General Discussion

ATL Ebony

(1,097 posts)

37. No longer an issue . . .

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #21)

Tue Mar 28, 2017, 03:16 PM

Mar 2017

Yates will testify for the Senate commission (eff the House and it's attempt to cover up)

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

50 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

CBS obtained a copy of the letter sent to Yates attorney by the WH. [View all] herding cats Mar 2017 OP

Does anyone know if that is true? femmocrat Mar 2017 #1

Could Be Just An Idle Threat..... global1 Mar 2017 #3

The DOJ is punting to the White House gratuitous Mar 2017 #7

That was my take. herding cats Mar 2017 #18

yeah, weasel words. mopinko Mar 2017 #12

"deliberative process privilege"? is that a statute? yodermon Mar 2017 #2

Executive privilege Sanity Claws Mar 2017 #14

Your conversations with your attorney are confidential jberryhill Mar 2017 #15

Legal ? Is this what Trump's lawyer is saying? Botany Mar 2017 #19

what criminal complaint? jberryhill Mar 2017 #20

Sorry criminal investigation .... not complaint Botany Mar 2017 #22

The first two questions require inquiry jberryhill Mar 2017 #44

Thank you Botany Mar 2017 #46

Deliberative process privilege is the common-law principle elleng Mar 2017 #17

The following is from google, from wikipedia: "Deliberative process privilege is the common-law Akamai Mar 2017 #30

Sally Yates spoke to Obama directly FakeNoose Mar 2017 #4

Hearsay? femmocrat Mar 2017 #6

Possibly FakeNoose Mar 2017 #13

DoJ just handed off the matter to the White House. They have 24 new attorneys who can look at it. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #5

Trump is scared of Sally Yates Gothmog Mar 2017 #8

You bet! FakeNoose Mar 2017 #11

Were the communications before or after Trump was sworn in? KittyWampus Mar 2017 #9

After . . . ATL Ebony Mar 2017 #36

Geez. For a supposedly "nothing to see here, folks" situation Warren DeMontague Mar 2017 #10

I get the Executive Privilege claim Pantagruel Mar 2017 #16

Yates' attorney rejected the WH assertion of "likely" privilege pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #21

You nailed it. herding cats Mar 2017 #23

Right. Looks like they had Nunes take that action for them, Volaris Mar 2017 #33

Nunes and Ryan for refusing to have him removed from the HPSCI herding cats Mar 2017 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author ymetca Mar 2017 #25

No longer an issue . . . ATL Ebony Mar 2017 #37

Senate will hear Yates Pantagruel Mar 2017 #38

Actually seems they just ignored the request. jmg257 Mar 2017 #43

Welcome to DU, Pantagruel! calimary Mar 2017 #35

And the coverup gets thicker, deeper and wider Augiedog Mar 2017 #24

She's a smart attorney, and I'm sure Thekaspervote Mar 2017 #26

maybe she can't testify about what she told the WH, but can't she testify about what she knows Fast Walker 52 Mar 2017 #27

None of her potential testimony is restricted; the WH never asserted privilege. pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #29

I think Spicer just lied about this mainstreetonce Mar 2017 #28

I hope Ms. Yates is committing EVERYTHING to print and video. Paladin Mar 2017 #31

Just like Nixon tried to claim Presidential Privilege about the WH tapes. Didn't work then & not now Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #32

So the DOJ said to check with the WH, and the WH didn't offer an objection? jmg257 Mar 2017 #39

When she said she still wanted to testify Nunes canceled the hearing. herding cats Mar 2017 #41

Ah - maybe a question she would want to skip because she might have contradicted WH statements. jmg257 Mar 2017 #42

Fishier and fishier. calimary Mar 2017 #40

ProPublica builds list of officials sent into Federal agencies as "beachhead teams." mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 #45

That last paragraph sort of contradicts what Sean Spicer said today. kentuck Mar 2017 #47

Na - Its just what he said...DOJ said check with WH, WH didn't object. jmg257 Mar 2017 #49

Go Sally Yates! trump scared Cha Mar 2017 #48

Kick ck4829 Mar 2017 #50