Posted on 05/30/2017 12:56:19 PM PDT by lowbridge
The House intelligence committee has subpoenaed President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, as part of its ongoing investigation into Russia’s election meddling and contacts with the Trump campaign, according to a congressional aide.
The aide spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss internal committee matters.
Cohen, a longtime attorney for the Trump Organization, remains a personal lawyer for Trump. He served as a cable television surrogate for the Republican during the presidential campaign.
The subpoena for Cohen comes as the congressional investigations into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia advance beyond formal requests for information from Trump associates. The president’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, has also received subpoenas from the Senate panel regarding his Russian contacts and his business records. The House intelligence committee has also subpoenaed Flynn, the congressional aide said.
“I declined the invitation to participate as the request was poorly phrased, overly broad and not capable of being answered,” Cohen told The Associated Press. “I find it irresponsible and improper that the request sent to me was leaked by those working on the committee.”
Cohen told ABC News Tuesday that he had been asked by both the House and Senate intelligence committees to provide information and testimony about contacts he had with Russian officials.
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Easily? Where are you living?
Has Congress gone stupid? Never mind...
That would be like shooting some yappy dogs and ignoring the elephant (deep state) charging at him. I'm not worried about what Clinton might say, she looks more stupid every time she opens her mouth. Mainly I would be having Sessions looking at staffers, gathering up ammo, and doing house cleaning.
I am so totally over this Russia thing.
Saw a headline pop up on my phone over the weekend “59% of Democrats believe Russians interfered with voting even though there is NO proof”.
They try to make it seem like the probe is widening because they are finding more and more evidence, when in fact, they are searching more and more persons because they have not found anything yet.
“He can easily put many in congress along with the obamas and the clintons in prison.”
And just how does he do that? I know he waives his hand and people are convicted! There isn’t anything “easy” about putting any of them in prison.
....answers to critical questions seeking to find out what the dogs knew, and when did they know it?....
The critical question is, what or who was the source of information the dogs know? Did they have any connection with Russian wolfhounds or was it Siberian Huskies? Huskies have a reputation for talking.
In this they are the unity party because they would rather chase rabbits, go down dead ends, investigate, hold hearings, and bicker than accomplish basically anything!
“Lawyer-client privilege doesn’t mean a damn thing any more apparently.................”
I imagine the “committee” will find out that it does when and if he comes before it.
The republicans are behind this.
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They are either behind it, supporting it, or condoning it. Typical Republican lies and backstabbing.
Republicans on the committee may have voted for the subpoena.
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Of course they did. They support anything the Democrats want.
Republicans have a nominal majority but they still allow the Democrats to run the place. Anyone who thinks the Republicans represent conservatives is delusional.
Good observation, as far as it went. [ “:^) ] Did it occur to you this could have involved China’s “Masters of Disguise”, the Shar peis?
LOL
At some point Trump needs to realize it and start running against them! Like now. Call them out, challenge them in public, make them explain their actions. Not just the dems, their GOPe cronies too.
He does have a attorney general that can start investigating. That should shut up the crooks... for a while.
Blackmail works for me : )
It makes no difference whether any of these subpoenaed "witnesses" have any relevant information or have done something wrong. The enemies of Trump are out for blood and just create this chaos to disrupt Trump and his WH operations.
Unfortunately, the end result is the same. People who don't pay close attention like many on FR do, will just associate these names with Trump and Russian "collusion" and think guilty. The democRATS and GOP establishment (and the media) have done their job to smear and attempt to remove, or at least hamstring, Trump's presidency. Mission accomplished. Guilt by association.
These times make me so glad we have Trump in office. Any other of those 16 Republicans vying for the job, would have wilted by now under the immense pressure Trump is facing day in and day out.
Where was the subpoena for Lynch and Bill Clinton with the meeting on the tarmac? Yeah, there wasn’t one because the Repubs didn’t request one.
Where is the subpoena for crowdsource, Hillary’s lawyer? Yeah Republicans didn’t request one.
Dems did a bang up job getting rid of Sessions and Head of Intelligence committee, Nunes.
Aides have to pass a rigorous paperclip-chain-building test to get their so-called jobs so they can fit in at the D.C. FedGov behemoth. < /s >
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