Posted on 03/28/2017 7:44:02 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Trump administration sought to block former acting attorney general Sally Yates from testifying to Congress in the House investigation of links between Russian officials and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, The Washington Post has learned, a position that is likely to further anger Democrats who have accused Republicans of trying to damage the inquiry.
According to letters The Post reviewed, the Justice Department notified Yates earlier this month that the administration considers a great deal of her possible testimony to be barred from discussion in a congressional hearing because the topics are covered by the presidential communication privilege.
Yates and other former intelligence officials had been asked to testify before the House Intelligence Committee this week, a hearing that was abruptly canceled by the panel’s chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.). Yates was the deputy attorney general in the final years of the Obama administration, and served as the acting attorney general in the first days of the Trump administration.
President Trump fired Yates in January after she ordered Justice Department lawyers not to defend his first immigration order temporarily banning entry to United States for citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries and refugees from around the world.
As acting attorney general, Yates played a key part in the investigation surrounding Michael T. Flynn, a Trump campaign aide who became national security adviser before revelations that he had discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador to the United States in late December led to his ouster.
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Trump better a handle on this fast. His administration is springing more leaks than a ship made of swiss cheese.
she ordered Justice Department lawyers not to defend his first immigration order temporarily banning entry to United States
They should have also Filed a Formal “Abandonment of Client” case with the BAR Association and had her DISBARRED!!!
More WAPO agitprop.
If Yates has something to say, she can post it on social media.
Sally Yates is a Democrat, and was appointed by Obama.
“His administration is springing more leaks than a ship made of swiss cheese.”
Could you list a few?
RE: Could you list a few?
Mike Flynn
Jeff Sessions
To name two.
I would have also blocked it. Once he discovered she was not in his camp, her position and authority, even if extant until firing, was NIL. She did not qualify as a spokesperson in the capacity for which she was called.
Yates is a lying, anti-American, Trump-hater. I don’t see a problem with this.
Why do we need to hear from this seditious, treasonous hag?
She would just use her TV time to lie lie lie RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA.
Correct. I believe the meeting was canceled because Rodgers and Comey refused to attend.
This is nothing yet again.The Post is looking for a story which is not there, and to change the subject of what is really going on , and that is; This administration was spied on. he Dem party lost big time,and the worst state since the 1920’s. Obama ruined the Dem party, and they have become the party of obstruction.
could be trump administration doing the leaks to discredit the MSM and his detractors
sally yates and wapo (the voice of the deep state) are two huuuuuge piles of excrement ....
anyone who believes either is misinformed...
both political operatives with a subversive agenda
hwere was salyy when the clintoons were play for pay with guestra putin uranium one and podesta joule stock...???
You notice no one in the swamp cares about or is even curious about the intelligence that Nunes has? Instead they want to turn on him, including that insufferable McCain. Himself must be tied up in this and don't want his role revealed.
Jeff Sessions is on the job and will stay. I am looking for the swiss cheese comparison.
You must mistake MSM and democrat propagandizing for Trump administration shortcomings. Separate concepts. Democrats and MSM are comparable to swiss cheese.
His TC calls to Mexican and Australian ministers were leaked.
Interestingly Podsta told his lawyer (one of them) that he has nothing to do with Joule since 2014 but in 2015 he has another email thanking him for a call on doing business with Joule, with a PowerPoint attachment.
Then he has a bill from a lawyer that is charging him for a phone call about his Dutch deposits.
BULL! Yates should be tried for insubordination and lose her retirement! She is a co conspirator of the Obama Adm. and has already proved where her loyalties lie.
This is the WashingFake Post. They lie outright and often.
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