Thread by @RRPatLaw, 1/5 (THREAD) USDC Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's epic 118-page ruling today found [...]

1/5 (THREAD) USDC Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's epic 118-page ruling today found #TRE45ON's assertion of absolute immunity as a basis to order defiance of Congressional subpoenas "baseless," stating "Presidents are not kings."

#OVInJustice #OneVoice1 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/former-white-house-counsel-donald-mcgahn-must-comply-with-house-subpoena-judge-rules/2019/11/25/6de26cc8-018d-11ea-8bab-0fc209e065a8_story.html

Former White House counsel Donald McGahn must comply with House subpoena, judge rules

Trump’s top advisers cannot ignore congressional subpoenas and ‘Presidents are not kings,’ federal court judge says in opinion that was appealed Tuesday.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/former-white-house-counsel-donald-mcgahn-must-comply-with-house-subpoena-judge-rules/2019/11/25/6de26cc8-018d-11ea-8bab-0fc209e065a8_story.html

2/5 This is a huge victory in House Judiciary's efforts to enforce its subpoena for former WH Counsel Don McGahn to publically testify concerning #TRE45ON's multiple obstructions of justice detailed in Vol 2 of the #MuellerReport.

#OVInJustice #OneVoice1 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/democrats-will-ask-federal-judge-to-force-testimony-from-ex-white-house-counsel-mcgahn-pelosi-says/2019/08/07/ca523fc4-b926-11e9-a091-6a96e67d9cce_story.html

Democrats ask federal judge to force testimony from ex-White House counsel McGahn

Donald McGahn figured prominently in Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation of whether President Trump obstructed justice.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/democrats-will-ask-federal-judge-to-force-testimony-from-ex-white-house-counsel-mcgahn-pelosi-says/2019/08/07/ca523fc4-b926-11e9-a091-6a96e67d9cce_story.html

3/5 Moreover, this decision has greater ramifications, as #TRE45ON's blanket refusal to produce documents or allow witnesses to testify in the impeachment inquiry is also grounded on the same "baseless" absolute immunity assertion.

#OVInJustice #OneVoice1 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/gordon-sondland-key-us-official-in-political-storm-over-ukraine-to-be-deposed-in-impeachment-inquiry/2019/10/07/c3c1703e-e942-11e9-9306-47cb0324fd44_story.html

White House escalates standoff with Congress, says it will not cooperate with impeachment inquiry...

In a scathing letter, the White House accused Democrats of trying to overturn the results of the 2016 election and influence the 2020 contest.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/gordon-sondland-key-us-official-in-political-storm-over-ukraine-to-be-deposed-in-impeachment-inquiry/2019/10/07/c3c1703e-e942-11e9-9306-47cb0324fd44_story.html

4/5 This ruling compels testimony as laid out in House Judiciary's 8/7/19 Complaint RE #TRE45ON's obstruction that McGahn apparently either witnessed, or about which McGahn was personal knowledge, as detailed in the #MuellerReport.

#OVInJustice #OneVoice1 https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/read-the-document-house-judiciary-committee-v-donald-f-mcgahn-ii/2b7d3899-ac49-4523-89af-8b80fbbcbfcd/

Read the document: House Judiciary Committee v. Donald F. McGahn II

https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/read-the-document-house-judiciary-committee-v-donald-f-mcgahn-ii/2b7d3899-ac49-4523-89af-8b80fbbcbfcd/

5/5 The opinion is an entertaining read and wrecks DOJ's specious arguments throughout, e.g. "For a similar vantagepoint, see the ... book Animal Farm. 'All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.'”

#OVInJustcie #OneVoice1 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6560656-JACKSON-MCGAHN-RULING.html

JACKSON MCGAHN RULING

Source document contributed to DocumentCloud by Bobby Allyn (NPR).

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6560656-JACKSON-MCGAHN-RULING.html

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