Trump could use the courts to run out the clock. They must stop him

[Nevilledog]

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Norm Eisen
@NormEisen
This is one of the most urgent opeds I have ever written (& I have written over 300!)

Trump must not be allowed to run out the clock on the 1/6 investigation

Our democracy depends on getting the truth out. ⁦@statesunited⁩ ⁦@CNNOpinion⁩

Opinion: Trump could use the courts to run out the clock. They must stop him
Norman Eisen, Joanna Lydgate and E. Danya Perry write the ​​House Committee investigating Jan. 6 is doing everything it can to gather information quickly, and the court must move swiftly to ensure...
cnn.com
8:26 AM · Nov 11, 2021

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/11/opinions/trump-records-court-decision-eisen-lydgate-perry/index.html

(CNN) — On Tuesday evening, US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan refused former President Donald Trump's request to block the National Archives from releasing records that could help Congress understand what happened leading up to and on January 6, when a Trump-supporting mob overran the US Capitol. On Wednesday, he asked again so he could pursue his appeal, and she again refused.

Chutkan's Tuesday decision denying Trump's request for a preliminary injunction was right, and it will likely be upheld on appeal. The only question is when -- and that timing matters here.
This case must not take years to percolate through the appellate courts as prior House subpoena cases have done. The House Committee investigating January 6 is doing everything it can to gather information quickly, and the nation deserves timely answers.

Part of the reason the case can move so briskly is that the opinion was indisputably correct. Trump's argument for concealing presidential papers hinges on the claim that he, as a former president, can unilaterally assert privilege over records from his administration.

Of course, he cannot. Chutkan held that the person who is best positioned to decide whether the presidency may assert the privilege is the current president, whom the people elected to do that job. As Trump chronically refuses to admit, that person is not Trump. Joe Biden is the President, and he has notified the national archivist -- who holds the Trump administration's records -- that he waives the privilege.

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[Wounded Bear]

1. That has always been his core strategy...

can't let him do it this time.

[gab13by13]

2. Cut and pasted from the CNN link,

On the Watergate tapes, the subpoena was issued on April 18, 1974; the trial court ruled on May 20, 1974; and the US Supreme Court ruled on July 24, 1974. Three months and six days in all from start to finish. Equal or greater speed is possible here if the parties and all of us strongly demand it.

[SoCalDavidS]

3. I'm Willing To Bet That He's Successful

I see no sense of urgency.

There are some who see Democracy in danger over the coming years. I say it's already over, but for the shouting.

[sop]

4. "It's already over, but for the shouting"...and the shooting.

[Mister Ed]

8. Yep, it's over. We're finished. Kaput. As good as dead.

The only sensible thing for Democrats to do now is to commit hara-kiri en masse.

JFC, these posts are relentless.

[Poiuyt]

5. Someone send this op-ed to Merrick Garland

[FakeNoose]

6. Of course - that's how he rolls

Meanwhile he's quietly raising money to run for President again.
HE MUST BE STOPPED!

[luv2fly]

7. I've read here that a special prosecutor could be assigned

And in that way negate any concerns over a potential GQP 2022 house victory ending any inquiries. I don't know if that's true or not, but if so it sure seems prudent.

[PortTack]

9. Oh I think they will assign a special prosecutor if the 1/6 committee feels it necessary