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Showing Original Post only (View all)Rachel Maddow Destroys Trump's Plan To Block Congress From Getting His Financial Records [View all]
Posted on Mon, Apr 22nd, 2019 by Sean Colarossi
Rachel Maddow Destroys Trumps Plan To Block Congress From Getting His Financial Records
Donald Trump sued Congress on Monday to block a congressional subpoena for his financial records yet another move by this president that totally screams innocence.
Rachel Maddow was quick to demolish Trumps move, explaining why it is almost certain to be a failure and appears only to be an effort by the White House to stall.
What Congress investigates is up for Congress to decide, and how Congress subpoenas information is Congress decision, the MSNBC host said. This lawsuit appears on track to fail and without much suspense.
Maddow added, This lawsuit may be an effort by the president to slow things down, but its certainly not going to stop what Congress is doing.
Maddow added, This lawsuit may be an effort by the president to slow things down, but its certainly not going to stop what Congress is doing.
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Maddow said:
What Congress investigates is up for Congress to decide, and how Congress subpoenas information is Congress decision. And that clear precedent, that clear and unequivocal precedent means that our president now, today, did something desperate, that is destined to fail and fail quickly, when the president today decided that he was going to bring a personal lawsuit against Congress. President Trump in his personal capacity today sued Congress, sued the oversight committee in the House for them having the temerity to issue a subpoena for his financial records from an accounting firm that spent a lot of years doing various financial work for him including preparing his taxes. Even if it were a super far-fetched investigation that they were pursuing, what the case law in this area tells us is that the courts would still stay out of it. But in this case, its not that far-fetched. I mean, the presidents longtime personal lawyer just testified to Congress under oath that President Trump committed multiple financial felonies, and he pointed them to the documents that would show evidence of that. Kind of seems like there might be a really good reason for Congress to see those records.
But as much as Im sure the presidents lawyers are enjoying the billable hours here, this lawsuit appears on track to fail and without much suspense. This is an area of the law where there just isnt that much gray. Im not a lawyer. Dont hire me for anything. Once the president did this today, we spoke with a number of people today who are lawyers, including experts in the field, and they told us this is not an area of law where there is wiggle room. This lawsuit may be an effort by the president to slow things down but its certainly not going to stop what Congress is doing.
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Rachel Maddow Destroys Trump's Plan To Block Congress From Getting His Financial Records [View all]
babylonsister
Apr 2019
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Our people need to say that, in those words, every day: "What is Trump hiding in these records?"
lagomorph777
Apr 2019
#16
The lower courts that will hear the subpoena case are not packed with radical right wingers
onenote
Apr 2019
#18
Agreed. If she said that. I didn't catch it, if she did. She does acknowledge the worst case, tho'.
ancianita
Apr 2019
#22
orange idiot should resign before Dem investigations so Pence can still pardon him
certainot
Apr 2019
#17