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DOJ releases memos backing Trump immunity claims
Posted on 12/13/19 at 11:52 am
Posted on 12/13/19 at 11:52 am
Drumpf set a trap.
The Justice Department on Thursday made public a series of internal memos that the Trump administration has relied on to justify its defiance of congressional subpoenas related to the impeachment inquiry.
The memos, written by legal advisers in the department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), date as far back as the Nixon administration and supply legal arguments for a broad reading of presidential power in the face of congressional oversight.
One of the newly released OLC memos, written in 1982 by Assistant Attorney General Ted Olson, is titled “History of Refusals by Executive Branch Officials to Provide Information Demanded by Congress.”
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The opinion from Olson traces historical examples since the country’s founding where presidents ordered the withholding of information in the name of executive privilege. It cites instances from George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, through the Civil War and Reconstruction-era administrations of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, and continues through the early years of the Reagan administration.
“The memorandum seeks to show that presidentially mandated refusals to disclose information to Congress — though infrequent — are by no means unprecedented acts of this or any other administration,” the opinion states.
Another OLC opinion from 1982 was requested by then-Associate Attorney General Rudy Giuliani, who is now Trump’s personal attorney. That memo, also written by Olson, explained how executive privilege applies when Congress requests testimony from close presidential advisers.
OLC opinions are generally considered binding on the executive branch, but courts are not required to treat them as legal authorities. LINK
The Justice Department on Thursday made public a series of internal memos that the Trump administration has relied on to justify its defiance of congressional subpoenas related to the impeachment inquiry.
The memos, written by legal advisers in the department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), date as far back as the Nixon administration and supply legal arguments for a broad reading of presidential power in the face of congressional oversight.
One of the newly released OLC memos, written in 1982 by Assistant Attorney General Ted Olson, is titled “History of Refusals by Executive Branch Officials to Provide Information Demanded by Congress.”
ADVERTISEMENT
The opinion from Olson traces historical examples since the country’s founding where presidents ordered the withholding of information in the name of executive privilege. It cites instances from George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, through the Civil War and Reconstruction-era administrations of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, and continues through the early years of the Reagan administration.
“The memorandum seeks to show that presidentially mandated refusals to disclose information to Congress — though infrequent — are by no means unprecedented acts of this or any other administration,” the opinion states.
Another OLC opinion from 1982 was requested by then-Associate Attorney General Rudy Giuliani, who is now Trump’s personal attorney. That memo, also written by Olson, explained how executive privilege applies when Congress requests testimony from close presidential advisers.
OLC opinions are generally considered binding on the executive branch, but courts are not required to treat them as legal authorities. LINK
Posted on 12/13/19 at 11:55 am to Jbird
Precedent doesn’t matter to Dems. They broke Judiciary rules to jam through their peach mints. OMB
Posted on 12/13/19 at 11:56 am to BobBoucher
quote:That's nice McTurtle and the Sen will rectify that bullshite.
Precedent doesn’t matter to Dems. They broke Judiciary rules to jam through their peach mints. OMB
Posted on 12/13/19 at 11:57 am to Jbird
quote:
That's nice McTurtle and the Sen will rectify that bullshite.
Unless they follow through on their proposal to not have a trial and not call witnesses.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:12 pm to BobBoucher
quote:Sounds like Drumpf wants to go all in on a defense.
Unless they follow through on their proposal to not have a trial and not call witnesses.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:21 pm to Jbird
Yeah so fricking what????
Orange
Man
Bad
Orange
Man
Bad
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:26 pm to Jbird
You add this to Trump asking for the courts opinion sinks article two.
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