Posted on 05/22/2020 3:01:18 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump won at least a temporary reprieve from the Supreme Court earlier this week in keeping secret grand jury materials from the Russia investigation away from Democratic lawmakers. The president and his administration are counting on the justices for more help to stymie other investigations and lawsuits.
The high court is weighing Trump’s bid to block subpoenas for his tax, banking and financial records. It will soon be asked by the administration to kill a lawsuit alleging that Trump is illegally profiting from his luxury hotel near the White House. And a dispute over Congress’ demand for the testimony of former White House counsel Don McGahn also could find its way to the justices before long.
The administration says Democrats are obsessed with embarrassing Trump at all costs. Trump has called himself a victim of “presidential harassment” and ordered his administration not to cooperate with investigations by the Democratic-led House.
In arguing for the invalidation of congressional subpoenas for Trump’s private financial records, the Justice Department told the Supreme Court that the subpoenas pose “a serious risk of harassing the President and distracting him from his constitutional duties.”
The president’s critics argue that Trump has embraced a dangerous view of the presidency as being above the law.
“The common theme throughout the Trump presidency has been a complete lack of accountability,” said Ben Berwick, a lawyer with the anti-Trump group Protect Democracy. “In case after case, the position taken by Trump and his lawyers is that nothing and no one -- not courts, not Congress, not federal or state law enforcement, not inspectors general -- can hold him accountable or act as a check on his power.”
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Mueller didn’t have access...why should the Dems?
Bueno muchachos.
Seems like Trump is only counting on correct and equal application of the law.
Seems like Trump is only counting on correct and equal application of the law.
We know who the criminal are and they are still walking free, why?
The big psychological difference between the right and left-
-the right just wants to be left alone. Live your life anyway you want, as long as you don’t intrude on any others rights. Minimize my taxes, and leave my speech rights, my property, my guns- ALONE.
-the left through their socialistic seductions, want power. And when you have a police car following you for 500 miles, you WILL eventually get a ticket. To paraphrase Lenin (I think), ‘Show me the man and I will show you the crime’.
The constitution was set up to limit power of government. Government has powers. Individuals have rights, and never the opposite.
The law needs to have a REASON for harassing a citizen.
The Dems had no REASON to start the Russian Collusion surveillance, investigation, Mueller, etc.
The Dems had no REASON to conduct the impeachment.
The Dems had no REASON to request Trump's private papers (tax returns)
The Dems just are fishing for dirt by weaponizing the gov't.....which is exactly what Obama did against political opponents.
If this is not stopped now, Democrats will use the full power of the gov't against political opponents forever.
Isn’t the opposite true for the abortion issue?
The left will make that claim, but with the premise that the baby has no rights.
When the assault on the DNC and all the principles begins, the devastation will be catastrophic
Interesting and gotcha. Thank you.
“The president and his administration are counting on the justices for more help to stymie other investigations and lawsuits.”
Your daily reminder that AP stands for All Propaganda.
Dimorats still haven’t accepted the outcome of the 2016 election. They need help.
Actually, that quote was from Stalin's secret police chief Lavrenti Beria.
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