“If Trump communicates a go-ahead, especially as such a mechanism doesn’t exist in the rules, the press will report that he too is hyper-partisan on this subject.”
But he did just that in a comment to a congressman as he exited the House Chamber last evening.
Oh please. Of course he and his spox can make remarks. That is not the same as a formal communication to the Committee, as laid out in the rules.
Seriously, is it your contention that a verbal remark in response, satisfies the rule posted in the OP?
As for the general proposition that the press will report Trump as responsible even for timely (next week) for the release, of course it will. That drum has been beating for a week already, that Trump is highly irresponsible (see Boyd letter) to allow the memo to be released. I know it is a fine point, but absence of objection (and see the standard for objecting) is not the same as taking initiative. The committee has the initiative, and the committee is following its own process. The committee will release the memo, not Trump.
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