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BREAKING: SCOTUS Halts Contempt Order For Mysterious Foreign Company Subpoenaed By Mueller Team
Townhall ^ | 12/23/2018 | Beth Baumann

Posted on 12/23/2018 7:17:38 PM PST by digger48

The Supreme Court on Sunday issued a temporary halt to contempt charges brought against a mysterious foreign company. The company was having a fight over a mysterious grand jury subpoena related to the Mueller probe.

On Saturday, the foreign company filed a formal application with the Supreme Court asking them to review the case, the Washington Times reported. An Appellate Court previously ruled that the company must comply with the subpoena or they'd be held in contempt. For every week that they were held in contempt they would have to pay $5,000.

According to legal expert Steve Vladeck, this might be the first Supreme Court case that would be sealed:


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clickbait; investigation; jamescomey; lisapage; peterstrzok; robertmueller; rottenindenmark; wut
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1 posted on 12/23/2018 7:17:38 PM PST by digger48
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I guess information will be shared on a “need to know” basis. And, apparently, Americans do not Need To Know how corrupt their government is.


2 posted on 12/23/2018 7:21:35 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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secret courts and now this garbage: sealed subpoenas going all the way to SCOTUS.

What we need is sunlight and a lot of it.


4 posted on 12/23/2018 7:23:07 PM PST by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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“...The federal government has until Dec. 31st to respond “
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Would this be the “federal government” led by President Trump who the people elected as head of the executive branch or the “federal government” as represented by Mueller who was elected by a single person (I.e., the Deep State ‘RAT Rosenstein)?


5 posted on 12/23/2018 7:24:36 PM PST by House Atreides (My Number)
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You made an error in your post. “Federal government run by Trump.” You know he doesn’t get to run this country’s government!


6 posted on 12/23/2018 7:26:31 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: proust

> “What we need is sunlight and a lot of it.”

Yes, agree.


7 posted on 12/23/2018 7:26:41 PM PST by Hostage (Article V (Proud Member of the Deranged Q Fringe))
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To: digger48
"firstSupreme Court case that would be sealed"

Wew!

8 posted on 12/23/2018 7:27:02 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: digger48

I guess I should really dig into the details, but the first thing that hits me is that the Supreme Court just issued two similar rulings: 1, it ruled in favor of illegal aliens, against the interests of Americans by upholding the stay on the President’s action to keep asylum applicants outside the country; 2, it ruled in favor of a foreign company and against American prosecutors (even if they are Mueller’s team).

Bottom line: who’s side is our Supreme Court on?


9 posted on 12/23/2018 7:27:11 PM PST by JewishRighter
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To: digger48
What’s more, Judge Greg Katsas, President Donald Trump’s first appointee to the D.C. Circuit, recused himself from this case. Katsas was a lawyer in the White House counsel’s office in the early days of the Trump administration, where he handled topics bearing on the Mueller probe. The judge told lawmakers he would recuse himself from cases relating to Mueller’s investigation during his confirmation hearing.

The Mueller appointment was illegal but apparently it's too late to do anything about it.

10 posted on 12/23/2018 7:28:35 PM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe)
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Star Chamber secret judicial proceedings were part of English history but dropped due to their serious abuses, etc. now we have secret court proceedings in USA ( fisa, etc, and now this?!) This is very very very serious, imho ,


11 posted on 12/23/2018 7:31:26 PM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians arent born, they’re excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: digger48
A mystery grand jury issues a mystery contempt order against a mystery foreign company for violating a mystery subpoena for not turning over mystery information.

Is it just me, or is this some weird Mad Libs game where Mueller gets to fill in the "mystery" at some point later when it suits his case?

-PJ

12 posted on 12/23/2018 7:33:34 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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Someone needs to take it to SCOTUS for chalenge.

/s off

13 posted on 12/23/2018 7:35:04 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: Political Junkie Too

bttt


14 posted on 12/23/2018 7:37:12 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: digger48

Next, there will be a double secret subpoena.


15 posted on 12/23/2018 7:38:06 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Deaf Smith

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John Roberts hates Trump.

Mark my words.

Other sources which proved true in regard to Roberts say he speaks about rhe Govt only having to survive Trump.

In contrast, Roberts told anyone that asked how highly he regarded Barack Obama.

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16 posted on 12/23/2018 7:40:18 PM PST by AnthonySoprano
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To: digger48

Thanks for posting. Bookmarking to follow more tomorrow.


17 posted on 12/23/2018 7:42:40 PM PST by MarMema (don't forget to stock up on dogfood)
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To: digger48

WTF


18 posted on 12/23/2018 7:47:46 PM PST by JPJones (More tariffs, less income tax.)
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19 posted on 12/23/2018 7:48:23 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: JewishRighter

it ruled in favor of a foreign company and against American prosecutors (even if they are Mueller’s team).

Bottom line: who’s side is our Supreme Court on?
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Well, since, IMHO, Mueller and associates are anti-American I’d say that in this case so far they’re on our side.


20 posted on 12/23/2018 7:50:24 PM PST by House Atreides (My Number)
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