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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNeal Katyal teases that he's making news tonight
Katyal was acting solicitor general for a time under Clinton and helped draft the Special Counsel regulations that replaced the Special Prosecutor regulation that Republicans had abused with Ken Starr.
No idea what the news will be, though.
My speculation was that he was hired onto the House Democratic impeachment legal team? (He'd also be a good age to step onto the SCOTUS in a Democratic administration in 2021 or 2022)
Link to tweet
gab13by13
(21,360 posts)2naSalit
(86,646 posts)as he is a paid analyst for the network.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Nevermypresident
(781 posts)Cetacea
(7,367 posts)Or we can go on blaming Mueller.
he mentioned on Twitter several times that the regulations require DOJ to turn over all materials to the House and/or Senate, but DOJ is ignoring that regulation, hence the lawsuit from the House.
I think the process would be much further along if DOJ had followed their own rules in this case.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Cetacea
(7,367 posts)Point taken. Thanks
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)like we're living through a political thriller version of Days of Our Lives.
Cetacea
(7,367 posts)OKNancy
(41,832 posts)I think you are right. He will be good if this is what happens
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)gibraltar72
(7,506 posts)MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)Let it Neal.
Let it Neal.
Let it Neal!
He will be a superb asset to us all - whatever the news will tell us.
Here's hoping it will ask of him all his highest values and greatest expertise.
2naSalit
(86,646 posts)zaj
(3,433 posts)If it were something like a hiring by the committee, he would never tease it. He wouldnt go on TV. He'd quietly take the job and leave media all together.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Interesting thought, but I think that, even if the idea didn't disgust him, this very intelligent man must understand that it would disgust others who until then had respected him.
IronLionZion
(45,454 posts)NewDayOranges
(692 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,182 posts)I'm wondering if this could be something bigger than expected, like a targeted legal maneuver or something.
Mme. Defarge
(8,034 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)dalton99a
(81,515 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)sorry Neal, I had expected something regarding you and impeachment