i wonder what Robert Mueller is thinking

[defixione]

Then you haven't been paying attention.

[ousdahl]

https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1126128494088470528

[defixione]

She's the liar in chief's designated liar, right?

[ousdahl]

Yeah but remember that time Obama refused to comply with congressional investigations to the point his press secretary was issuing sassy ranting statements on “executive privilege” that sound like they belong in the Mean Girls burn book?

nm, that belongs in the whataboutism thread.

[Deleted User 62]

Clearly, nothing to hide.

[defixione]

Clearly, nothing to hide.

My thoughts exactly. They're spending an awful lot of energy hiding all the documents that would clear them in the eyes of all their constituency.

[ousdahl]

It’s especially funny to consider just how the White House plans to assert executive privilege over a report that has already been (mostly) made public, and is also already a best-selling book.

[ousdahl]

Oh! And the house committee votes to hold AG Barr in contempt!

[ousdahl]

So somebody correct me if I’m inaccurate, but now the process is the House will vote whether to hold Barr in contempt, and if they do, it’ll send a criminal referral to the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, whose boss is...Barr?

[Deleted User 62]

Clearly, nothing to hide.

My thoughts exactly. They're spending an awful lot of energy hiding all the documents that would clear them in the eyes of all their constituency.

Their constituents are 100% ok with all of this.

[dolomite]

Yeah but remember that time Obama refused to comply with congressional investigations to the point his press secretary was issuing sassy ranting statements on “executive privilege” that sound like they belong in the Mean Girls burn book?

nm, that belongs in the whataboutism thread.

apples and oranges, (you brought it up).

[Deleted User 62]

Yeah but remember that time Obama refused to comply with congressional investigations to the point his press secretary was issuing sassy ranting statements on “executive privilege” that sound like they belong in the Mean Girls burn book?

nm, that belongs in the whataboutism thread.

apples and oranges, (you brought it up).

See what I mean?

[ousdahl]

Yeah, the most alarming thing throughout all this is how many Trump supporters and/or conservatives have been so quick to drink the witch hunt koolaid.

It’s a fool’s errand to try and draw an actual parallel, but I get the feeling liberals would be more objectively open to at least letting the witch hunt run its course.

[ousdahl]

Yeah but remember that time Obama refused to comply with congressional investigations to the point his press secretary was issuing sassy ranting statements on “executive privilege” that sound like they belong in the Mean Girls burn book?

nm, that belongs in the whataboutism thread.

apples and oranges, (you brought it up).

See what I mean?

Dolomite, you are a treasure.

[Deleted User 89]

i think you and i have different ideas about what constitutes treasure

lol

[defixione]

apples and oranges, (you brought it up).

See what I mean?

Dolomite, you are a treasure.

He could fill the Crimson Hall of Fame board in just a couple of days.

PDub?

[ousdahl]

wait, have we discussed Don Jr. being subpoenaed by senate?

you know, the Republican-controlled senate?

and how often does POTUS's family get subpoenaed?

[defixione]

If push comes to shove, Trump will sell out his family.

[ousdahl]

House subpoenas Trump’s tax returns.



...how much potus stonewalling congress does it take before we can just go ahead and say, yeah, it’s a constitutional crisis?

[Mjl]

The subpoena is messed up on multiple levels.
1. The obsession with trying to nail Trump with something is obnoxious and is a losing cause both politically and ethically as a representative of the people.
2. People voted for someone for POTUS that was unwilling to release his tax returns.