Democrats Will Grill Acting A.G. Matthew Whitaker Hours Before He is Replaced by William Barr.

originally posted by: pteridine
a reply to: whywhynot
Not showing up for a planned public whipping would definitely enrage Nadler and be fun to watch.

Thursday, February 7, 2019

It may come to that... Congressman JERROLD NADLER is in over his head.

ANALYSIS — The Trump administration on Thursday moved its first chess piece in what is expected to be a contentious match between the White House and House Democrats as the latter seek documents and testimony for their oversight investigations of the president and his Cabinet.

In a letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler on Thursday, acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said he would bail on his scheduled hearing on Friday unless Nadler assured him he would not file a subpoena to compel Whitaker to disclose his conversations with the president on hot-button topics or force Whitaker to invoke “executive privilege.”

In another letter to the committee sent later in the day, Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd set a 6 p.m. Thursday deadline for Nadler to notify the Justice Department whether or not he would file that subpoena, which the committee authorized as a pre-emptive measure on a party-line vote earlier in the day.

As long as Whitaker is prepared to answer questions, “then I assure you that there will be no need for the Committee to issue a subpoena” on Friday, Nadler wrote in response.

“To the extent that you believe you are unable to fully respond to any specific question, we are prepared to handle your concerns on a case-by-case basis, both during and after tomorrow’s hearing,” the New York Democrat wrote.

More at: www.rollcall.com...

It's still not clear if Matthew Whitaker will show up tomorrow before Nadler's House Oversight Committee. The Congressman was a jerk for threatening to subpoena Whitaker, after Whitaker had agreed to the February 8th date, last month.

8:00pm UPDATE.

After much back and forth between the DOJ and Jerry Nadler, Matthew Whitaker has agreed to appear at 9:30am (Eastern Time) tomorrow morning, as originally scheduled.

Source: www.foxnews.com...

Official Nadler Announcement on Tomorrow's Hearing/Start Time of 9:30am.
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LIVE STREAM BELOW (I think it was originally scheduled for 11:30am.)

a reply to: carewemust

Democrats are going to do this for the next 2 years? LOL.

a reply to: carewemust

Hank Johnson asks the stupidest questions, and does so very seriously..

Your five minutes are up?

funniest line in any hearing ever!

Loads of dumb ass questions roflol 😆

What a circus ! lol.... how AG manages to not loose his cool is impressive, both sides are coming at him ! The rudeness and loaded questions asked by some of the Dems is mind blowing !

The Chair of this Committee can't even control the hearing it seems roflol 😆

The "Majority" is in complete turmoil 😆

Why is this idiot woman shouting at him????

These Democrats are literally dripping with HATRED.

This lady is nasty. The democrat party has fallen so far beneath Hell.

originally posted by: MountainLaurel
What a circus ! lol.... how AG manages to not loose his cool is impressive, both sides are coming at him ! The rudeness and loaded questions asked by some of the Dems is mind blowing !

I really do admire guys who can keep their composure when dealing with morons. I would be shouting right back at them.

a reply to: AndyFromMichigan

Some of those Congress people need to have investigations opened on them. You can tell by the questions and the tone in their voice.

That would be a good way for Matthew Whitaker to finish out his last week.

Did Nadler just call the Acting AG a 'witness'????

originally posted by: SourGrapes
This lady is nasty. The democrat party has fallen so far beneath Hell.

Believe it or not, most of them feel the same way about their constituents.

Whitaker taking a beating. He looks sad to me. He sounds defensive.

Total Triggering in progress 😆

They ask questions and won't let the guy answer 😆😆

Makes people wonder about the state of the electorate in some areas 😆

originally posted by: Sillyolme
Whitaker taking a beating. He looks sad to me. He sounds defensive.

He's trying hard not to LOL 😆

a reply to: MountainLaurel

This man never had any cool to loose.