Posted on 07/25/2017 8:46:33 AM PDT by GIdget2004
The leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee have issued a subpoena to compel President Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, to appear at a public hearing Wednesday regarding Russia's efforts to influence the 2016 election.
In a statement Tuesday, Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the chairman, and Dianne Feinstein, D-California, the ranking member, said that they were unable to reach an agreement for a "voluntary transcribed interview" with their panel.
"Mr. Manafort, through his attorney, said that he would be willing to provide only a single transcribed interview to Congress, which would not be available to the Judiciary Committee members or staff. While the Judiciary Committee was willing to cooperate on equal terms with any other committee to accommodate Mr. Manafort's request, ultimately that was not possible," they said.
Grassley and Feinstein, as a result, issued a subpoena late Monday to compel Manafort's participation in a hearing on Wednesday.
"As with other witnesses, we may be willing to excuse him from Wednesday's hearing if he would be willing to agree to production of documents and a transcribed interview, with the understanding that the interview would not constitute a waiver of his rights or prejudice the committee's right to compel his testimony in the future," they said.
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Crumble it up and throw it in the trash can.
They’re going to drag this out for 8 years!
A witch hunt.
Let the witch hunt for a CRIME continue. Total farse.
Rather than support their president and even though there is an independent counsel, the republican congress deliberately is pushing this crap which they easily can stop.
IRRC, these committee members get BIG extra bucks for their presence.
Paul Ryan said Monday that it isn’t congressional Republicans’ role to defend President Trump from the investigations into Russian election interference! Tells all we need to know
[Crumble it up and throw it in the trash can.]
Better yet wipe his ass with it and send it back to them...
It’s such a shame that we a blessed to have such a magnificent president, who unfortunately is doing his utmost to govern without a bona fide political party to back him up!!!
Can anyone explain to me why a private citizen (non-government employee and not subject to “advise and consent”) is even required to respond to a committee subpoena?
LIKE! +1
Then its not our role to go vote for you next year.
The ONLY people backing the President are the voters...
Beware of the 2018 midterms, GOPe...
They don’t view him as their president any more than he views himself as a traditional republican.
When are they going to subpoena Susan Rice? Eric Holder?
Hillary? Loretta Lynch?
In a sense he is correct, seperate and co-equal branch of government.
That’s really what the presidents personal legal team is for
Don’t get GOPe’d.
Any private citizen in Manafort's position with an IQ over 60 would assert his Fifth Amendment rights and refuse to answer a single question.
Threat of subpoena for public hearing is a tactic to get a transcribed interview in private. Worked with Jr.
Manafort is in a precarious situation. Under Fbi investigation ..under mueller investigation
.dustin Hoffman on his family’s tail
Should plead the 5th
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