Trump wins appeal to block McGahn testimony

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President Trump scored a major legal victory on Friday when a federal appeals court panel ruled Democrats have no right to hear testimony from former White House counsel Don McGahn

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s opinion overturned a lower court decision requiring McGahn’s testimony and told the judge presiding over the case to dismiss it outright. The ruling is a blow to House Democrats’ attempts to break the Trump administration’s intransigent stance that it can block Congress from talking to witnesses.

“The walk from the Capitol to our courthouse is a short one, and if we resolve this case today, we can expect Congress’s lawyers to make the trip often,” wrote Griffith, an appointee of President George W. Bush. As it has for years, the Justice Department contended that top presidential advisers like McGahn and other Trump administration officials enjoy “absolute immunity” from speaking to congressional investigators. While the majority on the appeals court did not not endorse the “absolute immunity” argument Friday, it did back an alternative DOJ contention that federal courts should not get involved in a dispute between the other two branches of government.

At issue in the McGahn testimony case is the House Judiciary Committee’s long-running bid to question McGahn about what he told Mueller’s team during the more than 30 hours the ex-White House counsel met with investigators as part of their probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election., McGahn’s name appears more than 150 times, often during passages recounting the president’s attempts to kill or stymie the Russia investigation.

“In the context of impeachment, when the accuracy and thoroughness of the investigation may well determine whether the President remains in office, the House’s need for information is at its zenith,” Rogers wrote. However, Rogers warned turning lawmakers away from the courts could goad Congress into more extreme enforcement measures, potentially including use of the long-dormant “inherent contempt” powers to physically detain recalcitrant witnesses.

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Sad.

All it takes is a few victories in the courts to cascade into some major democrat criminal prosecutions and convictions.

Sundncefn TRUMP2020

Yeah

Way to make light of Hittler and the holocaust for fear mongering.

Wah, wah.

Lmao the left

SenateGOP HouseGOP SenateDems HouseDemocrats REPUBLICANS PAY ATTENTION a you will NEVER be able to expect a Democrat to testify before Congress no matter WHAT they are accused of! You have now set the bar. Congratulations!

So much for transparency. Cover up r us.

That’s too bad.

All I ever do is Win win win!

That's not what court ruled. Ct said it could not decide btn 2 other coequal branches. Result may be the same. But headlines like this miss the point entirely.

Stop the constant harassment of the President. Why do you fear him if he is such a horrible President?

Not sure it’s quite the victory for the Trump administration that is being portrayed here. The ruling notes that in the absence of court intervention, Congress might use inherent contempt and toss those refusing to testify in prison.

With the help of Bill Barr interfering.

So there is the kicker. None of the testimony dems requested from trump aides would stand up to court scrutiny. What a shock

His judges?

mayawiley ...and this is chump's legacy, the stamp of approval on his criminality, corruption, and treachery by the lily-white, radical, arch-Conservetard hacks Moscow Mitch McConnell rammed through the Senate...

You mean the Constitution and system of checks & balances suffered a major blow.

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Yahoo the rule of Law wins

Oh you little crying Democrats, once again Trump wins and all you’re left to do is cry, complain and bring up untrue laws that he’s braking. Give it a rest will you?

No but I can imagine Adam is Schiffing in his pants

Awesome

Two of the three legs of our government say you can ignore subpoenas from the third branch. Our country is broken.

This is exactly why the Dems hurried their impeachment rather than wait to see if they could legally enforce their subpoenas. Because they knew they would LOSE! DemsLoseAgain

He workin pretty hard to block that.

You mean the Constitution scored a major victory Friday!

Sided

Judge Griffith naive current time & facts that Trump admin does not respect norms Griffith said opening courts that kind of litigation would also discourage Lawmakers & ExecutiveBranch from the more traditional method of resolving such subpoena fights: negotiation Dems

Where were all the ppl who are critical of the court’s ruling when bho was doing the exact same thing over and over.

One door slammed in our faces after another but the truth always comes out .

They really found they have no dog in this fight

Hahaha. Dems lose and then they lose and then they lose some more. See a pattern?

And he will win 2020 also!

Who appointed the judge?

Stacking the courts, that a all senatemajldr has been doing.

That’s fine...America knows he’s a crook and btw, he’s an impeached POTUS

Congress has had the authority to subpoena witnesses since the Teapot Dome scandal. Here’s the SCOTUS case from 1927: I guess that died today.

On what basis

Sad

Why didn’t they subpoena Bolton? Why didn’t they subpoena Mulvaney? why didn’t they subpoena Giuliani? Why didn’t they subpoena... THIS IS WHY!!!!

SO. MUCH. WINNING.! ...and still not tired. KAG2020 VoteDemsOut

How is that is possible? As Sonia Sotomayor told us, the courts are bought and sold. We are living in authoritarian rule. The signs are all there.

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