House Passes 1/6 Commission

[Roger Wilco]

Interview will be videotaped.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1544698095241420802

 

[eelw]

Guess he doesn’t want prerecorded video of him used in future hearings.

 

[Pens1566]

Where did you see this? From what I've seen it's that he will be interviewed in private by the committee and that interview will be both recorded and transcribed, but only the transcript will be released publicly. I haven't seen anything about him getting questions ahead of them, having his responses be only in writing, etc.

It was on CNN earlier this morning. I think it might have been early confusion.

I hadn't read the Haberman piece before I posted that. And, I'm still not sure how much I trust her either.

The bits about privilege issues are still there, so I think point still stands. There likely won't be anything ground breaking coming out of this.

 

[HomerJS]

1st question: Is there a criminality exception for attorney client and executive privilege?

Bank the answer away for later

 

[HomerJS]

How is it only white people upon being issued a subpoena can they dictate terms for answering questions?

 

[alien42]

1st question: Is there a criminality exception for attorney client and executive privilege?

Bank the answer away for later

Simple answer is yes there is.

 

[eelw]

How is it only white people upon being issued a subpoena can they dictate terms for answering questions?

Knowing how slow the justice department moves, sure why not

 

[Pens1566]

Simple answer is yes there is.

And the more complicated answer is "yes, but that would take possibly years of litigation to get through it".

 

[interchange]

If he's choosing to do some sort of interview without requiring them to go to court to enforce the subpoena, I'm hopeful that he has some motivation actually to get the truth out. I don't expect it to be easy and all that compelling, but the best hope is for his interviewers to approach him cooperatively and try and loosen his tongue; find his moral compass and massage that.

 

[HomerJS]

How is it only white people upon being issued a subpoena can they dictate terms for answering questions?

and right on queue to match my post above. Is Lindsay subject to arrest by GA authorities?
Senator Graham says he will not cooperate with Georgia Trump election probe (msn.com)

 

[Fenixgoon]

and right on queue to match my post above. Is Lindsay subject to arrest by GA authorities?
Senator Graham says he will not cooperate with Georgia Trump election probe (msn.com)

Subpoena his ass

 

[Pens1566]

Subpoena his ass

They already did. This is him coming out and admitting he'll defy the subpoena as if it were his right to do so.

 

[Motostu]

I seriously hope this strategy of thumbing their noses at subpoenas bites them in the ass pretty soon.

 

[Pens1566]

delete

 

[SMOGZINN]

I seriously hope this strategy of thumbing their noses at subpoenas bites them in the ass pretty soon.

[Sarcasm]I'm sure it will. Any day now. [/Sarcasm]
The truth is this has been going on long before the Trump administration. Congressional subpoenas have been almost completely toothless since at least the Clinton administration.

 

[interchange]

They already did. This is him coming out and admitting he'll defy the subpoena as if it were his right to do so.

It is your right to challenge a subpoena if you have grounds to do so. The court of course doesn't have to agree with you.

 

[Pens1566]

It is your right to challenge a subpoena if you have grounds to do so. The court of course doesn't have to agree with you.

Challenge != defy

And "nuh-uh" isn't grounds.

 

[interchange]

Challenge != defy

And "nuh-uh" isn't grounds.

"Senator Graham plans to go to court, challenge the subpoena, and expects to prevail," attorneys Bart Daniel and Matt Austin said in a statement made on behalf of Graham.

They said Graham was "well within his rights to discuss with state officials the processes and procedures around administering elections."


I don't know where the words "defy" and "nuh-uh" come from. They sound like your own invention to this situation. Personally, I doubt a grand jury is going to subpoena a Senator without very solid grounds to do so and thus expect him not to prevail in court.

 

[Pens1566]

"Senator Graham plans to go to court, challenge the subpoena, and expects to prevail," attorneys Bart Daniel and Matt Austin said in a statement made on behalf of Graham.

They said Graham was "well within his rights to discuss with state officials the processes and procedures around administering elections."


I don't know where the words "defy" and "nuh-uh" come from. They sound like your own invention to this situation. Personally, I doubt a grand jury is going to subpoena a Senator without very solid grounds to do so and thus expect him not to prevail in court.

Yeah, it's jumping ahead a few steps but it's the typical playbook when anyone on the right is subpoenaed. They either just outright say "no" and nothing happens, or they invent some bullshit legal theory that somehow involves either the word "privilege" or "free speech" and attempt to drag it out beyond any reasonable timeline in which the info is legally valuable.

So, kudos to Lyndsey for at least having his counsel state he'll fight it ... that gets him past the first hurdle. It remains to be seen what invalid legal defense he'll attempt as to why a sitting senator from SC has anything to do with a vote count in GA.

 

[Motostu]

I'm certainly not smart on legal stuff, but my interpretation of this is:

"I did nothing wrong, but I'll fight tooth and nail to keep from saying that under oath."

 

[Fenixgoon]

I'm certainly not smart on legal stuff, but my interpretation of this is:

"I did nothing wrong, but I'll fight tooth and nail to keep from saying that under oath."

Or using "official business" as a cover for criminal activity. IANAL but crimes are typically not covered under privileges such as executive privilege for the president or attorney-client privilege for a regular person.
So if Graham participated in a conspiracy to commit election fraud, via his official position, he should not receive any legal protection.

 

[JEDI]

Even after these hearings, can't believe Repubs are still going on their knees servicing Trump, swallowing every last drop.

More power to Trump in getting these weak minded fools to bend and spread open over and over again for his pleasure

 

[eelw]

Total nothingburger the Alex Holder documentary. He didn’t have any inside access leading up to January 6. Okay fine, we don’t know what footage didn’t survive the cutting room floor. But if nothing explosive made it into the final video, totally overblown what may have been provided to the Jan 6 committee. The most insightful thing I found from this was that the orange monkey actually sang to his kids when young. Also someone needs to pull the sound bite of him complaining about the lighting and he said “get the orange out!”

 

[Fenixgoon]

soooo is this going to be a tell-all or a series of "5th amendment" responses?

Steve Bannon says he's willing to testify before January 6 committee after Trump waives claims of executive privilege

Steve Bannon -- who defied a congressional subpoena and is set to go to trial on criminal contempt charges -- told the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection on Saturday that he is now willing to testify, ideally at a public hearing, according to a letter obtained...

www.cnn.com

 

[Fanatical Meat]

soooo is this going to be a tell-all or a series of "5th amendment" responses?

Steve Bannon says he's willing to testify before January 6 committee after Trump waives claims of executive privilege

Steve Bannon -- who defied a congressional subpoena and is set to go to trial on criminal contempt charges -- told the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection on Saturday that he is now willing to testify, ideally at a public hearing, according to a letter obtained...

www.cnn.com

This is going to be Bannon claiming Executive Privilege for the former President.
I know that claim is bullshit however Bannon will roll with it because
A) It inflates the former Presidents ego
B) The current court could possibly side with him