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No ‘do-over’ on Mueller probe, White House lawyer tells House panel
Washington Post ^ | May 15, 2019 | Carol D. Leonnig and Josh Dawsey

Posted on 05/15/2019 11:01:36 AM PDT by Innovative

he White House’s top lawyer told the House Judiciary Committee chairman Wednesday that Congress has no right to a “do-over” of the special counsel’s investigation of President Trump and refused a broad demand for records and testimony from dozens of current and former White House staff.

White House Counsel Pat Cipollone’s letter to committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) constitutes a sweeping rejection — not just of Nadler’s request for White House records, but of Congress’s standing to investigate Trump for possible obstruction of justice. In his letter, Cipollone repeated a claim the White House and Trump’s business have begun making: that Congress is not a law enforcement body and does not have a legitimate purpose to investigate the questions it is pursuing.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: democrats; jamescomey; jerroldnadler; lisapage; mueller; nads; newyork; patcipollone; peterstrzok; robertmueller; trump; witchhunt
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Good. Enough is enough.
1 posted on 05/15/2019 11:01:36 AM PDT by Innovative
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Rekt


2 posted on 05/15/2019 11:06:58 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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GWB would have allowed a ‘Mulligan’ to occur, unless VP Cheney grabbed his collar and talked him out of it.


3 posted on 05/15/2019 11:07:38 AM PDT by lee martell
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Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa


4 posted on 05/15/2019 11:07:39 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: lee martell

Hey lee, there’s a new sheriff now.
Get over Bush. Dang read some current events news.


5 posted on 05/15/2019 11:11:50 AM PDT by redshawk (0pansy is a Liar and Hates.........he just hates!)
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To: Innovative

See also:

White House rejects Congress’ demands, says investigations amount to ‘unauthorized do-over’ of Mueller probe

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/white-house-rejects-congress-demands-says-investigations-amount-unauthorized-do-n1006016


6 posted on 05/15/2019 11:14:02 AM PDT by Innovative
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GWB would have said yes, Congressman Nadler, may I have another witch hunt?


7 posted on 05/15/2019 11:18:26 AM PDT by conservative98
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Congress is not a law enforcement body and does not have a legitimate purpose to investigate the questions it is pursuing.
Thanks Innovative. And if the law isn't good enough for the Demagogic Party, they'll find out that it's not good enough for the rest of the country, either.

8 posted on 05/15/2019 11:19:10 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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You’ve had your two+ years of “fun” at the expense of the nation. Now get on with something that benefits the whole of the country instead of your own political agenda.


9 posted on 05/15/2019 11:21:32 AM PDT by Sa-teef
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Someone get “No Nads Nadler” a couple of cheeseburger, fries, malt and big bag of suckers.


10 posted on 05/15/2019 11:29:23 AM PDT by abbastanza
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Take that, fat bastard.


11 posted on 05/15/2019 11:31:35 AM PDT by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: abbastanza

Hahahahaha....and don’t forget the crying towel.


12 posted on 05/15/2019 11:32:37 AM PDT by Sa-teef
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To: Innovative

Better late than never.


13 posted on 05/15/2019 11:36:50 AM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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Heh.

The Dems are told, "No" - and they don't know what to do...

14 posted on 05/15/2019 11:39:00 AM PDT by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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“GWB would have said yes, Congressman Nadler, may I have another witch hunt”?

Bush is such a phony wimp who kissed their ass every time they kicked his ass.


15 posted on 05/15/2019 11:39:02 AM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Innovative

Bottom line:

Thank God for our President Trump.


16 posted on 05/15/2019 11:47:21 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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And for the new-to-me name of Pat Cipollone.!!


17 posted on 05/15/2019 11:48:57 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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"Cipollone graduated from Covington Catholic High School in 1984"
18 posted on 05/15/2019 12:02:06 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Innovative



19 posted on 05/15/2019 12:05:19 PM PDT by onyx
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These Demwits know there is nothing there. They know they are screwed. Their only hope is to drag this garbage out till the 2020 election and get a Dem elected.
Or someone assassinates POTUS. Either way is fine with them.

I don't think they have a prayer.

20 posted on 05/15/2019 12:08:23 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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