administration officials whose testimony impeachment investigators had scheduled for Monday aren’t expected to appear for their depositions, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The officials are acting at the direction of the White House, the person said. The move, which follows testimony last week by two officials who were serving on the National Security Council when they were deposed, escalates the battle between House Democrats and the White House over the impeachment inquiry, which President Trump has repeatedly attacked.
It is unclear how the House will respond to the White House’s move. A federal judge has already been asked to rule on whether former deputy national security adviser Charles Kupperman must testify in the impeachment inquiry, after the White House instructed him not to testify.
The White House didn’t respond to a request for comment.
The officials who House committees had scheduled to testify in private session on Monday were Robert Blair, a senior adviser to acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney ; John Eisenberg, deputy counsel to the president for national security affairs; Michael Ellis, Mr. Eisenberg’s deputy; and Brian McCormack, an associate director at the White House budget office.
A lawyer for Mr. Blair didn’t respond to a request for comment. The Financial Times reported that the lawyer said the White House had directed his client not to testify because committee rules wouldn’t allow a White House lawyer to accompany him.
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Investigators are also seeking to depose Russell Vought, the acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, though Mr. Vought has said he wouldn’t cooperate with the investigation. His testimony was scheduled for Wednesday.
While the White House has vowed not to cooperate with the inquiry, led by House Democrats, several current administration officials testified last week after receiving subpoenas, including two in the White House.
Investigators want to hear from Mr. Blair about whether he was aware of any link between Mr. Trump’s decision in July to hold up nearly $400 million in aid to Ukraine and the push by the president and his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, for Ukrainian investigations into Democrat Joe Biden and into alleged election interference. Investigators have now heard testimony from at least two witnesses who said they understood aid to be conditioned on Ukraine opening those investigations.
Mr. Blair listened in on the July phone call in the place of his boss, Mr. Mulvaney, The Wall Street Journal has reported. Mr. Blair raised no alarms about the call afterward.
Mr. Blair was also the one to convey to the budget office in July that Mr. Trump had directed Mr. Mulvaney to hold the funds to Ukraine, which had been appropriated by Congress, according to people familiar with the matter. The aid was released in September after Congress raised concerns.
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15 Comments
4 years ago
The White House needs to play by the same rules as the U.S. Congress wants with regards to GOP questions directed to whistleblower lawyers ……. submit questions in writing and we ‘may’ or ‘may not’ answer accordingly !!!
4 years ago
Reply to
AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
We can’t give in to that. There is nothing in the whistle blower statue that requires or keeps them anonymous. Whistle blowers are protected from threats and intimidation. We can’t give ground on this and further erode our justice system. We need to have this guy testify in the OPEN and on camera. We need to see his uncomfortable reactions and behavior. You won’t capture that in back and forth written interrogatories by a lawyer answered by another lawyer.
I enjoy your postings!!!!!
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Obviously, their identity isn’t kept secret. Nor, are they protected. It was former president obimbo that fired the whistle blower that made public his “Fast and Furious” operation, that was responsible for HUNDREDS of murders in Mexico and the murder of a U.S. border guard.
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Question; During the reign of the ILLEGALLY APPOINTED 0bama, Mr. Snowden was HARASSED and openly ATTACKED for being a WHISTLEBLOWER by the democRATic communist/muslem party. It(the government) got so bad Mr. Snowden was forced to flee America.
WHERE was/is the balance and protections that ‘a.shifty schift’ is screaming for HIS “whistleblower”? 0bama’s FiB plastered Mr. Snowden’s name ALL over America, if not the world!
4 years ago
DEMS have turned impeachment to nothing more than a ridiculous shiiiiitshow that mocks our system of justice.
They are looking for a crime because there is no crime. They did the same thing with the Russia farce.
President Trump trying to DEFEND himself will now be considered OBSTRUCTION by DEMS.
“Further Build”…
Posted on November 3, 2019 by sundance
Adam Schiff had a little Freudian slip on Twitter today as he outlined how his impeachment team views President Trump defending himself against baseless accusations.
“Efforts to intimidate or threaten witnesses will further build the case for obstruction,
itself an impeachable offense.”
No-one is “threatening” or “intimidating” a witness, President Trump is asking questions about the credibility of the no-longer-anonymous whistle-blower. However, no whistle-blower has the right to be anonymous. Even the statute that protects whistleblowers only applies to retaliation. It is ridiculous to think whistleblowers can remain anonymous.
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https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/11/03/further-build/#more-175229
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
EVERYTHING THE DEM-WIT PARTY IS DOING IS OUT OF SAUL ALINSKY’S “RULES FOR RADICALS”! THE PROBLEM IS THE GOP UPPER CLASS HAS TOO MANY RINOS WHO REFUSE TO PLAY THE GAME ON PURPOSE! THIS IS THE PROBLEM! WE’RE IN COLD CIVIL WAR, FOLKS! LET’S JUST ACKNOWLEDGE IT!
4 years ago
Seeing the Jew, Jerry Nadler, portrayed as the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man on a Zionist website like the Geller Report is freakin’ hilarious! I love it!
4 years ago
Reply to
Millionmileman
That’s what I thought at first too, until I saw the words “Stay Puft” on his hat.
4 years ago
AS ACHMED MOHANDJOB SHOWS THE DEM-WIT PARTY EXPOSED AND RUINED WHISTLEBLOWERS THEY DIDN’T LIKE! IF THINGS COULD BE PERFECT, THE GOP MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD START MEETING WITH THE REPUBLICAN LOYALISTS IN THE US SENATE & DECLARE THEIR ABILITY TO COOPERATE WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL DEM-WITS IMPOSSIBLE! THEN IT SHOULD JUST BE ON!
TRUTHFULLY, I THINK PRES. TRUMP HAS GROUNDS TO CALL ON THE US MILITARY AS HIS ADMINISTRATION IS UNDER SEIGE AND START FEDERALIZING THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS OF MAJOR DEM-WIT HELD U.S. CITIES UNDER US MARSHALLS! THE JEWS OF NYC MIGHT ACTUALLY SEE A CHANGE IN DEM-WIT SUPPORTERS ASSAULTING THEM THERE THEN!
FACT IS WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PARTY OF TREASON TRYING TO TAKE OVER THE US GOVERNMENT AND IT JUST SHOULDN’T HAPPEN! WHAT WOULD REALLY FREAK THE DEM-WIT PARTY OUT IS THE PRESIDENT SHOULD CALL ON THE NRA, NAGR AND GOA TO PUT FORTH GUN OWNER-VOLUNTEERS TO BE PART OF A PATRIOTIC FRONT ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD GUARANTEE HIS ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THE 2020 ELECTION WHERE EVERY DEM WIN IS CONTESTED AND INVESTIGATED FOR FRAUD! WHAT WOULD THE PARTY OF TREASON DO? REAL POWER GROWS OUT OF THE BARREL OF A GUN NOT DEM-WIT TWEETS!
4 years ago
Reply to
Cauc-Asian Patriot
I agree with you, Patriot. If, in a worst case scenario, the demonRATS actually are able to remove Donald Trump from office, it would mean elections have no meaning. That would be the end of America as a free republic. This would be a dangerous and catastrophic situation. I think President Trump knows he has American patriots willing to stand by him. The GOP are a pack of useless wimps in league with the demonRATS, save for very few of them.
4 years ago
Reply to
Tearlag
WE HAVE THE MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS AS FAR AS THE MAINSTREAM FOLKS BUT RINOS ARE A WEALTHY, ELITE GROUP WHO HAVE TOO MUCH INFLUENCE BEYOND THEIR NUMBERS! THAT IS THE PROBLEM!
4 years ago
Reply to
Tearlag
WE HAVE THE MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS AS FAR AS THE MAINSTREAM FOLKS BUT RINOS ARE A WEALTHY, ELITE GROUP WHO HAVE TOO MUCH INFLUENCE BEYOND THEIR NUMBERS! THAT IS THE PROBLEM!
4 years ago
Reply to
Cauc-Asian Patriot
I agree with you, Patriot. If, in a worst case scenario, the demonRATS actually are able to remove Donald Trump from office, it would mean elections have no meaning. That would be the end of America as a free republic. This would be a dangerous and catastrophic situation. I think President Trump knows he has American patriots willing to stand by him. The GOP are a pack of useless wimps in league with the demonRATS, save for very few of them.
