Holding my breath on this. Even most congressional Republicans would take 0bamas side over Trump.
Trump is taking on on huge, corrupt monster.
I saw Cotton on FNC. He said in so many words that he doesn’t think it happened, so guess how much effort HE’ll put into it. I don’t think any half-A$$ed com-mittee will do anything. Can you say Gowdy, or Issa?
First thing to do Monday morning is for President Trump to fire EVERY single person Ophonybama hired!
I asked myself the question, “Can a former President invoke Executive Privilege once out of office?” I then set out to find the answer. Here is what I found from Library of Law and Liberty website under an article titled “The Constitution and Executive Privilege”(Rozell, 2012)”
“President George W. Bush was not so reluctant to claim executive privilege. Bush moved on several fronts to reestablish executive privilege as a customary presidential power. Yet his efforts were highly controversial. In one case, he expanded the scope of executive privilege for former presidents, and even to allow them to transfer this constitutional authority under Article II to designated family representatives. Bush issued an executive order in 2001 that effectively revised the intent of the Presidential Records Act of 1978 in a way that made it harder for the public to get access to the papers of past presidential administrations.
In another case, the Bush administration tried to expand executive privilege to protect Department of Justice (DOJ) documents from investigations long ago closed. This claim was particularly bothersome because the longstanding practice was to claim a right to withhold information about ongoing investigations that could be compromised by public disclosure.
The most significant Bush-era executive privilege controversy surrounded the president’s efforts to prevent the release of subpoenaed documents and then testimony of certain White House aides regarding the politically motivated firings of several U.S. attorneys. The president claimed absolute immunity for White House aides, although the U.S. district court of D.C. ultimately rejected that argument.
These uses of executive privilege by the Bush (43) administration showcase how the political give-and-take of our system of separated powers often resolves such controversies. In the former example, the president initially prevailed in large part due to a tepid response from Congress and a lack of significant opposition outside of the academic community. President Obama eventually overturned the Bush executive order. In the second example, a spate of negative publicity and aggressive efforts by a congressional committee to get access to the disputed documents resulted in the administration agreeing to turn over most of the materials it had tried to conceal.”
I bet Obama is going to rue the day he turned over this Executive Order.
- See more at: http://www.libertylawsite.org/2012/07/12/the-constitution-and-executive-privilege/#sthash.mc7UWKVo.dpuf
Notable that Trump hasn’t been back there once since the inauguration.
Quit calling it Towergate!
It’s 0bama’s crap. Call it what it is OBAMAGATE!
I want Cruz on this committee. I trust him.
He is also bud’s with Levin and will get good advice along the way.
Levin haters can ignore please but he has tremendous experience.
I wish these writers would come up with something different that “gate” at the end of every scandal. How about Tower Tap? Actually - Trump Tap sounds better.
Good thing they didn’t bug my suite. Little do they suspect that a ten-year-old boy is in reality an international spy. BWAHAHAHAHA!- Baron
F congress. We need a special
Prosecutor and grand jury. Asap.
Okay Congress start by questioning the NYT and WP reporters to give up their anonymous sources that gave out classified information. If they refuse to name sources who broke the law put them in jail until they talk! Do this quickly and do this now! Put Valerie Jarret under oath and question her on the what Obama Whitehouse knew and when did they know it? Question Harry Reid and ask why he was asking James Comey about Trump surveillance? Question Loretta Lynch and ask her who initiated the FISA requests and what was in them or what was the warrant?