Post by t-bob on Jun 30, 2022 14:47:46 GMT -5
An excerpt..... I don't think the president (Trump) will ever have any legal problems. That's my thoughts.
Every Crime Imaginable: The House January 6th Committee has issued a subpoena to former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, who fought back against President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Cipollone is being summoned as there’s increasing talk about possible criminal charges against Trump and the circle of people around him who attempted what would have amounted to a coup.
The former White House lawyer was present during conversations and meetings leading up to January 6th in which Trump talked about using his powers of office to overturn the election.
Cipollone might refuse to testify, citing attorney client privilege, but the privilege doesn’t cover planning for commission of a crime. “Any concerns Mr. Cipollone has about the institutional prerogatives of the office he previously held are clearly outweighed by the need for his testimony,” Representatives Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney, the leaders of the committee, said in a statement.
The Cipollone subpoena comes after the dramatic testimony Tuesday by former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who overheard a conversation between Cipollone and Chief of Staff mark Meadows about the crowd at the Capitol calling for Vice president Mike Pence to be hanged.
She also said Cipollone objected to the plan for Trump to March to the Capitol with the protesters on January 6th saying, “We’re going to get charged with every crime imaginable.”
Every Crime Imaginable: The House January 6th Committee has issued a subpoena to former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, who fought back against President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Cipollone is being summoned as there’s increasing talk about possible criminal charges against Trump and the circle of people around him who attempted what would have amounted to a coup.
The former White House lawyer was present during conversations and meetings leading up to January 6th in which Trump talked about using his powers of office to overturn the election.
Cipollone might refuse to testify, citing attorney client privilege, but the privilege doesn’t cover planning for commission of a crime. “Any concerns Mr. Cipollone has about the institutional prerogatives of the office he previously held are clearly outweighed by the need for his testimony,” Representatives Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney, the leaders of the committee, said in a statement.
The Cipollone subpoena comes after the dramatic testimony Tuesday by former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who overheard a conversation between Cipollone and Chief of Staff mark Meadows about the crowd at the Capitol calling for Vice president Mike Pence to be hanged.
She also said Cipollone objected to the plan for Trump to March to the Capitol with the protesters on January 6th saying, “We’re going to get charged with every crime imaginable.”
