Posted on 12/18/2018 7:45:58 AM PST by deplorableindc
President Trump's new acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney isn't giving up his old job as White House budget director, meaning he can be forced to testify before Congress when Democrats retake the House of Representatives next month.
White House chiefs of staff generally are off-limits to congressional subpoenas, but Mulvaney's decision to be both acting chief of staff and director of the Office of Management and Budget sets up potentially ugly fights over his testimony.
"I think this is a huge mistake for Mulvaney and for the president because it creates a real possibility for separation of powers brinksmanship," said American Oversight executive director Austin Evers.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
So he gets a subpoena, no big deal.
Follow Comeys lead. I don’t remember, I can’t recall, what day is this???
So Mulvaney is planning to be Chief of Staff AND Budget Director??? - Two FULL TIME jobs that you would expect would be 24 x 7. I'm wondering if The President appointed him merely as a stop gap and is planning on him going back to the OMB in the future?
“”Slush-funds begone!””
https://twitter.com/SwampysGhost/status/1074359950539780096
that swampy twitter page is interesting
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