Ted Lieu for the win, re: Hope Hicks

[ehrnst]

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One reason @HouseJudiciary did this interview of Hope Hicks?

(1) To put on the record the absurdity of the immunity claim so that we win in court. Ruling would then apply to other witnesses.

(2) To make the judge laugh. But that's a function of (1) above

[FM123]

1. Love Ted Lieu, he makes me laugh!

(and feel hopeful)

[ehrnst]

2. Many chicken littles are out today, calling it a "disgusting display of weakness"

when clearly it wasn't.

[sheshe2]

3. I noticed.

[rownesheck]

5. I'm one of the chicken littles.

I can't help it. I'm a glass half empty guy. When I see statements like this from Congressman Lieu though, the glass becomes less empty.

[sheshe2]

4. Thank you Ted Lieu, for setting the record straight.

Thank you, ehrnst!

[gratuitous]

6. Keep in mind: Less than six months

Democrats have held the House for slightly less than six months as of today. They're having to clean out the Augean Stables without diverting any rivers while carrying the dead weight of the Senate Republicans. Let's try not to let Republican caterwauling drive the narrative if we can help it.

[ehrnst]

7. Well said! (nt)

[CaptainTruth]

8. And there were 9 months of "Watergate hearings" (not impeachment hearings)...

... before the House voted to authorize an impeachment inquiry into Nixon.

[Gothmog]

10. Hope Hicks' latest obstruction just gave Democrats a major weapon:

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“Perhaps surprisingly, there’s no controlling legal authority defining the breadth of what aides can testify to,” Carlson wrote. “With all its limitations — in private, surrounded by lawyers, with a dry transcript to come days later — Hicks’ appearance gave Democrats, with no time to waste, a promising case to take to court to challenge the White House’s definition of immunity.”

Hicks refused to answer even the most basic questions about her service in the White House, which ended early last year, and House Democrats could use that to challenge her claims to immunity.

“Even under the broadest interpretation, immunity doesn’t extend to where you sit at work,” Carlson wrote. “(House Judiciary chairman Jerry) Nadler predicted after Hicks left, ‘We will destroy them in court.'”