Cipollone - "a cooperative witness within parameters of his desire to protect executive privilege"

[kpete]

Pat Cipollone has been “a cooperative witness within the parameters of his desire to protect executive privilege for the office of general counsel,” a source familiar with his ongoing Jan. 6 committee testimony tells

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Is it exec priv if trump says he wants rioters to kill pence?

[arthritisR_US]

2. No, I don't think so. Doesn't apply to crime's.

[RockRaven]

3. Cippollone worked for TFG for two and a half years throughout TFG's most depraved behavior

so fuck him and his enabling very much.

[kpete]

4. Yeah, I don't expect much from him -

2. Laura Ingraham Says Her Path to Catholicism Began With ‘Heartfelt Conversations’ With Pat Cipollone, Whom She Describes as Her Godfather

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more:
https://heavy.com/news/2020/01/pat-cipollone-laura-ingraham/

[JohnSJ]

5. If he really was a patriot, he wouldn't use executive privilege in his conversations with trump

[ultralite001]

6. Cipollone's religious ties are concerning...

and his veracity has been questioned in the past...

[link:https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/distinctly-catholic/do-religious-beliefs-trumps-attorneys-impeachment-trial-matter|]

'Cipollone may be a fine Catholic but, alas, he had some trouble with the Eighth Commandment, as former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) pointed out: "A lawyer does not stand in front of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and lie."'

[Novara]

7. Cippolone did not work for the orange motherfucker

He wasn't a personal lawyer so "privilege" is not clear cut. He was White House Counsel.

His job was to advise on the legality of legislation, decisions, policy issues.