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      Noting That 'Presidents Are Not Kings,' Federal Judge Rules Don McGahn Must Submit to Congressional Subpoena

      Noting That 'Presidents Are Not Kings,' Federal Judge Rules Don McGahn Must Submit to Congressional Subpoena

      "This ruling means not only that McGahn must provide testimony, but so must a raft of administration officials who have been stonewalling Congress in attempts to protect this president."

      Common Dreams Staff
      Nov 24, 2019

      A federal judge ruled Monday afternoon that Don McGahn, former White House Counsel for President Donald Trump, must submit to a congressional subpoena and testify before members of the U.S. House of Representatives--a legal defeat for Trump who has tried to prevent the testimony.

      In the ruling (pdf), U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, said "the primary takeaway from the past 250 years of recorded American history is that Presidents are not kings."

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      Congress Must Hold Former White House Counsel Don McGahn in Contempt

      Statement of Common Cause President Karen Hobert Flynn

      Newswire Editor
      May 21, 2019

      Congress must hold former White House Counsel Don McGahn in contempt. McGahn's refusal to testify is in deliberate defiance of a House Judiciary Committee subpoena, and he, and the White House, must be held to account. The Committee must move expeditiously to issue a contempt citation and the full House must follow suit in short order.

      The Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) memo claiming to excuse McGahn from testifying is contrary to relevant court decisions. Courts have flatly rejected the legal argument that a former White House Counsel is "absolutely immune" from a congressional subpoena. The House of Representative's subpoena power is rooted in the constitution, with a long history of jurisprudence supporting it. The OLC memo is just more evidence of obstruction of justice by President Trump and his Attorney General William Barr.

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      'The Dam Is Breaking': Progressives Say Pelosi 'Running Out of Excuses' Not to Impeach Trump

      'The Dam Is Breaking': Progressives Say Pelosi 'Running Out of Excuses' Not to Impeach Trump

      "The drum is beating," said Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Tuesday, "and it is getting louder."

      Jake Johnson
      May 21, 2019

      As the Trump administration's lawlessness reached an "inflection point" Tuesday with former White House counsel Don McGahn's refusal to testify before Congress, so too did progressive pressure on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to stop abdicating her constitutional duties and immediately launch impeachment proceedings against the president.

      "Without oversight of the executive branch any democracy is at serious risk of slipping toward a totalitarian regime. Congress must act now and act decisively."
      --Karen Hobert Flynn, Common Cause

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