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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) is planning to subpoena former FBI Director James Comey and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch in an effort to get them to testify before Democrats take over control of the panel in January, The Hill has learned.
Goodlatte on Friday provided notice to Rep. Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.), the top Democrat on the panel and presumed incoming chairman, of his plans to subpoena the former officials. Both officials served under former President Obama, while Comey briefly served under President Trump before being fired in May 2017.
The GOP chairman plans to subpoena the pair to discuss their decisionmaking during the 2016 presidential race, a committee aide confirmed. Republicans on the panel are seeking to have Comey appear for a deposition on Nov. 29 and for Lynch to testify Dec. 5.
Under Judiciary Committee rules, the chairman must consult the ranking member, in this case Nadler, at least two business days before issuing any subpoena suggesting that the move could be imminent.
Nadler blasted the plan as a last-minute ploy by Republicans to go after two former officials before they exit the majority, while noting that Comey and Lynch have indicated they are willing to answer questions Goodlatte has for them.
It is unfortunate that the outgoing Majority is resorting to these tactics," Nadler said in a statement Friday.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/417180-house-judiciary-plans-to-subpoena-comey-lynch-to-testify-before-next
Goodlatte probably thinks he has a gotcha though personally I have my doubts.
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)OnDoutside
(19,906 posts)LakeSuperiorView
(1,533 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)And that figure needs to be publicized loudly and with great prejudice.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Trump's fat ass,nothing more nothing less. Donnie wants Hillary in Prison Nothing more Nothing less. He is sending a message,and it is not pretty.
bluestarone
(16,720 posts)And that's it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DUgosh
(3,052 posts)Televised hearings - call up Hillary too Im sure she has plenty to say of the airwaves