Posted on 09/16/2019 5:26:57 PM PDT by ransomnote
WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday blocked two more former aides to President Trump from testifying in House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, but cleared a third witness, Corey Lewandowski, to appear publicly on Tuesday and answer questions about potential obstruction of justice by the president.
The White House decisions amounted to mixed news for the House Judiciary Committee as it tries to crank up the intensity of an investigation devised to determine whether to recommend Mr. Trump’s impeachment for obstruction of justice and abuse of power — and to convince the public that such action is warranted.
In Mr. Lewandowski, who managed Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign and remained a confidant — albeit from a distance — once he became president, the judiciary panel will be getting a figure who could help bring to life evidence uncovered by Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel who investigated Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. Though the panel has publicly quizzed legal experts and Mr. Mueller on his findings, Mr. Lewandowski will be the first fact witness referenced in Mr. Mueller’s report whom the White House has not blocked from publicly testifying.
He played an important role in an attempt by the president in summer 2017 to effectively end scrutiny of Mr. Trump’s campaign, one of several episodes that Democrats have said were clear cases of obstruction. Mr. Lewandowski is also pugnacious, fiercely loyal to Mr. Trump and contemplating a Senate run in New Hampshire — and he is likely to arrive on Capitol Hill intent on undercutting Democrats’ case.
The White House ordered two other former aides to Mr. Trump, Rob Porter and Rick A. Dearborn, not to appear before the Judiciary Committee, a move that will only compound a fight playing out in the courts over whether Mr. Trump ....
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They used it in the time frame because he was not President at the time.
These impeachment threats are created out of whole cloth, sort of like rock soup.
Good PR opportunity as lead up to his senate run.
Good point. I have seen it used in the present by another publication. Possibly WAPO.
https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2011/10/12/141293477/why-do-you-call-him-mr-obama
Read away.........
Patton used the same method to advance when he was told not to.
The rule is they refer to ant President Trump by his formal title and after that they refer to him as Mr.
Does the NY Times, realized Mr. Trump is known as
PRESIDENT TRUMP ???
THAT SO CALLED NEWS PRINT IS TOTALLY WORTHLESS...
It has always been the policy of the New York Times to refer to the President as Mr., in every administration. I have noted it all my life, and thought it was stupid and disrespectful, as well as incorrect, all my life.
I remember NPR in 1991 calling Bush Senior “Mr. Bush” over and over, then switching to a deferential “the president” two years later when Clinton got elected.
The hearing is happening now. It’s pretty funny. Lewandowski is refusing to answer any questions
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Aw I missed it! I would have enjoyed the laugh. Did it end in bitter tears? :)
Its not done yet but he is doing beauuuuutifully!
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