House can subpoena Don McGahn to testify, appeals court rules

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An appeals court says House Democrats can subpoena former White House counsel Don McGahn, but he may not end up testifying before the election

A divided US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said McGahn's refusal to testify is grounds for the House to sue. The ruling is a win for Congress as a whole, emphasizing that it can sue to take an administration to court when there's a standoff between the branches, and a loss for President Donald Trump and the administration's attempt to expand executive powers.

Appeals court ruling on Don McGahn subpoenaBut in letting McGahn continue to challenge the subpoena on other grounds, the practical impact is that the court case is ongoing and he may not have to testify before the election.Friday's appeals court ruling was 7-2. Two Trump-appointed DC Circuit judges, Neomi Rao and Greg Katsas, did not hear the case after apparently recusing themselves.

Fearing Trump interference, FBI agents hid copies of Russia investigation docs The House Judiciary Committee has been trying to interview McGahn under oath since spring 2019, and Democrats say they want to question him about potentially obstructive behavior from the President during the Russia investigation, which McGahn witnessed and had disclosed to special counsel Robert Mueller.

Inside the Supreme Court's internal deliberations over Trump's taxesThe Justice Department, representing Trump and his Cabinet, had argued the courts should stay out of the disputes, letting Congress use politics and legislation to force the administration into compliance if it must. The White House lost at the trial-court level in the McGahn case. The House received an emphatic opinion from the judge, who wrote, "Presidents are not kings.

 

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bunkerboy will do EVERYTHING he can to keep him from testifying...and, if i were McGahn, i'd hire a bodyguard, wear a bulletproof vest, hire a food taster, and take out a HUGE life insurance policy...

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'An appeals court says House Dems can subpoena former White House counsel' 100% FAKE NEWS All the court said was, Dems can sue for the right to subpoena Now they have to actually win the suit Why Liberals think they're winning when in fact they're losing They're being lied to

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if bunkerboy is so innocent, why is he doing everything in (and out) of his power to stop people from testifying....innocent people don't obstruct justice....

for a guy with nothing to hide, trump sure obstructs justice a lot...

If he doesn't show up, jail him! Enough is enough!

Why not? It's August 7th!

It’s to send the entire trump regemine to jail so no matter.

Not a fair ruling. Why did Comey come n talk abt hillary 2 weeks before election. And what ? He got fired by trump. That's called KARMA

And he'll refuse and nothing will happen. Next.

Dems are so soft if they don’t have him testify.

As we saw with the subpoena of Harriet Myers, ina couple of years they’ll get I ask him some very limited questions

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Don’t care when. We the people need all the relevant information so that the idiots that represent us can try and fix the blunders that this feckless administration has done in so many areas.

But what will happen before the election is that ObamaGate & crooked Biden will be exposed. Comey is going down, Yates and others are protecting themselves now. And CNN is still going to be the most inept propaganda machine on tv. How can you be so wrong about everything?

Keep playing political games ...

Should never had go too court. This exactly another reason. Trump has too go. VOTE

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