Golly..was Nixon killed?!?
Posted on 03/23/2015 1:55:31 PM PDT by doug from upland
President Nixon set the stage yesterday for a major constitutional confrontation by refusing to turn over presidential tape recordings to either Senate Watergate committee or to Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox.
Cox immediately served a subpoena for the tapes on presidential counsel J. Fred Buzhart, who must respond in federal court by Thursday. The Senate Committee followed suit, serving two subpoenas on another presidential lawyer, Leonard Garment.
The committee chairman, Sen. Sam Ervin (D-N.C.), reacted to the President's decision with an emotional statement, saying:
"I deeply regret that this situation has arisen, because I think that the Watergate tragedy is the greatest tragedy this country has ever suffered. I used to think that the Civil War was our country's greatest tragedy, but I do remember that there were some redeeming features in the Civil War in that there was some spirit of sacrifice and heroism displayed on both sides. I see no redeeming features in Watergate."
The committee's vice chairman, Sen. Howard H. Baker (R-Tenn.), expressed disappointment at being "on the brink of a constitutional confrontation between the Congress and the White House." He added that the material sought by the subpoenas is "essential, if not vital, to the full, thorough inquiry mandated and required of this committee."
It seemed certain last night that the confrontation between the President and the investigators ultimately would have to be decided in the Supreme Court. How the court might rule on the central issues -- executive privilege and the separation of governmental powers -- is unknown.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Note that Republicans called for transparency. When are today's Democrats? That is a foolish question I ask because the Democratic Party is a criminal enterprise.
Interesting post.
I am sure Hillary agreed at the time that the material sought by the subpoenas is “essential, if not vital, to the full, thorough inquiry mandated and required of this committee.”
18 1/2 minutes of blank tape + big effing deal. 30,000 deleted emails, meh, not so much.
Golly..was Nixon killed?!?
18 1/2 minutes of blank tape = big effing deal. 30,000 deleted emails, meh, not so much.
If the server was destroyed she has obstructed justice!!— Of Course it was destroyed by her attorneys . They are protected by privelege . She will not waive privelge but no one of adult age believes that server wasn’t melted down.
And here we are today. Hillary deleting email and refusing to turn over server.
Executive privilege is not mentioned in the Constitution. Separation of powers is defined in the constitution. I'm sure there are some judicial rulings concerning "executive privilege", but I doubt the ground those rulings are based on are firm.
Nope. But he was a Cox sacker.
Gentlemen: The emails exist past the server. If they were sent, NSA has the ability to recover them.
Question is: Will they? I doubt it as long as Obozo is in office.
LOL! Today we call it the good old days.
Not counting the 10 billion other “gates” when the Clintoons were in office. Remember the Larry Lawrence Arlington cemetery sale? Billary selling plots in Arlington. Or the Lincoln bedroom sale, Hollywood twits renting it out jumping on the bed trashing the place. Today it’s like it never even happened just like the 40 quadrillion other gates they got away with thanks to the RINO party who refused to bring any of it up even when Hitlery ran for Senate, of which of course brings up Bill pardoning of the FALN terrorists which is all but forgotten as well. The Clintoons can’t do anything with out going grifter, they’re the Sante and Kenneth Kimes of politics. Like my brother, Hillary probably shoplifts as well. That’s the kind of grifter she is.
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