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2 minutes ago, teachercd said:

Ohhh, is Mitt going to make a move and run?  

Nah, the cult would swallow him hole. But he will live and die with his integrity when it comes to this decision. 

 

History will not look as kindly upon Sasse, McConnell, et al.

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1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

Yes, he did.  There was one witness that was subpoenaed and the WH took them to court to stop it.  I believe Bolton was subpoenaed and they were told they will got to court for that too and that's when the Dems backed off and decided it was going to take too long going through courts.

 

So...basically, the WH has said, "You need to go to court to enforce your subpoenas".  Then, in court they argued "The house Democrats are not legally able to go to court to enforce their subpoenas".

It wasn't Bolton, it was for some guy named Charles Kupperman, and the Ds withdrew it likely because they knew they'd lose.

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11 minutes ago, Notre Dame Joe said:

It wasn't Bolton, it was for some guy named Charles Kupperman, and the Ds withdrew it likely because they knew they'd lose.

Wrong. They withdrew it because it would have taken a year or more. The House asked to be bound by the decision in the McGahn case and Kuppermans lawyer refused.

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29 minutes ago, Notre Dame Joe said:

It wasn't Bolton, it was for some guy named Charles Kupperman, and the Ds withdrew it likely because they knew they'd lose.

So...I'm happy that you know that the reason none of these people testified in the House was because the WH fought so hard to keep them quiet. Hmmm....wonder why.

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Bolton's testimony efforts are briefed in the Intelligence Committee's December Report, p. 232:

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Ambassador John Bolton, Former National Security Advisor

 

On October 30, the Committees sent a letter to the personal attorney of Ambassador John Bolton, the former National Security Advisor to President Trump, seeking his appearance at a deposition on November 7.223 Later that day, Ambassador Bolton’s personal attorney sent an email to Committee staff stating, “As you no doubt have anticipated, Ambassador Bolton is not willing to appear voluntarily.”224

 

On November 7, Ambassador Bolton did not appear for the scheduled deposition. On November 8, Ambassador Bolton’s personal attorney sent a letter to Douglas Letter, the General Counsel of the House of Representatives, suggesting that, if Ambassador Bolton were subpoenaed, he would file a lawsuit and would comply with the subpoena only if ordered to do so by the court. He referenced a lawsuit filed by another former official, Dr. Charles Kupperman, represented by the same attorney, and stated:

"As I emphasized in my previous responses to letters from the House Chairs, Dr. Kupperman stands ready, as does Ambassador Bolton, to testify if the Judiciary resolves the conflict in favor of the Legislative Branch’s position respecting such testimony."225

 

To date, Ambassador Bolton has not changed his position or come forward to testify.226

 

In early January, Bolton agreed to testify before the Senate if subpoenaed. 

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