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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBy trying to silence Sally Yates, the Trump WH just made her testimony FAR more important.
1. Yates tells WH Flynn could be blackmailed by Russia.
2. Yates fired
3. Yates to testify
4. Yates informs WH/DOJ
5. Nunes cancels hearing
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/devin-nunes-canceled-russia-hearings-to-keep-sally-yates-from-testifying-ex-cia-and-defense-official/
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028862767
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)The people of these United States wish to hear what Ms. Yates has to say.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)One for #TrumpRussia, one for Sessions' perjury, one for Flynn's lying, and the list is growing.
#TrumpRussia 50 tweet MEGA-THREAD by Seth Abramson
Seth Abramson 54 tweet MEGA-THREAD: "Source E" is the Deep Throat
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)shraby
(21,946 posts)Someone else brought this in:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Nixon
Less than three weeks after oral arguments, the Court issued its decision. The justices struggled to write an opinion that all eight could agree to. The stakes were so high, in that the tapes most likely contained evidence of criminal wrongdoing by the President and his men, that they wanted no dissent. All contributed to the opinion and Chief Justice Burger delivered the unanimous decision. After ruling that the Court could indeed resolve the matter and that Jaworski had proven a "sufficient likelihood that each of the tapes contains conversations relevant to the offenses charged in the indictment," the Court went to the main issue of executive privilege. The Court rejected Nixon's claim to an "absolute, unqualified Presidential privilege of immunity from judicial process under all circumstances." It held that a claim of Presidential privilege as to materials subpoenaed for use in a criminal trial cannot override the needs of the judicial process, if that claim is based, not on the ground that military or diplomatic secrets are implicated, but merely on the ground of a generalized interest in confidentiality. Nixon was ordered to deliver the subpoenaed materials to the District Court.
FakeNoose
(32,356 posts)It wouldn't have been an issue, until after it was discovered that the tapes even existed. Nixon had tape-recorded every meeting in the Oval Office including the times when they discussed the coverup of the Watergate dirty tricks. (Payoffs etc.)
It was accidentally mentioned during the Watergate hearing that Nixon even had the tapes. Suddenly all hell broke loose and this SCOTUS ruling meant that he had to turn them over to the hearing. That was the end for Nixon, he resigned pretty soon after that.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)You have to wonder how much worse Watergate would have been with those 18 minutes in evidence.
FakeNoose
(32,356 posts)... he was never under suspicion of treason.
He never colluded with the leader of an enemy country.
He did have some scruples.
The orange Cheeto has none!
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)I wouldn't cheer Nixon on like that until you hear the missing 18 minutes.
hwmnbn
(4,278 posts)extending the Viet Nam war for 5 more deadly years.
That's worse than treasonous given all the soldiers that died unnecessarily.
Fuck Nixon and Fuck Drumpf! Two sides of the same Republican coin.
KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)hwmnbn
(4,278 posts)the extended war also did much damage to our domestic politics. Those effects are still being felt today.
KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)specifically, the Nixon campaign's efforts to undermine the Vietnam Peace talks by using Kisswinger as emmisary and Claire Chennault as an intermediary to convince Thieu not to play ball (with the promise he would receive better terms in a Nixon administration). LBJ had the goods on Nixon too and debated whether to go public with them, in the end deciding not to because the evidence had been obtained through illegal wiretaps. So LBJ's decision not to dime out Tricky Dick only cost the U.S. another 30,000-some soldiers' lives and upwards of another 1 million southeast Asians.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I bet he'll say that the WH never tried to block Yates from testifying...just invited her to consult with them so they could make a determination on privilege.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)"I hope she testifies. I'll look forward to that. ... We have no problem with her testifying."
I suspect his fingers were crossed behind his back.
Tom Rinaldo
(22,911 posts)That's good to know. We have that on record now.
volstork
(5,394 posts)into the stratosphere. She will be a Democratic golden girl along with Warren.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)until she can go on the record all the guessing is still guessing
FakeNoose
(32,356 posts)... just find the investigators and get them to talk.
Also Yates gave a face-to-face report while Obama was still in office.
mcar
(42,210 posts)bdamomma
(63,658 posts)committee ask her to testify?