House Democrats pursue Sessions for testimony in impeachment probe of Trump

[Miles Archer]

House Democrats pursue Sessions for testimony in impeachment probe of Trump



https://beta.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-democrats-pursue-sessions-for-testimony-in-impeachment-probe-of-trump/2019/09/13/e2925316-d58d-11e9-ab26-e6dbebac45d3_story.html

By
Rachael Bade and
Tom Hamburger
September 13, 2019 at 4:49 p.m. EDT
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are negotiating for Jeff Sessions’s testimony in their impeachment investigation of President Trump, an appearance they hope could bolster their inquiry given the former attorney general’s rocky relationship with Trump.

Congressional aides on the panel reached out to Charles J. Cooper, an attorney for Sessions, during the summer, according to officials familiar with the discussions who spoke on the condition of anonymity to freely describe private talks. Cooper told committee staff that Sessions — whom Trump never forgave for recusing himself from overseeing the special counsel probe — would need a subpoena to testify.

“I have made clear that Attorney General Sessions will not appear except under compulsion of a congressional subpoena,” Cooper said in a phone interview this week.

[StarfishSaver]

1. As I said, Recess doesn't equal "vacation" and that the committees and staffs were hard at work

last summer and were going to start the new session with a flurry of activity. And here we are.

[kentuck]

3. How much resistance do you think they will get from the White House in regards to the subpoenas?

Will they claim "executive privilege"?

[StarfishSaver]

4. They'll definitely get resistance

But since Sessions no longer works for them and says he's willing to testify, it will be interesting to see how the White House tries to use executive privilege to stop him from testifying.

[kentuck]

2. Wow!

That is very interesting.