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re: Watch Live: Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before Senate Intelligence Committee
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:31 pm to SlowFlowPro
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:31 pm to SlowFlowPro
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there is literally no reason to take the risk, for ethical, legal, and professional reasons
The risk is of political nature, not ethical or legal. Trump hasn't invoked executive privilege and even if he did it wouldn't hold up in court.
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Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:32 pm to SlowFlowPro
Is McCain fumbling around again?
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:32 pm to cahoots
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Exactly. The question can be answered. Sessions doesn't want to, just like Holder didn't want to. Yet a lot of people are going to be inconsistent in their criticisms.
remember coats last week. I have no legal basis not to answer this, but I am just not going to answer it.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:32 pm to cajunangelle
Tom Cotton summed it up better than anyone I've heard just now.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:32 pm to elposter
Cotton 
blowing the media narrative like a nuke bomb.
blowing the media narrative like a nuke bomb.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:33 pm to SCLibertarian
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Tom Cotton summed it up better than anyone I've heard just now.
yep.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:33 pm to cajunangelle
Cotton calling this the farce that it truly is.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:33 pm to cajunangelle
Cotton kicking arse.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:33 pm to fouldeliverer
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The risk is of political nature, not ethical or legal.
it's potentially a major issue, legally/ethically
Congress has a mechanism to address this: hold him in contempt and let the legal teams argue it out. if he's wrong, he'll have to spill it
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Trump hasn't invoked executive privilege and even if he did it wouldn't hold up in court.
not only are you now a legal expert, you can predict the future
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:33 pm to fouldeliverer
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And Holder was deserving of criticism for it, and so should Sessions. For god's sake people they work for us! We either want government transparency and accountability or we don't. It was not justified for Holder and it shouldn't be now. If it isn't executive privilege answer the damn questions.
What's good for the dems is good for the republicans. Problem is, dems were ACTUALLY hiding something. Repbulicans are not (at least in this case). All of this is a joke.
Cotton....
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:34 pm to cahoots
Just like Rogers and Coats did last week and Rosenstein did earlier today. Lots of people are keeping their traps shut about their conversations with the President.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:34 pm to SCLibertarian
CNN won't be covering this. They all think Sessions and Trump will be cuffed and jailed after this. It is surreal and beyond ridiculous.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:34 pm to Hawkeye95
Who knows if there's anything to hide, but it's not a good look to refuse to answer a question with no legal basis. This isn't a standard court case. This is the leadership of the country and they're not being transparent at a time when there's no law to hide behind.
This post was edited on 6/13/17 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:35 pm to cahoots
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Exactly. The question can be answered. Sessions doesn't want to, just like Holder didn't want to. Yet a lot of people are going to be inconsistent in their criticisms.
That's my problems with this forum and same for liberal forums. There's major hypocrisy and inconsistency. If this was an AG for Obama everyone would be screaming but it's okay because it is the GOP.
Government officials get away with this shite because the people let them, we've reached such hyper-partisanship that people are loathe to criticize their own. People's identities become too wrapped up in it, it's like people are cheering for their favorite sports team.
It isn't executive privilege and the people have a right to know so just answer the questions.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:36 pm to SlowFlowPro
you know I <3 you but what is up with your avi and sig pics? 
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:36 pm to cahoots
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with no legal basis.
if there is no legal basis, Congress can hold contempt hearings and we can hear the legal arguments
claiming something like this, that strongly, is a fool's errand
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:36 pm to cahoots
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Who knows if there's anything to hide
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:37 pm to Pax Regis
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Cotton kicking arse.
I enjoy listening to Cotton, don't agree with everything but he's a smart guy and a good speaker.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:37 pm to fouldeliverer
guess who is up? the witch whose voice is like nails on a chalkboard. the dems new witchy queen.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:37 pm to cajunangelle
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