Posted on Aug 27, 2021
FBI director dismisses Trump’s claims he’s protected from Capitol riot probe
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A former FBI director has knocked back Trump’s claims that ‘executive privilege’ will protect him from the investigation by the Capitol riot committee.
Speaking on CNN, former FBI deputy director Andy McCabe said that the scale of the committee’s request meant that any attempt to block it by citing executive privilege would be a tall order.
“Every agency, every entity, the National Archives are not going to be able to wholesale deny the requests simply because the president may be mounting some sort of a legal challenge. You know, the National Archives – we have laws and regulations in this country that require the National Archives to preserve these sorts of records for exactly this purpose. So, we may end up litigating around the edges, particularly around some of the specific White House information, but there’s a lot of that the other agencies have to offer here, and I think... we’ll probably have more success getting information from DHS, from the FBI and from DOJ.”
Speaking on CNN, former FBI deputy director Andy McCabe said that the scale of the committee’s request meant that any attempt to block it by citing executive privilege would be a tall order.
“Every agency, every entity, the National Archives are not going to be able to wholesale deny the requests simply because the president may be mounting some sort of a legal challenge. You know, the National Archives – we have laws and regulations in this country that require the National Archives to preserve these sorts of records for exactly this purpose. So, we may end up litigating around the edges, particularly around some of the specific White House information, but there’s a lot of that the other agencies have to offer here, and I think... we’ll probably have more success getting information from DHS, from the FBI and from DOJ.”
FBI director dismisses Trump’s claims he’s protected from Capitol riot probe
Posted from independent.co.uk
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You mean the ones they invited into the Capitol?
The ones who are sitting in prison under trespassing charges that have never been activists, or had any type of criminal misconduct charges before?
To me, if you look past all the media hype "most" are average citizens who admittedly shouldn't have been where they were, but many never thought the situation would get so out of control. Meanwhile, real rioters that destroyed public property, looted, burned down businesses, and caused bodily harm to others are simply dismissed, actions like these are politically a one way street, and sickening to any informed and reasonable person.
The ones who are sitting in prison under trespassing charges that have never been activists, or had any type of criminal misconduct charges before?
To me, if you look past all the media hype "most" are average citizens who admittedly shouldn't have been where they were, but many never thought the situation would get so out of control. Meanwhile, real rioters that destroyed public property, looted, burned down businesses, and caused bodily harm to others are simply dismissed, actions like these are politically a one way street, and sickening to any informed and reasonable person.
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