Nadler prepares to punish Don McGahn after White House directs former counsel not to testify

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Former White House counsel Don McGahn will not appear before the House Judiciary Committee, defying the committee's subpoena and setting the stage for another contempt vote to retaliate against the Trump administration for rejecting the demands of Congress

It's a move that appears to set the stage for another contempt vote to retaliate against the Trump administration for rejecting the demands of Congress, as committee Chairman Jerry Nadler threatened late Monday to do whatever was necessary to make McGahn appear before his panel."As with the subpoena for documents, Mr. McGahn again finds himself facing contradictory instructions from two co-equal branches of government," McGahn's attorney William A.

McGahn's testimony is of interest to Democrats in Congress because of the role that he played in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into whether the President obstructed justice. One of the key episodes the special counsel cited in the investigation, which did not exonerate Trump, was when the President told McGahn to fire Mueller and McGahn would not do so.McGahn is now one of a number of officials who could be held in contempt by Congress.

 

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Anarchyxvii Jay Sekulow is an imp

Hark back to Eric Holder. Schiff happens.

ARE YOU ALL DENSE? HE IS EXEMPT AS HE DOESNOT WORK UNDER TRUMP ANY LONGER! YOU CORRUPT PEOPLE AT CNN, SHOULD START SOUL SEARCHING-WHAT YOU GUYS DID TO PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR 2 YEARS IS BEYOND HORRIFIC! YOU DEMS WILL FALL

M. REPORT ALREADY HAS MCAHN'S TESTIMONY! WHAT MORE CAN DEMS FIND OUT? IT'S JUST EFFORT TO RE-LITIGATE PROBE ON DEM'S POLITICAL TERMS. ALSO- WHY THE 'ONE-AT-A-TIME' SUBPOENA APPROACH? TO DRAW OUT PROCESS TO HURT TRUMP.THEY DONT CARE ABOUT TRUTH-NO DEM HAS EVEN READ MUELLER REPORT!

An average citizen would get in trouble for no show up in jury duty pick, this subpoena is far more bigger and yet they can ignored it without penalty..US law is optional? Apply to most and dont apply to certain people?

That’s good. Democrats have wasted enough time and money already.

Cool hold him in contempt and charge him $25,000 a day until he appears before Congress. Tell him the fine will not be waived after it goes into affect. Maybe Trump will pay this for McGahn but he better not hold his breath.

The ‘king’ has spoken

McGahn testified for 30(Thirty) Hours! His Full Testimony is available to read in the Mueller Report! A 99% unredacted version is sitting in a room for a month and Nadler has Refused to Read it! The Clown just Loves a Circus!

Nixon left soon after....

PauliPesto Arrest them.....or else admit that America is a TYRANNY....

Enough is enough! Let the Country heal!

No moore collusion do over!

Hahaha bahahaha Bunch of crybabies

claypaulnobles It’s not “retaliation”, for fuck’s sake..

SpyGate

Congress is like the mafia, America knows it.

Schiff acknowledges Joe Biden collusion between his son , Ukraine and himself. On fake news channels believe it or not. 😂 There is so much REAL COLLUSIVE, PUNISHABLE,DAMNING EVIDENCE we can dissolve the Democratic party by Christmas🎄 🎁 🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁

If elected Joe Biden promises to officially make every day of the week hump day.

Read the report. NO COLLUSION FULLLY EXONERATED

Great move Don tell those sick bastards to go to hell 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Republicans wouldn't sit still for a democratic president wiping his ass with the constitution, they're showing that they truly are a political dictatorship and the entire party should be held in contempt for violating the oath they took to uphold and defend it!

The Coup attempt is over but I guess the Demcrats won’t stop their hate till they are in prison...🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Mueller is Over !!! The Demwits should maybe go to work for us Americans.... Instead of Hurting Trump because there Butts Hurt Over Hillary’s Loss ! Get over it Dumbasses

Or they can just accept the Mueller report and move on?

The courts to Donny Trump

We are becoming quite the lawless nation. The world laughs.

Trump has blatantly challenged the checks and balances we have multiple times. It's time to put an end to it and Congress needs to do whatever it takes to get the job done. Our democracy depends on it for the future of our country.

Sing along with me... ...'Its over'...

Unlawful potus et al again thumbing their nose at THECONSTITUTION - they wrongly believe they are above the law - JUSTICE WILL BE DONE PREZ BONE SPURS realDonaldTrump, u2 senatemajldr SenateGOP - this nation bigger better than u

Why do news orgs act like refusing to appear under a subpoena is acceptable political move. We are not talking about taking the 5th or Exec Priv, W E A R E T A L K I N G A B O U T A P P E A R I N G

What dark secrets is he trying to hide?

Time for an impeachment inquiry. Start locking these crooks up before they trash our democracy. ImpeachTrump

Hahaha! I love watching you leftists squirm! 🤣🤣😂

Come on SpeakerPelosi impeach that SOB DontheCon

Does this work for parking tickets too? Asking for a friend.

The witch hunt needs to stop

Yrs ago TV shows and films where taking ideas from real life politics and made fictional shows and films, nowadays it seems trump is taking ideas from house of cards and similar shows and just runs his country like that. Hey if it worked on TV, I'll make it work in real life...

Congress is grasping at straws’s… I wouldn’t show up either… They fell flat on their face with the results from the Mueller report and they just can’t stand it

JAIL TIME FOR MCGHAN

Unfreedom of the Press

LockHimUp

He already gave 30 hours of testimony to Mueller. Now all the slanted Dem political hacks want a turn. No thanks.

They gotta get warrants and slam into wherever his offices are, seize everything, and toss him in the jail. There is probable cause he is hiding something.

Why don’t you people give it a rest, Trump won the election, the criminal Clinton lost, why don’t you investigate her?

When Trump’s financial records are released and it becomes clear that he is a tax evading money launderer, will the contemptibles still be willing to protect him, obstruct justice for him, go to jail, be disbarred for a CRIMINAL?

Send the Sergeant at Arms and arrest him.

I'm blinded by that much transparency. 😎

.... HELLO...MR MCGAHN...THIS IS AMERICA !!!! N O T RUSSIA !!!! ....ARE YOU STILL AN AMERICAN CITIZEN !!!!

😂😂😂

More obstruction! More disregard for our Constitution and Congress, more disdain for any attempt to hold this President accountable!

It's not retaliation by the House judiciary. It's the law.

Congress seems to think it is some kind of back woods 'law enforcement' agency.

So Nadler is going to shoot himself in his other foot now? ROFLMAO!! Trump is playing the Dems like a cheap violin!!!

Contempt vote with no consequences means 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

Professional harassers of their opposition. That is all the Democrat party is good for. They accomplish nothing for the American people.

'To retaliate' ? You mean to follow the law.

Time for an impeachment investigation. Start locking these crooks up and then prosecute Trump for money laundering. ImpeachTrump

It’s almost as if checks and balances only work if all parties respect the system and our Constitution...

American Drama 😂😂

I Love it! Democrats are playing games while the country needs to stop the horde at the border.

WHEN. WILL. DEMOCRATS. DO. SOMETHING. ABOUT. THIS. CRAP?

Good for him. It’s time this witch hunt ends and we focus on the American people.

Don McGahn is not doing his duty to America. This is not transparency. Justice delayed is justice denied.

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