Posted on 05/10/2017 1:05:50 PM PDT by ColdOne
Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr on Tuesday threatened to subpoena Trump campaign aides if they ignore deadlines to turn over records to his panel, explaining that he had received just two responses to an initial request for information.
“I think all options are on the table, and I think you can envision what those options are,” the North Carolina Republican told reporters. “The most severe would be subpoena.”
The Intelligence panel’s top Democrat, Mark Warner of Virginia, said it appeared that just one person was complying with Tuesday’s initial deadline to provide the committee with records of any meetings they had with Russian officials ahead of the presidential election. Neither Warner nor Burr would name the individual who is complying.
The other individual who has responded to the committee, former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page, suggested in a letter last week he would not provide the requested records — leading to an angry joint statement from Warner and Burr.
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Nothing in the constitution give Congress the power to provide “oversight” of the executive branch. Trump is not obligated to give them anything. Congress can only oversee programs (administered by the executive) they created, in accordance with whatever they put into that law.
Yeah right. Keep huffing and puffing
Oh Lordy....quick pick up the phone. Alex and Roger want to talk
Yes Pray for our president
Your other fears are nonsense. Comey can’t do jack
There ain’t no there there
Richard Burr’s constituents need to send him 3rd-grade drawings of stickmen hanging from gallows to remind this mental midget of the penalty for treason.
Could the mystery individual be Papadopolous?
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