House counsel warns of 'gun battle' in fight for Trump information

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court in Washington heard warnings Friday that how they rule in the House Judiciary Committee’s legal fights for information from the Trump administration could spark an avalanche of congressional lawsuits, or even a potential “gun battle” between the House sergeant at arms and the FBI security detail for Attorney General William Barr.

Two separate panels of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard nearly three hours of oral argument on two committee cases related to former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. Both were filed months before the House voted to impeach President Donald Trump on his dealings with Ukraine.

The committee filed a lawsuit to force former White House Counsel Don McGahn to testify about episodes from Mueller’s report. In the other case, the committee wants access to secret grand jury materials from that same investigation.

Lower courts have ruled that McGahn must testify before the committee and the Justice Department must give the grand jury material to the committee. The D.C. Circuit panels can now decide at any time whether those rulings were right.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-counsel-warns-of-gun-battle-in-fight-for-trump-information/ar-BBYAQNh?li=BBnb7Kz

[bluestarone]

1. It's getting tiring

Waiting on these courts.

[Girard442]

2. The reality is that the Trumpites have realized that the courts and Congress have no actual power.

Barring some other part of society weighing in, like the military, the Trump executive branch will ultimately tell the other two to go pound sand.

[erronis]

3. Afraid you may be correct. WWTFFD?

What Would The Founding Fathers Do?

My guess is that each and every one would immediately change the Constitution to remove any possibility of a unitary executive.

[stillcool]

4. The GOP has the power...

the courts, many of the state governments, and a power base of zillion-aires. They decide who votes, and if those votes are counted. They decide what a crime is, according to who commits it. There's a lot of people that have had the power to stop anything they wanted to...they choose not to.