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The appointment of acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker two weeks ago should have no effect on an ongoing court challenge that questions the constitutionality of special counsel Robert Mueller’s appointment, the Justice Department argued in a new court filing Monday.
The question before the court, originally filed by Andrew Miller, is whether or not Mueller was properly appointed. This is the exact same argument Nixon used in 1974, which SCOTUS immediately shot down. The administration is expanding this case to ask whether or not subpoenas and indictments issued under Mueller are invalid, due to a change of the Attorney General. Their claim is that subpoenas and indictments are now invalid because neither Sessions nor Rosenstein are part of the Justice Department any more, and subpoenas and indictments are only valid if Whittaker signs off on them. Mueller has fired back, again using the Nixon decision, as well as US Code.
"Similarly, by regulation, the Special Counsel has and continues to “exercise, within the scope of his or her jurisdiction, the full power and independent authority to exercise all investigative and prosecutorial functions of any United States Attorney.” 28 C.F.R. § 600.6; see United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683, 695 (1974) (“So long as [a] regulation is extant it has the force of law.”)."
Read Mueller's complete brief here.
It has started. This administration is now attempting to shut down the investigation, and guess what? It won't work. More than 3 dozen sealed indictments are already on the DC docket, and Trump has no power whatsoever to make them go away, which is why he is attempting this desperation move, which will fail spectacularly in very short order. The clock of justice is ticking down, and when it reaches zero, there is going to be hell to pay.
https://kbzk.com/cnn-us-politics/20...ment-has-no-impact-in-ongoing-subpoena-fight/
I'm not clear on how this prevents Whitaker from denying Mueller any requests to sign off on subpoenas and indictments.
So Mueller walks into Whitaker's office and says, "Here's an indictment for X, please sign and approve it." Whitaker says, "No." When then?
Ok, at this point, you should be able to tell us who you believe is about to be indicted, and for what....Or, is this just more bash bait for entertainment ?The question before the court, originally filed by Andrew Miller, is whether or not Mueller was properly appointed. This is the exact same argument Nixon used in 1974, which SCOTUS immediately shot down. The administration is expanding this case to ask whether or not subpoenas and indictments issued under Mueller are invalid, due to a change of the Attorney General. Their claim is that subpoenas and indictments are now invalid because neither Sessions nor Rosenstein are part of the Justice Department any more, and subpoenas and indictments are only valid if Whittaker signs off on them. Mueller has fired back, again using the Nixon decision, as well as US Code.
"Similarly, by regulation, the Special Counsel has and continues to “exercise, within the scope of his or her jurisdiction, the full power and independent authority to exercise all investigative and prosecutorial functions of any United States Attorney.” 28 C.F.R. § 600.6; see United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683, 695 (1974) (“So long as [a] regulation is extant it has the force of law.”)."
Read Mueller's complete brief here.
It has started. This administration is now attempting to shut down the investigation, and guess what? It won't work. More than 3 dozen sealed indictments are already on the DC docket, and Trump has no power whatsoever to make them go away, which is why he is attempting this desperation move, which will fail spectacularly in very short order. The clock of justice is ticking down, and when it reaches zero, there is going to be hell to pay.
https://kbzk.com/cnn-us-politics/20...ment-has-no-impact-in-ongoing-subpoena-fight/
Whitaker has no power to stop indictments that have already been filed, and there are more than 3 dozen sealed indictments on the DC court docket, 17 of which have been filed since August.
Ok, at this point, you should be able to tell us who you believe is about to be indicted, and for what....Or, is this just more bash bait for entertainment ?
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Is that true? How do you know that? I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just curious how you know that.
Ok, at this point, you should be able to tell us who you believe is about to be indicted, and for what....Or, is this just more bash bait for entertainment ?
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Is that true? How do you know that? I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just curious how you know that.
No it is not.This is the exact same argument Nixon used in 1974, which SCOTUS immediately shot down.
:lamo Also no.It has started. This administration is now attempting to shut down the investigation, and guess what? It won't work.
The question before the court, originally filed by Andrew Miller, is whether or not Mueller was properly appointed. This is the exact same argument Nixon used in 1974, which SCOTUS immediately shot down. The administration is expanding this case to ask whether or not subpoenas and indictments issued under Mueller are invalid, due to a change of the Attorney General. Their claim is that subpoenas and indictments are now invalid because neither Sessions nor Rosenstein are part of the Justice Department any more, and subpoenas and indictments are only valid if Whittaker signs off on them. Mueller has fired back, again using the Nixon decision, as well as US Code.
"Similarly, by regulation, the Special Counsel has and continues to “exercise, within the scope of his or her jurisdiction, the full power and independent authority to exercise all investigative and prosecutorial functions of any United States Attorney.” 28 C.F.R. § 600.6; see United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683, 695 (1974) (“So long as [a] regulation is extant it has the force of law.”)."
Read Mueller's complete brief here.
It has started. This administration is now attempting to shut down the investigation, and guess what? It won't work. More than 3 dozen sealed indictments are already on the DC docket, and Trump has no power whatsoever to make them go away, which is why he is attempting this desperation move, which will fail spectacularly in very short order. The clock of justice is ticking down, and when it reaches zero, there is going to be hell to pay.
https://kbzk.com/cnn-us-politics/20...ment-has-no-impact-in-ongoing-subpoena-fight/
In Miller’s own response to the Whitaker question, also just filed, his legal defense team agrees that nothing in his case changes with Sessions’ departure and Whitaker’s appointment.
The question before the court, originally filed by Andrew Miller, is whether or not Mueller was properly appointed. This is the exact same argument Nixon used in 1974, which SCOTUS immediately shot down. The administration is expanding this case to ask whether or not subpoenas and indictments issued under Mueller are invalid, due to a change of the Attorney General. Their claim is that subpoenas and indictments are now invalid because neither Sessions nor Rosenstein are part of the Justice Department any more, and subpoenas and indictments are only valid if Whittaker signs off on them. Mueller has fired back, again using the Nixon decision, as well as US Code.
"Similarly, by regulation, the Special Counsel has and continues to “exercise, within the scope of his or her jurisdiction, the full power and independent authority to exercise all investigative and prosecutorial functions of any United States Attorney.” 28 C.F.R. § 600.6; see United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683, 695 (1974) (“So long as [a] regulation is extant it has the force of law.”)."
Read Mueller's complete brief here.
It has started. This administration is now attempting to shut down the investigation, and guess what? It won't work. More than 3 dozen sealed indictments are already on the DC docket, and Trump has no power whatsoever to make them go away, which is why he is attempting this desperation move, which will fail spectacularly in very short order. The clock of justice is ticking down, and when it reaches zero, there is going to be hell to pay.
https://kbzk.com/cnn-us-politics/20...ment-has-no-impact-in-ongoing-subpoena-fight/
I...I...From what I understand, this statement from Mueller's team is intended to head off a defense strategy that might be used by Miller's defense team. I don't see it as having anything to do with Whitaker or anyone else in the Trump administration attempting to shut down the investigation.
Heck, I haven't seen ANYTHING that indicates that Whitaker is going to shut down the investigation.
Now, for sure, Whitaker MIGHT be doing things...but we don't know about them.
So you do not know what a "sealed indictment" is? Hint: it is sealed, meaning it is not known publicly who it is for.
I...I...
Umm...I think I agree with what you said here. But that cannot possibly be right.
The only thing which I would quibble with (and I have to, because you and I agreeing completely just doesn't seem right) is that Whitaker has made statements in the past to suggest he would shut down the investigation if given the chance. So I would argue you've seen things which indicate Whitaker might work to shut down the investigation, but, as you said, we don't know about them yet.
The OP, brought up indictments...As though just the threat of those is supposed to make us all go "Oh, ok, well, what you say must be true then..." So, yes it is about who Dana thinks is about to be indicted...get it?Why would you ask that? The thread discussion is about the AG's powers with regards to Mueller's investigation, not who is about to be indicted.
Clearly you, or Dana has an opinion about who's on the chopping block? Or is it just bs?So you do not know what a "sealed indictment" is? Hint: it is sealed, meaning it is not known publicly who it is for.
Clearly you, or Dana has an opinion about who's on the chopping block? Or is it just bs?
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The OP, brought up indictments...As though just the threat of those is supposed to make us all go "Oh, ok, well, what you say must be true then..." So, yes it is about who Dana thinks is about to be indicted...get it?
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Nobody but Mueller and his team knows who's going to be indicted next.
I'm not clear on how this prevents Whitaker from denying Mueller any requests to sign off on subpoenas and indictments.
So Mueller walks into Whitaker's office and says, "Here's an indictment for X, please sign and approve it." Whitaker says, "No." When then?
I believe if Whitaker were to do so that it would automatically trigger a report about the action to Congress.
The question before the court, originally filed by Andrew Miller, is whether or not Mueller was properly appointed. This is the exact same argument Nixon used in 1974, which SCOTUS immediately shot down. The administration is expanding this case to ask whether or not subpoenas and indictments issued under Mueller are invalid, due to a change of the Attorney General. Their claim is that subpoenas and indictments are now invalid because neither Sessions nor Rosenstein are part of the Justice Department any more, and subpoenas and indictments are only valid if Whittaker signs off on them. Mueller has fired back, again using the Nixon decision, as well as US Code.
"Similarly, by regulation, the Special Counsel has and continues to “exercise, within the scope of his or her jurisdiction, the full power and independent authority to exercise all investigative and prosecutorial functions of any United States Attorney.” 28 C.F.R. § 600.6; see United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683, 695 (1974) (“So long as [a] regulation is extant it has the force of law.”)."
Read Mueller's complete brief here.
It has started. This administration is now attempting to shut down the investigation, and guess what? It won't work. More than 3 dozen sealed indictments are already on the DC docket, and Trump has no power whatsoever to make them go away, which is why he is attempting this desperation move, which will fail spectacularly in very short order. The clock of justice is ticking down, and when it reaches zero, there is going to be hell to pay.
https://kbzk.com/cnn-us-politics/20...ment-has-no-impact-in-ongoing-subpoena-fight/
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