"There are things that you can't do from the standpoint of executive privilege. You have to maintain that,” Trump said."You can't have him explaining all of your statements about national security concerning Russia, China, and North Korea — everything — we just can't do that."A source familiar with the trial planning confirmed the White House would likely want Bolton to testify behind closed doors.
Some Republicans also said an attempt to get Bolton to testify could lead to a lengthy delay in the proceedings.Bolton"raises all sorts of issues. We're not a court of law, and if there is a claim of executive privilege or some national security privilege, one possibility would be that we'd need to adjourn the Senate trial for weeks if not months to allow that to be litigated through the district court, court of appeals, maybe even the Supreme Court," Sen.
Another Republican, Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, suggested the testimony wouldn't be worth halting the trial. "I don’t want to see the trial stop for a week or two while we wait for a court to decide if somebody can testify," Cramer told NBC.
Is that even allowed,if Elizabeth Warren is elected,she should give all the Trump appointees the boot for real, it's Chrystal clear they are protecting Trump, they are really playing dirty😠
Isn't that an obstruction of justice ? 🤷
Uh.... this is wrong
Because TRANSPARENCY 🤣🤣🤣
This movie will win Best Picture in 2 years
what garbage-what Republican garbage....
I’m scrolling just to see if anyone is actually defending the presidunce at this point....um, nope!
What are they so afraid of about this ”perfect call”? The president is screaming “I am innocent! But don’t ask anyone anything!!!!” Innocent people don’t act that way. Ever.
If they did nothing wrong what are they hiding?
So this would be an excellent time for you to invite Bolton onto your shows.
And?
SenateGOP senatemajldr aren't interested in the truth.They are just protecting their dear leader & his henchmen from being exposed for the lawless bunch they are proving to be. Anyone hear of no witnesses & evidence allowed in a trial? Ridiculous! TRUMP/GIULIANI?NUNES PLOT.
Running scared!
Then I will assume they don’t want us to hear what he has to say that could show what the House believes about the president.
What happened to the 'air tight' case?
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So... if they have nothing to hide and are innocent... why block?
The Democrats should have called the witnesses when they had the chance!! 🙄
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Has every right to
Wait WHAT? Yovanovich is invloved in a $7 BILLION money lundering case? 😳
Coverup. TrumpsRemovalTrial
GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY
Why would you block him? Why would you block others testifying to the house? Why would you block further witnesses, evidence, and documents? 🤷🏼♂️ If it was a perfect phone call, why has it lead to the most blatant cover up in political history? The GOP is complicit.
How is that not suspicious or fishy at all i mean that is just saying he has something to hide this has got to be the worst president and staff in history
Because that’s what innocent people do.
They can’t. That’s already been decided. Nixon tried it and the court shot him down.
It's now up to the chief justice to allow that.. he's not go to ruin his reputation for trump.
An impeached president cannot evoke executive privilege at his own trial.
Yes, America is land of the free & equal justice compared to most 2rd world nations but it still is a land of the crooked, corrupt, immoral politicians & injustice. Many examples & facts prove it, especially Clinton's impeachment vote for lying under oath. Media is corrupt too.
The truth is not allowed.
Can someone please explain how the White House can possible use executive privilege to affect the constitutional check of his abuse of power?
Yeah...that makes you look better
What is Trump afraid of? Maybe his perfect call wasn’t so perfect.
It’s okay, the new plague is going to get us.
He’s soooooook innocent he needs to block people from testifying, huh? 🙄
of course..
The fun part is, Roberts would likely have to rule from the bench on the objection. Gues who’d likely win ...
That...makes no sense
Time for maddow to make a deal with Bolton. We need to hear what he has to say. The public deserves to know what its President was doing.
DJT has a lot to hide... this would prove it
Sounds good. A long delay keeps impeachment in the news.
Note tRUmp has never formally asserted executive privelege... that’s why House could not test it. His handlers only said we’re preserving it, if he wants to assert it. It was delay & obstruction tactic. Courts can’t rule on privelegein particular case until it’s actually asserted
As Bolton expected.
Just Stop 🛑. If that man didn’t do anything wrong and everything is perfect. You would think he would want him to testify to exonerate him. WE’RE NOT STUPID
How is this even allowed to be a thing that happens?
Which clearly means Bolton has the dirt on Trump. Trump will NOT get out of this! Hold him accountable!
Nothing to hide? MidnightMitchCoverup
If he was as innocent as he claims he would welcome these testimonies! The fact that he’s doing everything he can to prevent them screams guilt!
That doesn't apply to impeachment proceedings. Sorry!
WTF are they hiding? I just listened to 1.5 hrs of their damn excuses & lying that grifter in chief & his posse didn’t get their day in court. Pul-ease.
What a shocker!!!
May? Will would be a better word. That’s the way they roll.
classic move of the innocent and perfect!
Hiding TrumpCorruption under Executive Privilege.
Chicken shits! Does this still support Trompe l'oeil's perfect call and how he did nothing wrong?
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So much bullshit from this administration. If you aren’t guilty then let people testify. Most transparent in history then stop hiding all the info
Executive privilege does not apply here whatsoever. Trump is a crook.
Of course. That's why the House didn't bother. They didn't want to have to go to court for fear they would lose & the President does have the right to executive privilege. House democrats were in too much of a hurry to impeach before Christmas as a present to their base.
What ya hiding Donnie
SNAKE!
Maybe he should speak to America via press release before that happens.
Yeah. Yet unfair. If u r so fucking innocent. Bring everyone that you know off including the janitorial staff at the whole house to defend.
How can they? He is a private citizen
And Chief Justice Roberts can rule on that right then & there. Go ahead. Be my guest.
Typical of the media lying to their viewers.
So scared of the truth, so scared
So, he will continue to obstruct?
This is exactly how the innocent act.
Wouldn’t this be exactly the sort of thing Roberts should independently evaluate and rule on?
u do not have any executive priviledge,,liar trump it is for crimes u committed on ukraine are u 2 much of a dim wit to understand/.
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