House issues subpoenas to two OMB officials in impeachment inquiry; Trump praises Giuliani

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Last edited Fri Oct 25, 2019, 02:55 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Washington Post

House investigators pressed forward with their impeachment inquiry on Friday, issuing subpoenas to two Office of Management and Budget officials, one of whom has vowed they won’t cooperate with the Democrat-led probe.

The move came as President Trump repeatedly insisted to reporters that he had done nothing wrong in pressing Ukraine to investigate former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. He also praised his embattled personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani as a “great crime fighter.”

Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said Democrats are “trying to make us look as bad as possible” with the ongoing inquiry.

Closed-door depositions are scheduled to resume Saturday after a two-day pause with an appearance by a Foreign Service officer stationed in Kyiv, who is expected to testify on efforts of Giuliani and others to oust the previous U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry-live-updates/2019/10/25/8498483a-f6a6-11e9-ad8b-85e2aa00b5ce_story.html

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ETA - here is the tweet from the House Intelligence Committee

Link to tweet

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House Intelligence Committee
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@HouseIntel

BREAKING: House impeachment investigators subpoena OMB and State Department officials.

Failure or refusal to appear at the deposition, including at the direction or behest of the President or the White House, shall constitute evidence of obstruction. https://intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=746 …
OMB and State Department Officials Subpoenaed in House Impeachment Inquiry
intelligence.house.gov
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1:59 PM - Oct 25, 2019

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1. Correction, three WH officials (Politico)

House impeachment investigators issued a subpoena to President Donald Trump’s acting budget director Russ Vought, part of a round of subpoenas sent by the House Intelligence Committee.

Also subpoenaed were Michael Duffey, a senior official in the Office of Management and Budget, and T. Ulrich Brechbuhl, counsel at the State Department.

Politico

[BumRushDaShow]

2. The original WaPo "Live Updates" article listed "2 OMB" folks

but an earlier version down the page mention the 3rd person, who is from the State Dept.

A third subpoena was issued Friday to State Department counselor T. Ulrich Brechbuhl, a close confidant of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

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3. I'd be even happier with 50 subpoenas

[BumRushDaShow]

4. I think they may have sent that many out

during the course of the investigation so far (or at least it feels like it).

Everytime someone does comply and testify, that just uncovers more names of people to subpoena.

[Mc Mike]

5. They're trying to make us look bad as possible, he blubbered.

All they have to do is hold a mirror up to you, Rump.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. LOL No one has to "try" to do anything with them

but just stand back and let the circus clowns perform.

[Mc Mike]

7. It's so slanted, how they use what he's always saying and doing.

[FakeNoose]

8. Yeah, he gets away with 95% of everything he does

... meanwhile the media calls him on a measly 5%, and all he does is whine about it.

[Mc Mike]

9. Good pic. He has a face even a mother couldn't love.

Last edited Sat Oct 26, 2019, 08:23 AM - Edit history (1)

And his didn't.

He is always blubbering about how everyone is always saying how everything he does is sucky, crooked, failing, illegal, and wrong. The fact that he's always blubbering about always getting caught bragging out in the open about doing impeachable things means everyone is catching him everywhere, jerking his chain on all fronts.

He always has to blubber, he's always getting his chain jerked, every time he openly brags about his crooked moves. He's being called on 90% of his open crookedness, maybe 10% we don't know the details of.