Wonderful that my Senator, Mike Braun wants to oust the whistleblower. Glad he’s listening to the voicemails I left for him.
They're argument is only subpoenas from a full house vote are valid. Since the subpoenas were from a subcommittee, and not a full vote, they are invalid
The gist was that subpoenas need to come from a full House vote. Which is stupid, of course subcommittees can issue subpoenas, the House rules state as much: "Under clause 2(m)(1)(A) of rule XI, all committees are authorized to sit and act anywhere within the United States, and to issue subpoenas, whether the House is in session or has adjourned to a date certain or adjourned sine die, even after the second regular session of a Congress until the end of the constitutional term. " "For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions and duties under this rule and rule X (including any matters referred to it under clause 2 of rule XII), a committee or subcommittee is authorized ... to require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents as it considers necessary. ... [A] subpoena may be authorized and issued by a committee or subcommittee [...] in the conduct of an investigation or series of investigations or activities only when authorized by the committee or subcommittee, a majority being present. The power to authorize and issue subpoenas [...]may be delegated to the chair of the committee under such rules and under such limitations as the committee may prescribe." These rules have been in effect since 1975. In summation: chock full of shit.
Feel like the house managers whiffed on the question about the Steele dossier. Didn’t that start out as a republican effort to get oppo on trump? Would have been nice to mention that.
Sekulow is a fucking douche nozzle of the utmost degree. But in fairness, literally every R They would never allow Trump to testify because he is simply too stupid to keep any sort of coached story together. They would have to have an emergency mute button on his microphone
Prediction: Lamar announces no investigation tonight and Mitch forces the vote and this is all over at midnight. Eat Arby’s.
Somehow the radio in my car survived my listening to Cippilone describe how the president has a duty to protect US tax dollars...