Democrats escalate battle with Trump with a dozen new subpoenas

House Democrats will vote Thursday to subpoena a dozen Trump administration officials, including Jared Kushner, in a move that will escalate the party’s battle with the president. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler announced his panel will vote to issue subpoenas to obtain documents and testimony from current and former Trump administration officials related to immigration policy, including family separations and detentions as well as any offers of pardons to Department of Homeland Security officials. The New York Democrat said the subpoenas into “obstruction of justice, public corruption and other abuses.”

In addition to Kushner, who is Trump’s son-in-law, the list includes former national security adviser Michael Flynn, former chief of staff John Kelly, Corey Lewandowski, former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Nadler said in a statement the panel has been seeking information from the Trump administration on the topics but has not received adequate answers. “As always, I remain open to reaching a reasonable accommodation and will not issue subpoenas if the information we are seeking is voluntarily provided,” Nadler said in a statement. “We will get answers one way or the other.”

The panel will vote to subpoena the following:

Rick A. Dearborn

Michael T. Flynn

Joseph “Jody” H. Hunt

Jared C. Kushner

John F. Kelly

Corey R. Lewandowski

Robert R. Porter

Rod J. Rosenstein

Jefferson B. Sessions

Keith M. Davidson

Dylan Howard

David J. Pecker

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Nancy Pelosi says Trump wants to 'make America white again' with citizenship question

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sharply criticized President Trump's repeated efforts to have a question about citizenship on the 2020 census. Pelosi claimed in a Monday press conference that Trump's insistence on adding the question was "disgraceful" and that he wants to "make America white again." The president has been outspoken in his advocacy of having the question on the upcoming census claiming that it would serve to protect minority voters, an idea that has been rejected by his opposition. Many congressional Democrats have fought to keep the question off as they feel it could discourage immigrants from participating in the census, therefore weakening the amount of money communities could be entitled to based on population.

Pelosi further accused the president and his administration of malicious intent saying, "They want to make sure that people, certain people, are counted … Just their people vote and not the general population … That’s why they’re fighting the census." Pelosi further claimed the question was "not what our founders had in mind.'

The Supreme Court blocked the administration's measure to have the question added last month, returning the decision to lower courts. In the decision, Chief Justice John Roberts cited a lack of evidence presented by the Commerce Department for adding the question but left open the possibility that the question could be added if the correct justification is made. Attorney General William Barr also indicated on Monday that there could be a new way for the Justice Department to add the question. The latest Economist/YouGov poll found that the majority of Americans, 53%, want the citizenship question on the census while only 32% opposed the idea.

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Former White House Clinton spox: 'Jeffrey Epstein’s not part' of Clinton's circle

Former President Bill Clinton press secretary Joe Lockhart denied Jeffrey Epstein was good friends with the Clintons during an appearance on Tuesday morning. The denial comes as Epstein, the well-connected billionaire, was arrested and is facing new charges for child sex trafficking. "On the Clinton matter, I stay in touch with the Foundation, and I know, you know, to clear up the trips versus the flights, I think the number was 26 or 27. Each of these trips, and I have been on many of these trips where you go to Asia or you go to Africa, and each flight is counted. So each trip will be six or seven different flights. I know most of the Clinton circle. Jeffrey Epstein’s not part of it. I've never met the guy," Lockhart said. "I've met most of the president’s friends, but all of this should come out," he said.

Lockhart then turned his attention to Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta, who was part of the federal prosecutor team that made a deal with Epstein that resulted in him avoiding 10 years of jail for similar charges. "No one questions Alex Acosta’s judgment in letting this guy go through. It’s all about, well, will this look bad on the president, and I don’t think someone like Acosta would ever have been nominated by another president, if they had done vetting, but certainly wouldn’t have lasted this long," he said.

In a statement released by his current press secretary on Monday, Clinton claimed to know "nothing about the terrible crimes" Epstein is charged with. "In 2002 and 2003, President Clinton took a total of four trips on Jeffrey Epstein's airplane: One to Europe, one to Asia, and two to Africa, which included stops in connection with the work of the Clinton Foundation. Staff, supporters of the Foundation, and his Secret Service detail traveled on every leg of every trip," the statement explained. "He's not spoken to Epstein in well over a decade, and has never been to Little St. James Island, Epstein's ranch in New Mexico, or his residence in Florida," it added.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/former-white-house-clinton-spox-jeffrey-epsteins-not-part-of-clintons-circle

>>6966939

I think that door swings both ways, anyone connected to the Clinton's on this level may have been equally involved, whether making arrangements, participating or helping with the cover up.

>>6966948

I think we are going to find out a very interesting plot twist regarding the Obama's.