CNN panel shreds Justice Department for hiding transcripts of Flynn talking with Russians
On Friday, Ex-CIA officer Phil Mudd and CNN’s legal analyst Jeffery Toobin ripped the Department of Justice for withholding essential transcripts between Michael Flynn and the Russian ambassador.
Mudd said that he was unable to “figure out” why it was withheld.
“It’s astonishing because this is highly relevant to the case. This is the core conversation that he was accused or admitted to lying about. What this goes back to is the national security agency, which is so understandably concerned about secrecy, but everybody at this point knows that the NSA taped this phone call. So, I don’t understand why there is any government interest at this point in preserving secrecy about a phone call that was clearly taped,” Toobin told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.
“So what are we going to tell the Russians, by the way, nobody knows this, but the Russian ambassador was tapped? We’ve known this for years. So all you have is the details of the transcript of the conversation. Well, the Russians know about that, too. This is about people not wanting to cooperate with a judge. I can’t see a national security reason for doing this when the adversary knows more than the judge does. This doesn’t make any sense to me,” Mudd said.
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On Wednesday, while arriving at the Capitol for a second round of questioning before the Senate, Donald Trump Jr. told reporters that he has "nothing to correct" about his testimony:
"Are you here to correct your testimony?"
"Nothing to correct," Donald Trump Jr. tells ABC News' @caphilltrish as he arrives on Capitol Hill to appear for a second time before the Senate Intelligence Committee. https://t.co/Jy5gF2wMNX pic.twitter.com/j6Xau8EMYE
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George Conway and Neal Katyal demolish Trump’s latest effort to claim tyrannical power
Conservative lawyer George Conway — who happens to be married to White House counselor Kellyanne Conway — teamed up with former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal on Wednesday in an op-ed denouncing President Donald Trump’s latest claim to have tyrant-like powers.
They took issue with Trump’s response to the congression investigation of his finances. In a new court filing this week, Trump’s lawyers submitted an argument claiming that Congress doesn’t have the authority to investigate crimes. They argued that the executive branch — which, of course, is led by Trump — is the only branch that can investigate crimes.
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Here’s how Hope Hicks’ testimony can shed light on key moments during early days of Trump administration
On Wednesday, former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks agreed to appear for closed-door testify before the House Judiciary Committee next week.
On CNN's "The Situation Room," analyst Gloria Borger told anchor Wolf Blitzer that the testimony was limited in important ways — but could still give crucial insight into President Donald Trump's actions surrounding the Russia affair.
"Gloria, what do you make of the Judiciary Committee wanting to speak to Hope Hicks, and her agreement to come before the committee behind closed doors next week?" asked Blitzer.
"With a representative from the White House counsel's office at her side, so that even if behind closed doors she wants to claim privilege, the White House counsel can say, we need — you can't talk about that, you can't talk about that," said Borger. "So, we'll see how much she'll be able to testify. I do think it's a bit of a breakthrough for the committee, but it is going to be limited testimony. Don't kid yourself."
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