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applegrove

(118,642 posts)
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 04:36 PM Jun 2019

Trump To Assert Bogus "Absolute Immunity" Claim To Keep Annie Donaldson From Testifying

Trump To Assert Bogus “Absolute Immunity” Claim To Keep Annie Donaldson From Testifying

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/06/23/absolute-immunity-annie-donaldson.html/amp

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Trump is going to block former top aide Annie Donaldson from testifying before the House Judiciary Committee with a bogus claim of absolute immunity.

Politico reported:

Donaldson negotiated a deal with the committee that would require her to submit written answers within a week of receiving the questions. The committee is able to schedule in-person testimony after Nov. 1. CNN first reported the terms of the agreement.

But the White House, which has been involved in the negotiations, is expected to assert its claims that former aides have “absolute immunity” from testifying to Congress about their service in the White House, sources said. Democrats have said that claim is legally baseless and are vowing to defeat it in federal court. A White House spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Trump Won’t Stop Until The Courts Shut Him Down

Trump is going to block every single witness and document that Democrats subpoena or request in a never before seen campaign of obstruction. Trump won’t stop until the courts put an end to this, and if he defies the court order,


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Trump To Assert Bogus "Absolute Immunity" Claim To Keep Annie Donaldson From Testifying (Original Post) applegrove Jun 2019 OP
K&R! That's one reason I call him "Teflon Don" Jeffersons Ghost Jun 2019 #1
What's the big deal about defying a "court order"? kentuck Jun 2019 #2
I expect the current SCOTUS to roll over and give the despot whatever he wants. TeamPooka Jun 2019 #3

Jeffersons Ghost

(15,235 posts)
1. K&R! That's one reason I call him "Teflon Don"
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 05:18 PM
Jun 2019

How about the well-documented women, paid hush money, for their silence, on his adultery and/or rape.
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