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applegrove

(118,014 posts)
Tue Dec 31, 2019, 02:01 AM Dec 2019

Bolton Has No Excuse, 'Must Testify' Now That Judge Has Dismissed Kupperman's Lawsuit: Legal Experts

Bolton Has No Excuse, ‘Must Testify’ Now That Judge Has Dismissed Kupperman’s Lawsuit: Legal Experts

by Matt Naham | 5:41 pm, December 30th, 2019

https://lawandcrime.com/impeachment/bolton-has-no-excuse-must-testify-now-that-judge-has-dismissed-kuppermans-lawsuit-legal-experts/

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A federal judge for the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia on Monday dismissed former John Bolton deputy Dr. Charles Kupperman’s lawsuit against the House of Representatives, leading legal observers to demand, once again, that Bolton testify in the impeachment inquiry.

The judge found that the Kupperman lawsuit was moot given that the House withdrew a subpoena for Kupperman’s testimony in the impeachment probe, and given that there is “no reasonable possibility that the House will exercise its inherent contempt power against Dr. Kupperman.”

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The Kupperman lawsuit sought an authoritative and binding judicial ruling to resolve the question of whether Kupperman was constitutionally obliged to testify in the impeachment inquiry or to abide by President Trump’s directive not to testify.

House Democrats successfully sought to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming it was moot after withdrawing Kupperman’s subpoena. They wanted to avoid the delay protracted litigation would cause to the impeachment proceedings. Nevertheless, Kupperman persisted, culminating in today’s dismissal.

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Bolton Has No Excuse, 'Must Testify' Now That Judge Has Dismissed Kupperman's Lawsuit: Legal Experts (Original Post) applegrove Dec 2019 OP
this dismisal doesn't really weigh on the Bolton stopdiggin Dec 2019 #1
I thought i read somewhere that another judge in another court ruled too applegrove Dec 2019 #2
you're correct stopdiggin Dec 2019 #3
Let's hope it does. calimary Dec 2019 #4
I wish it were so Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2019 #5

stopdiggin

(11,092 posts)
1. this dismisal doesn't really weigh on the Bolton
Tue Dec 31, 2019, 02:28 AM
Dec 2019

situation one way or the other. In fact, makes a point of not addressing the issue specifically. Whether other rulings are germane now remains the question. And I don't thing that question yet has a final answer.

applegrove

(118,014 posts)
2. I thought i read somewhere that another judge in another court ruled too
Tue Dec 31, 2019, 02:30 AM
Dec 2019

on the President's people testifying.

stopdiggin

(11,092 posts)
3. you're correct
Tue Dec 31, 2019, 02:49 AM
Dec 2019

and whether THAT decision -- no doubt ALSO under appeal -- now has relevance to Bolton is the debate at hand. I'm certainly not claiming to know.

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