Posted on May 13, 2021
Ex-WH counsel McGahn to testify behind closed doors about Trump efforts to obstruct Russia...
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Former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn will testify before the House Judiciary Committee behind closed doors about then-President Donald Trump's attempts to obstruct the Russia investigation, the House and the Justice Department announced in a court filing Wednesday night.
The interview will happen "as soon as possible," and a transcript will be released in the days after, the court filing said.
The committee members who interview McGahn can ask him about the incidents documented in the Mueller report of Trump's attempts to fire special counsel Robert Mueller and block the Russia investigation, and about the Mueller investigation's accuracy. The Justice Department can assert executive privilege or McGahn can decline to answer on other topics, which would essentially block House Democrats from learning details McGahn might know about other major scandals during Trump's presidency.
McGahn served as the top lawyer on Trump's 2016 campaign and served as White House counsel until fall 2018.
The interview will happen "as soon as possible," and a transcript will be released in the days after, the court filing said.
The committee members who interview McGahn can ask him about the incidents documented in the Mueller report of Trump's attempts to fire special counsel Robert Mueller and block the Russia investigation, and about the Mueller investigation's accuracy. The Justice Department can assert executive privilege or McGahn can decline to answer on other topics, which would essentially block House Democrats from learning details McGahn might know about other major scandals during Trump's presidency.
McGahn served as the top lawyer on Trump's 2016 campaign and served as White House counsel until fall 2018.
Ex-WH counsel McGahn to testify behind closed doors about Trump efforts to obstruct Russia...
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SSG Brian G.
SrA John Monette - lol It does not say that. Not in the least. Stick to what is in the article.
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Behind the rhetoric of Trumps calling the November election a stolen election, is his fear of being prosecuted for his and his family crimes. I am surprised he and his followers will sacrifice themselves and the nation so he can save his corporate brand. The Trump empire is fading into the wind made of dust blowing annoyingly into democracies face.
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Sgt Karen Schleif
We are Americans, not democrats or republicans, libertarians. etc. As Americans, we still have the right to choose. We all have an opinion and have the right to express it. However, I don't think RallyPoint was created for political opinion or for cutting anyone down, no matter who they are, no matter how true you think your statements are. I'm sure there are other more appropriate sites for that. I believe that RallyPoint was made for the military community to communicate with each other, encourage one another, and to help each other out.
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Cpl Archie H.
I never think I know any truth. In fact my opinions are not my opinions just starting points for a discussion, to get the brain thinking. What I have done is try to kick start thinking. Thinking Karen "especially critically thinking" is good medicine for the soul, and for military minds especially. I served in the Marine Corps in some of the toughest fighting the Marines have ever experienced. Every time we got done with a fight we Marines got together and discussed what we thought our mistakes were. WE never blamed each other for so and so being wounded or killed. Because we wanted to learn from our mistakes. You say Rallypoint is not a place to put political opinions forward. Okay then as American we should hide. If we hide from searching for a bit of truth we will never learn from our mistakes. You say Americans are not democrat or Republican. If this is so why are we so divided? Something made us this way. My guess this might Americans do not critically think?
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Cpl Archie H.
Sgt Karen Schleif -Critically thinking! In October 1983 the Marine Corps was tasked to Beruit Lebanon to deal with its chaos. The Marine Corps had decided to set up in a fixed billet for BLT 1st Battalion 8th Marines as I understand. Soon after setting in an attack and bomb went off. The attack killed 307 people: 241 U.S. and 58 French military personnel, six civilians, and two attackers. A little later, a second bomber struck the nine-story Drakkar building, kilometers away, where the French military had stationed; 55 paratroopers from the 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment and three paratroopers of the 9th Parachute Chasseur Regiment were killed and 15 injured. Add to this number were Lebanon civilians killed.
I remember I first heard about this attending church services on a Sunday morning. My first reaction was anger. Who was I angry with I said to myself. My anger was directed at the Marine Corps for billeting Marines in a fixed building site, making it a good target for terrorists, that is my “opinion”. How could our geniuses in DC running this operation come up with this bad plan to take Marines out of their dirt holes and put them in fixed buildings? Looks a lot like we were going to permanently occupy Beruit to the locals. Not a good thing! Americans are hated in this part of the world by enough people, thus putting US and even French military in fixed buildings looks a whole lot like a permanent US & French occupation of Beruit. Marines belong in the dirt in these situations! My opinion. We need critical thinking in the Military.
Another example is in the 80’s and early 90’s State Department Embassy Marine security guards were ambushed and killed on their way to work and coming home. When I commented how did terrorist know these were Marines. Then I sadly laughed. Because they were riding in white GMC vans. Even an unwashed Neanderthal could tell these young men were US Marines. When I asked a security expert if they could change the looks of transportation the Marines use. Maybe a pink GMC van I said cynically. She said ohh no this is what the GSA gives us to use. We need to critically think in the military.
I remember I first heard about this attending church services on a Sunday morning. My first reaction was anger. Who was I angry with I said to myself. My anger was directed at the Marine Corps for billeting Marines in a fixed building site, making it a good target for terrorists, that is my “opinion”. How could our geniuses in DC running this operation come up with this bad plan to take Marines out of their dirt holes and put them in fixed buildings? Looks a lot like we were going to permanently occupy Beruit to the locals. Not a good thing! Americans are hated in this part of the world by enough people, thus putting US and even French military in fixed buildings looks a whole lot like a permanent US & French occupation of Beruit. Marines belong in the dirt in these situations! My opinion. We need critical thinking in the Military.
Another example is in the 80’s and early 90’s State Department Embassy Marine security guards were ambushed and killed on their way to work and coming home. When I commented how did terrorist know these were Marines. Then I sadly laughed. Because they were riding in white GMC vans. Even an unwashed Neanderthal could tell these young men were US Marines. When I asked a security expert if they could change the looks of transportation the Marines use. Maybe a pink GMC van I said cynically. She said ohh no this is what the GSA gives us to use. We need to critically think in the military.
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